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A
Baldwin
Wallace
University
graduate
has
been
on
the
ground
at
the
Ukraine-Poland
border,
reporting
from
one
of
the
epicenters
of
the
humanitarian
effort
to
help
the
hundreds
of
thousands
of
Ukrainians
who
have
fled
the
country
during
the
Russian
invasion.
Keith Kocinski '11, who studied broadcasting, mass communications and public relations at BW, is a reporter for News 12 New Jersey.
His most recent assignment has taken him to a refugee center in Przemysl, Poland, where he called the situation "heartbreaking," but interviewed people from New Jersey who are in the region to help.
Kocinski has been working at outlets in and around New York City for almost a decade, including the New York-based Channel One News, where he was not only a reporter but hosted a daily show broadcast to over 5 million middle and high school students across the country.
This is not the first time the Parma Heights, Ohio, native has traveled the globe for an important story.
As Kocinski's broadcast newsreel demonstrates, he's journeyed to destinations far and wide, where he would often report, produce, videotape, write and edit his stories.
"I'm what you call a media utility player," Kocinski writes. "I can play every role on a broadcasting team and have a lot of experience doing it. I've worked from nearly every continent (minus Antarctica), documenting some of the most significant stories of our generation like Climate Change in the Arctic, Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Pollution in the Ganges River, and 10th Anniversary of the Boxing Day Tsunami in Indonesia."
He has also taped high-profile interviews with such well-known figures as the Dalai Lama, former First Lady Michelle Obama, former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry, who now serves as U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, and film director James Cameron.
As
a
BW
student,
Kocinski
was
active
in
campus
media,
both
at
Buzz
TV
and
WBWC-FM
88.3
"The
Sting"
radio,
and
he
led
a
team
that
produced
a
50th
Anniversary
retrospective
on
WBWC.
He also notched a number of internships and job experiences off campus, serving as a summer intern at CBS News, a sports intern at Newschannel 5 in Cleveland, and as an associate producer and reporter for Parma Area Community Television (PACT TV).
He also found time to get involved in BW's Circle K service club.
After graduation, Kocinski spent two years reporting for an NBC affiliate in Wyoming before heading to the New York area. BW faculty say Kocinski always takes time to visit with BW students when they travel to New York City for the annual student broadcast conferences.
