Profile: Meet the Voice of Penn State Sports
Play-by-play announcer Steve Jones has called more than 1,000 basketball games and over 200 football games as "The voice of Penn State". Reporter John Kluepfel has the story.
About the Contributors
David Abruzzese
Senior / Broadcast Journalism
My name is David Abruzzese. I’m a senior broadcast journalism major with a wide spectrum of interests including sports, politics, business, digital media, social media, and much more. I’m one of three managing editors of Onward State with roughly 500 articles published under my name. I’ve covered events ranging from Penn State’s Board of Trustee meetings to the Nittany Lions’ upset of No. 2 Ohio State. I’ve been responsible for helping our social media platform engage with millions of users and have had my articles reach thousands of different readers.
Lydia Aquino
Senior / Broadcast Journalism
Lydia Aquino is a reporter for the Centre County Report. Lydia is passionate about journalism and excels in her work. Over the summer, Lydia was a social media intern for Racked under Vox Media. At Racked, Lydia was writing, editing and producing Facebook Live events. Lydia can work well with others and can handle the many pressures of working in the news industry. Once she graduates she hopes to be working in Entertainment or News in a major city. Follow Lydia on Twitter @_LydiaAquino.
Mackenzie Pardi
Senior / Broadcast Journalism
JohnKluepfel
Senior / Broadcast Journalism
