YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Press Club has awarded $16,000 in scholarships, comprised of a $4,000 scholarship to each of four students, all of them enrolled at universities in Ohio and majoring in journalism or a related field.

Scholarship recipients are Joslyn DelSignore of Struthers, Omar Frazier of Youngstown, Kaitlin Hogg of New Middletown and Maggie McGlone of Boardman.

Joslyn DelSignore

DelSignore is a journalism major and social media campaigns minor at Youngstown State University. There, she is a news multimedia journalist at the student newspaper, The Jambar, and an anchor for “Jambar in 10” on Jambar TV. She will become the newspaper’s assistant news editor this fall.

Her Jambar-related responsibilities include writing print articles, conducting interviews, video recording and editing, writing broadcast scripts and photography.

DelSignore’s goal is to use her journalism education to become a community news reporter.

Omar Frazier

Frazier, known creatively as “Bomar,” is a multimedia communications student at YSU with a focus on photography, videography, video editing and visual storytelling.

Through his brand, Bomar Visuals, he produces work that blends creativity, emotion and meaningful design.

He has been a photo and video specialist in YSU’s marketing and communications department, creating promotional content, student features and visual media for the university.

Frazier has also been a video editor and executive producer for Jambar TV, helping to produce student-led news, sports and multimedia content.

He also has experience as a communications intern with the Youngstown City School District, and he has done video editing for The Amazing Podcast Co.

Frazier’s goal is to become a versatile media professional who uses visual storytelling to connect with audiences and create meaningful work.

Kaitlin Hogg

A third-year student at Ohio University, Hogg is a journalism, news and information major in the Scripps College of Communication. She is pursuing a minor in political science.

As a sophomore, Hogg was the campus and local staff writer for The Post, the university’s independent student-run newspaper.

She has interviewed Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Ohio treasurer candidate Seth Walsh. She also interviewed an OU professor following his kidnapping in Gaza.

Hogg plans to join the spring cohort of the Scripps in D.C. program, where she intends to have an internship with a national news company.

After graduation, she intends to become a correspondent in Washington, D.C.

Maggie McGlone

A Youngstown native and a 2023 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School, McGlone is entering her senior year at Capital University, where she is studying film and media production and marketing.

At Capital, she is a member of the women’s soccer team, a sister of Phi Sigma Sigma and a social media intern for the university.

She began her media journey when her grandfather, Pete Gabriel, WKBN radio operations manager and a Youngstown Press Club Hall of Fame inductee, gave her her first camera.

In high school, she created content for various school events and for McGlone Media LLC.

McGlone has begun an internship with the communications team at the Ohio Department of Youth Services, where she helps tell the story of troubled youth across the state and aspires to further develop her skills in media and storytelling.