OU Gaylord College Alumni eNewsletter - OU among top J-school's in country

March 2012

Gaylord College listed among top j-schools

Gaylord College has been listed as one of the top 20 journalism programs in the country by the College Media Matters blog from the Associated Collegiate Press. Associated Collegiate Press

Dan Reimold, the author of the blog, cited one of the criteria for making the list as "schools that are exciting me in the digital journalism realm and that are in some way aligned with quality campus media or professional publishing opportunities."

The Associated Collegiate Press is the largest and oldest U.S. collegiate journalism organization and administers the Pacemaker awards for collegiate newspapers, online newspapers, magazines and yearbooks. Sooner Yearbook and The Daily have each won multiple Pacemakers.

Read the article and see the whole list in alphabetical order.

OU to award Anthony Shadid with honorary degree posthumously

The family of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anthony Shadid will be awarded with an honorary degree on his behalf at the Spring 2012 Commencement. Shadid, an Oklahoma City native, briefly attended the University of Oklahoma in the 1980's before graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Shadid had been notified of the honor and was looking forward to attending the commencement ceremonies, said OU President David L. Boren.

Back in September, Shadid talked about his career and forthcoming memoir, House of Stone, with Matt Carney, a 2011 OU Professional Writing graduate. The interview was featured in the March 2012 issue of World Literature Today which can be viewed online at http://www.ou.edu/worldlit/03_2012/interview-carney.html. Carney also provides his impressions of the interview in an essay for WLT (http://www.ou.edu/worldlit/03_2012/essay-carney.html).

A public memorial service was held for Shadid at the Oklahoma City Civic Center on March 3. The service was streamed live by faculty and staff and archived. The full service can be viewed on YouTube at http://youtu.be/wVFMd5Soj2c.

Send in your memories for the
2013 OU Journalism Centennial

Centennial plans are underway! Alumni Bob Burke, Bill Moore and Andy Rieger are co-authoring a coffee-table book detailing the first 100 years of the journalism program at OU.

We need YOUR help!
Please share your photos or other memorabilia for possible inclusion in the book and/or on the multimedia website that will be created as a companion to the book.

For more information on the Centennial celebration and/or to share your memories, please contact:
Kristen Lazalier, Director of Development
University of Oklahoma
Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication
395 W. Lindsey, Room 3000
Norman, OK 73019-4201
klazalier@ou.edu

Alumna named to collegiate sports communication hall of fame

Debbie Copp (1978, Broadcasting) will be inducted into the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame and will join the 2012 class at the Hall of Fame dinner on June 25 in St. Louis, MO during the annual CoSIDA convention. This honor is presented to members of CoSIDA who have made outstanding contributions to the field of college athletic communications.
Read more.

Student agency receives national accreditation

LindseyAsp

Lindsey and Asp, Gaylord College's student-run advertising and public relations agency, is the newest agency to be counted as one of the top 28 student agencies in the country by the Public Relations Student Society of America.

In order to receive this designation a student-run agency must have successfully completed an application process that ensures the firm operates in a professional manner and maintains a strong connection with local and national student and professional chapters of PRSSA and PRSA. Agencies must be re-accredited every three years.

Learn more about Lindsey and Asp on the agency website.

Professors share military ethics expertise

Military Ethics Panel

Professors Robert "Pritch" Pritchard and John Schmeltzer are sharing their expertise in working with the military in several presentations at international conferences.

They were the featured plenary presentation in January 2012 at the International Society for Military Ethics Conference with the title, "Ethical Conflicts in Military-Media Relations." The theme of the conference was Civil-Military Relations & Social Issues in the Military. A paper the group wrote has also received a Top Three Paper Award at the IPRCC Conference. Read more.

Photo: John Schmeltzer seated and Pritchard standing on far right.

Focus on the
Professional Writing Program

Puterbaugh Fellow

Anna Holloway, a master professional writing student, was chosen for one of World Literature Today's Puterbaugh Student Fellowships. Read more.

Anthology published with Kindle

The professional writing student anthology, "Spellbound: Tales of the Fantastic," has been published on the Amazon Kindle Store. Download your copy for just $2.99 and support the students in the Professional Writing Student Association.

Entrepreneurial spirit

Aaron Pogue, a master of professional writing student set to graduate in May 2012, has already found success with his own digital publishing house. Read more about Aaron Pogue.

Finalist in Oklahoma Book Awards

"Stealing Kevin's Heart," the first novel of M. Scott Carter a professional writing masters student, has been chosen as a finalist in the Young Adult category of the Oklahoma Book Awards.

David Dary, former H.H. Herbert School of Journalism director, was also named a finalist for his non-fiction book, "Stories of Old-Time Oklahoma." The winners in each category will be announced at a ceremony on April 14.

Sports Journalism Institute

Professional writing graduate student RJ Young is among 11 students nationwide accepted into the University of Missouri's Sports Journalism Institute for summer 2012.

As a member of the institute, Young will attend a boot camp at the University of Missouri June 1-9. After that, he will be assigned to a sports journalism internship somewhere around the country. The 2012 internship venues include newspapers like the Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, The Virginian Pilot, ESPN.com and MLB.com. Read more about SJI.

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