Jaron May ’22

WAER 88.3 FM has announced that Jaron May, a junior broadcast and digital journalism major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is the station’s incoming sports director.

“We’re excited to have Jaron leading the WAER sports department in the coming year. He demonstrates excellent leadership qualities and has proven to be a reliable member of the staff,” says Kevin Kloss, WAER’s content and operations manager who oversees the sports department. “We are both confident and excited in Jaron’s ability to help ensure the next wave of WAER students are prepared to continue the legacy of professional level sports broadcasts.”

As sports director, May will be responsible for leading a team of students in the tradition of providing high-quality sports broadcasts and coverage to the Syracuse University and Central New York community throughout the year ahead.

To learn more about May, visit

From “Your Election Blueprint,” an issue-oriented series of in-depth reports chiefly produced by James Corrigan G’21, to a series of feature-length stories highlighting various issues and races, culminating in WAER’s live election night broadcast which included a special one-hour “,” followed by live updates during NPR’s programming.

Student work was heavily featured in interviews and reporter debriefs, contributing to important content to add to the public education and debate over this year’s election.

WAER’s election coverage featured reporting from:

Dan Baldwin G’21 (Broadcast and Digital Journalism)

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Evan Beebe ’21 (Broadcast and Digital Journalism)

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Kyle Chouinard ’24 (Broadcast and Digital Journalism)

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James Corrigan G’21 (Broadcast and Digital Journalism)

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Geoffrey Goose ’24 (Broadcast and Digital Journalism)

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Brad Klein ’22 (Broadcast and Digital Journalism)

• Part of election night team, reporting live from GOP candidate gathering.

Brianna Langlois ’21 (Broadcast and Digital Journalism)

• Part of election night team writing about the chance for changes in policy on COVID-19 and international relations after the election.

Yasmin Nayrouz ’24 (Magazine, News and Digital Journalism)

• Part of election night team writing stories about 24th Congressional Seat Race; Board of Elections turnout review.

Ben Schiller ’24 (Broadcast and Digital Journalism)

• Election day coverage from polling places on turnout and why people wanted to participate in record numbers.

“WAER takes our local news obligation very seriously and nothing exemplifies that more than election coverage,” says Chris Bolt, news and public affairs director for WAER. “Syracuse University student reporters play a critical role in expanding our news resources to cover more ground, both physical ground to be at more events and topical ground of covering more issues and races. We had a goal of informing the Central New York audience about candidates, issues, controversies in the campaigns and details of the various voting methods. Students increased the knowledge of our community, as well as their own expertise, by participating every step of the way,”

To learn more about WAER’s 2020 election coverage, visit .