Ygal Kaufman
Multiple Media JournalistExpertise: Photography, video, drone operation, historical organizations, immigrant communities, collectors, sports and film history, pop culture, subcultures
Education: Shaker Heights High School
Pennsylvania State University - Bachelor of Arts, film production
University of Oklahoma - Master of Arts, journalism and mass communication
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Euclid Beach
Experience:
Ygal Kaufman is a multimedia journalist with experience working for local newspapers, as well as in broadcast, radio and public relations. Ygal is an experienced reporter, producer, photographer, videographer and editor. In addition to journalism, Ygal is a recognized film exhibitioner who has curated film screening series and festival programming in Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon. While living in California and Oregon, Ygal worked in film production and appeared as an actor in multiple films, as well as playing music with and creating content for nationally touring musical acts. He is a storyteller with a focus on history and the subcultures of Americana.
Highlights:
- RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards, 2024 & 2025
- Cleveland Press Club awards winner, 2024 & 2025
- Society of Professional Journalists award winner, 2024
- Best Academic Paper - CCI Conference on Corporate Communication 2020, September 17, 2020 鈥� Triangular Model Illustration for Multi-Actor Relational Dynamics: Spillover Effects of Employee Relationship on Organization-External Public Relations via Megaphoning
- Member of Kappa Tau Alpha honor society for journalists and public relations practitioners
- Commendation - U.S. Army TRADOC: Keith L Ware Awards, February 2021
- Civilian Achievement Medal 鈥� U.S. Army, November 2021
- Cleveland Silent Film Festival Board of Directors
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It's been 50 years since the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals when the Cavs upset the Washington Bullets in Cleveland's first NBA postseason appearance. -
Cleveland's Absolute Intense Wrestling is the subject of a new documentary, "Slowburn Shoot," premiering at the Cleveland International Film Festival. -
From new food collaborations to all-you-can-eat seats (you don't actually eat the seats, though), the Cleveland Guardians have a handful of new offerings at Progressive Field for the 2026-27 MLB season. -
'No Kings' protests throughout Northeast Ohio were part of a national series of events that aimed to be 'the biggest protest in U.S. history.' -
St. Malachi's 47th annual Church Run/Walk set a new world record for the number of runners wearing sport kilts, breaking a previous record also set in Cleveland. -
Cleveland nonprofit Art of Me brings students stories to the big screen, and now their first feature length film is available for streaming.
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In the 1960s and 1970s, high school students In Northeast Ohio and across the country had limited options and often faced restrictions in expressing themselves. -
Demonstrators gathered with signs to protest ICE and remember Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday. -
Artists Tom Kiefer and Elizabeth Z. Pineda spotlight migrant struggles at Arizona-Mexico border at the Maltz Museum in the exhibit "El Sue帽o Americano: The American Dream."
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Fans of witchery and dress-up fun gather every year in Sandusky for a parade and dance party. This year they attempted to set two new world records.
