According to the radio station's website, KGOU Radio is a full service public radio station, licensed to the University of Oklahoma, serving the greater Oklahoma City metropolitan area, towns in Pontotoc, Seminole and Grady counties, and northwestern Oklahoma. Its format is primarily news/talk on weekdays, with jazz, blues, and world music programs on weekends, broadcasting programs from NPR, PRI and other public radio networks. Its broadcast schedule includes programming for a Native American audience.

KGOU is also a broadcast and online news organization (www.kgou.org) providing news coverage of local, state, regional, national and global issues, along with our partner organizations, NPR, and other networks and content providers. KGOU streams broadcast audio over the internet, and provides online audio of programs and news reports.

The staff of KGOU includes 10 full-time and five part-time employees. The station also houses two reporters employed for StateImpact Oklahoma, a collaborative effort of public broadcasters in the state.

KGOU originates from studios located on the campus of the University of Oklahoma and is delivered by four transmitters and three translators to more than one million residents of central, southeastern and northwestern Oklahoma.

KGOU is currently hiring for one OU student to work 20 hours or less in their news department. The internal title for the job is "Student News Anchor/ Host," according to the job listing. For more information and to make an application, visit the OU Human Relations Jobs Board and search for job requisition 20404.

There are only a few one-stop media employers on campus, and OU Nightly is one of them.

Students run everything from camera to audio to news gathering, writing and delivering reports on air with the help of the Nightly professional staff.
 

According to the Nightly's about page, OU Nightly is Gaylord College's (only) student-produced daily newscast.

Journalism and BE&M students, along with students from OU's Meteorology program are involved in this collective effort.

The staff is comprised of volunteers, students enrolled in TV reporting courses and news and production practicums, as well as a small number of paid student employees.

An industry standard style newscast, OU Nightly airs live on Cox Cable channel 124 in Norman at 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday throughout the academic year. The newscast replays most weekdays (unless pre-empted by OUTV live programming) at 9:30 p.m.

OU Nightly is available in the OKC and Tulsa areas on Cox channel 3 and can also be seen on the AT&T uVerse system in the OKC and Tulsa metros on channel 99.  On the OU campus you can watch OU Nightly live on Cox channel 76.

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JMC 4970-900/5970-900

Chronicling America's Wars

Profs. John Schmeltzer and Mike Boettcher

This Presidential Dream Course on Chronicling America's Wars features distinguished guest speakers who will discuss war reporting from the American Indian wars to the Spanish-American War to World Wars I & II to Vietnam, both Gulf Wars and Afghanistan.

The course runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, and lectures are open to the public.

The first lecture of the course will take place tonight and has already attracted the attention of the Society of Professional Journalists, who will be attending the lecture as part of their September 2 meeting.

"Covering the Indian Wars"

Dr. John Coward, Associate Professor, University of Tulsa

Sept. 2, 2014, 6 p.m.

Gaylord Hall Room 1140, Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium

John M. Coward is associate professor and former chair of the Faculty of Communication at The University of Tulsa. He worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in East Tennessee before completing a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Texas at Austin. 

He has taught journalism at Emory & Henry College in Virginia and at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Coward's research examines Native American representations in nineteenth and twentieth century media. 

His first book, "The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90" was published in 1999 by the University of Illinois Press. His second book, "The Indian Wars," compiled news stories and editorials on 15 Indian-white battles and massacres. It was published in 2005 as part of The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting.  

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When you check in at the career fair, a name tag will be printed with the name, major, and graduation date on your HIREsooner page; therefore, make sure your HIREsooner page has your correct major and graduation date listed. If you have questions, please call Career Services at 325-1974.

Get your resume critiqued at Career Services and uploaded to HIREsooner.
Once your resume is ready, upload it to your HIREsooner page to be included in the OU Online Resume Books for employers to view prior to the career fair.

Research the attending organizations.
Take a close look at the organizations attending that have indicated that they are looking for your major. Remember that many employers will indicate that they are interested in ALL MAJORS so include these organizations in your research.

Pre-register in Career Services.
Come by our office to make your nametag ahead of time in order to avoid lines at the career fair. You'll receive an OU embossed portfolio and t-shirt!"