Celebration of Life:
Remembering Ned Hockman
Saturday, April 24, 2010
3 p.m.
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium Gaylord Hall Room 1140
RSVPs are not required. For more information about the event or for accommodation on the basis of disability, please contact Kathy Adams at 405-325-2721 or kadams@ou.edu.
Longtime OU journalism and film professor Ned Hockman passed away in December at the age of 88. In recognition of the role Hockman played in so many students' lives for the more than 40 years he taught at OU the university is planning a Celebration of Life in his honor. Read more about his life and watch an interview from the OETA Oklahoma World War II Stories on the our Web site. |
John Greiner, Journalism 1966, Honored with SPJ Lifetime Achievement Award
John Greiner retired as the State Capital reporter for The Oklahoman in October 2008. Greiner spent nearly 40 years covering the Oklahoma State Capital and was honored for his lifetime achievement in journalism by the SPJ Oklahoma Chapter at a banquet held Feb. 20 in Bricktown.
Greiner was entered into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1993. He is a 1966 journalism graduate and spent two years in the military before going to work for The Oklahoman.
Gov. Brad Henry proclaimed Oct. 17, 2008 as John Greiner Day in Oklahoma.
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Students and Faculty Inspired By Trip To Bangladesh and Pakistan Over Winter Break
Ken Fischer, students Hailey Branson and Alex Page,
Mike Boettcher, Elanie Steyn, and Bob Dickey traveled
to Bangladesh and Pakistan
Four faculty members and two Gaylord College students traveled to Bangladesh and Pakistan over the Winter Break. The group made the trip as part of a U.S. State Department grant program for the Gaylord College to provide visual storytelling and women's leadership workshops to journalists from South Asia. Professor Ken Fischer, served as the workshop coordinator enlisting broadcast news veterans Mike Boettcher and Bob Dickey to serve as instructors in the Visual Storytelling workshop. Dr. Elanie Steyn led a separate workshop on Women's Leadership in Bangladesh.
This marks the sixth time a group from Gaylord College has traveled to South Asia to conduct workshops and the first time students have traveled with the group. Read the student's first-hand experiences on their blog.
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From OU to the Oscars: Gaylord College's Connections to the Awards
Hollywood is not the only place basking in the shine of the Oscar's. OU and the Gaylord College have two connections to this year's awards: one a recipient and the other a public relations professional.
 Mark Malone, 1990 Radio/TV/Film and Electronic Journalism, was the writer of the thought-provoking Best Documentary, The Cove. The film exposes the ugly secrets behind the dolphin trade in Japan. Read more about Malone's involvement and watch the trailer to the film.
 Gaylord College's second connection to the Oscar's is one of the behind-the-scenes superstars that plan and execute the ceremony. Annie Terracina, 2008 public relations, has spent the last three years working behind the scenes coordinating the many events leading up to the actual ceremony, developing a social media campaign for the awards and helping direct traffic on the Red Carpet. Look for more about Annie's career in the next newsletter.
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Fourth Dream Course Focuses on
Women's Leadership in Media
Dr. Elanie Steyn and Professor Kathryn Jenson White are excited to
bring to the OU campus a line-up of outstanding women media leaders this
spring as part of a presidential Dream Course titled Business of Media:
Women as Media Leaders.
The speakers are a nationally and internationally known roster of
decision-makers in print, online and broadcast journalism; scholars and
trainers focusing on leadership in general and women as leaders
specifically; and women executives in advertising and public relations.
The guests will spend two days each on campus presenting classroom and
public lectures as well as meeting with faculty members from across
campus.
Read more about the Dream Course series.
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Gaylord Students Pull in Awards
Broadcasting and electronic media and journalism students have received 32 awards so far this season: 18 from the Oklahoma chapter of the BEA
and four from the national BEA Festival; Tyrus Taylor received the Grand Prize award and another 12 students have received Honorable Mentions in the national NBS/AERho competition. Read more and see the list of student winners.
Advertising and public relations students (above) took home 17 Addy's at this year's Oklahoma City Addy Awards, more than any other program in the
state earning them an additional award - The Braggy Award! The Braggy
Award is new this year and is awarded to the group who received the
most awards at the ceremony. See the list of Addy winners.
OU Student Media have also received numerous awards this year from the Society of Professional Journalists and Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The Oklahoma Daily was named best student newspaper and Sower Magazine
was named best student magazine in the Region 8 SPJ Mark of Excellence
competition. The Daily's Web site, OUDaily.com, finished second in
the competition for "best affiliated Web site." Read more about the SPJ Awards.
Sooner 2009 yearbook and OUDaily.com have won Gold Crown awards, and the Oklahoma Daily has won a Silver Crown from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. In addition, Sooner Yearbook received 34 individual Gold Circle Awards and OUDaily.com received five individual awards. Sooner Yearbook 2009 was also named one of 14 national Pacemaker finalists. Judges met in Minneapolis in January to select the finalists based on these factors: thorough coverage and content, sophisticated design, exemplary writing and editing and outstanding photography. See the list of CSPA award winners.
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2009-2010 Officers
Jolly Brown Pugh
President
Nancy Coggins
Vice President
James Tyree Secretary/Treasurer
Heather Cook
Immediate Past President
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