About Us
Our Story
The Post is an independent, award-winning student-run news publication on Ohio University’s campus. We pride ourselves in delivering our readers innovative and detailed storytelling through multi-platform reporting. The Post covers topics relating to student interests, faculty, academia, culture, the arts and athletics, as well as state and national issues.
Along with producing digital content daily, The Post also publishes a weekly print tabloid each Tuesday classes at OU are in session. The tabloid is distributed at more than 78 locations in the Athens community and on Ohio University’s campus.
The Post has been recognized with multiple awards from the Ohio News Media Association, including the Frank E. Deaner Award for Excellence in Collegiate Journalism 2017-2020 and in 2023. Furthermore, The Post has been presented with awards from the National College Media Convention hosted by the Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association. The Post staff has received numerous Region 4 Society of Professional Journalist Mark of Excellence Awards, and in 2023 was a National Mark of Excellence Award Winner for “Best Affiliated Website.”
Our primary mission is to serve our readers in a civic, engaging and entertaining manner, and to do so in a rapid and professional fashion that supports The Post’s long-standing legacy as a premier media outlet in Athens, Ohio.
Our Staff
Executive Editors
Editor-in-Chief / Alyssa Cruz
Managing Editor / Madalyn Blair
Equity Director / McKenna Christy
Section Staff
News
News Editor / Emily Stokes
Assistant News Editor / Maggie Amacher
News Staff Writer / Olivia Gilliand
Sports
Sports Editors / Bobby Keegan III and Logan Adams
Human Interest
Human Interest Editor / Abby Jenkins
Assistant Human Interest Editor / Disha Hoque
Human Interest Staff Writer / Sophia Rooksberry
Opinion
Opinion Editor / Meg Diehl
Assistant Opinion Editor / Brianna Tassiello
Entertainment
Entertainment Editor / Trey Barrett
Assistant Entertainment Editor / Sophia Anness
Copy
Copy Chief / Jackson McCoy
Slot Editors / Carly DeLuca, Emma Erion, Ashley Pomplas, Daphne Graeter
Design, Graphics and Illustrations
Art Director / Mia Pishotti
Assistant Art Director / Nicole Reese
Photo
Director of Photography / Alaina Dackermann
Photo Editor / Megan Vanvlack
Multimedia
Director of Multimedia / Kendall Timms
Assistant Director of Multimedia / Hailey Dunne
Audience Engagement
Audience Engagement Editor / Chase Borland
Assistant Audience Engagement Editor / Abby Waechter
Business
Media Sales / Ruby Britt and Moira Fudge
Publication and delivery
The Post publishes content on its website, thepostathens.com, each day classes are in session.
The Post also publishes a weekly print tabloid each Tuesday classes at OU are in session. The tabloid is distributed at more than 78 locations in the Athens community and on Ohio University’s campus. Single copies of The Post are free, and additional copies can be found in The Post’s newsroom in Baker Center, Room 325.
The Post does not do home delivery, but its editors are more than happy to mail copies of The Post to interested readers, as well as any alumni who may be searching for an archived story.
Archives and past issues
To read print issues of The Post from 2016 to present online, click here.
To view The Post’s archives from 1911-2011, courtesy of our friends at Alden’s University Libraries Digital Collections, please click here.
To view the full collection of The Post’s archives, please visit Alden Library’s microfilm collection, located on its first floor. If you are not in Athens but would like a scanned, archived story from The Post, please email editor@thepostathens.com with the date and headline of the story you are searching for.
Inquiries
For general inquiries, call our office at 740-566-8717.
If you have a question, comment, critique or concern regarding The Post’s coverage, or you’d just like to chat, you can reach Editor-in-Chief Alyssa Cruz at editor@thepostathens.com.
If you have a specific question, comment or story idea, you may reach out to the pertinent section editor(s) by viewing our masthead. If you are unsure who to contact, please contact Alyssa at the above email.
Letters to the editor
If you would like to write a letter to the editor, please ensure it is less than 1,000 words. If you are an Ohio University student, please include your name, year in school and major(s). If you are non-student, please include your name, city of residence and current occupation. Please also note if you are an OU alumnus or a former Post employee.
Please email your letter in a Microsoft Word document to letters@thepostathens.com prior to 1 p.m. on the day you would like it to be published online.
The Post is not obligated to publish letters to the editor and uses its editorial discretion when deciding whether or not to do so. The Post does not publish letters that are soliciting donations.
We reserve the right to edit all letters for clarity, vulgarity, spelling, grammar, and both Post and Associated Press styles.
News releases, events or tips
If you have a news release, event, tip, or something you would like our staff to research and report, email news@thepostathens.com.
The Post does not publish news releases, but its staff may choose to further research the information provided in such releases.
Advertising
If you are interested in purchasing an advertisement online or in our print product, please email postadvertising@ohio.edu or Andrea Lewis, Director of Student Media, at lewisa3@ohio.edu or 740-593-0418.
Write us or stop in
Our mailing address is:
1 Park Place
Baker University Center, 325
1 Ohio University Drive
Athens, Ohio 45701
Want to stop by The Post’s newsroom? It’s located on the third floor of Baker Center, at the end of the hallway with the food pantry sign, near the escalators.
