You know by now the Thunder took care of business at home in game three against the Spurs. You also may know the OU Softball squad won their first game at the Women’s College World Series at Hall of Fame Stadium (they play again Friday night). And the baseball team begins play in their regional tomorrow afternoon. Oh, by the way, the local Triple-A baseball team – top affiliate of the Houston Astros – continues to roll as well.
Throw a little of this (dance), a little of that (live music), a skosh of history (abe and Mary water on paper), a pinch of that (Nicole Moan’s sinfully wearable art) and you have a sliver of Edge Art Now at IAO on Sheridan in
downtown OKC.
http://reduxiontheatre.wordpress.com/
I recommend you put Reduxion on your “cool things to do” radar.
Yes, I’m biased since my daughter Nicole played the lead in this original stage performance…. but it is outstanding new work and it sure was great to see her happy and on stage in Arlington, Texas.
All true news organizations should do the same…
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I am not a political pundit, at least publicly. I try to be an observer, to report and explore in my blogs and writings.
And so I am forced to make a simple statement. Today, the President of the United States of America, duly elected by a large majority of the people, visits the state of Oklahoma for the first time since his election.
I can only assume, based on my own personal observations, that he wasn’t particularly inclined to visit for simple reasons. He likely didn’t feel welcome. The front page story about his lack of an official state welcome would hint as such.
The state’s largest journalistic enterprise, the Oklahoman, does indeed focus On the President’s visit in this political year. Yet it’s on-line entity, NewsOK, via my iPad, shows NOTHING among its top 10 stories in the stories listed as “headlines” or “local state”. You must go to “politics” to find anything on this mobile site.
This is journalistically shameful. Editorial pages are the place for such slights, but such slights are embarrassing and undermine the credibility of this entity. I am aghast at the incomplete pandering that passes for “news” coverage.
It’s time we as journalists stop looking as America as a place where differing viewpoints can’t or shouldn’t harmonize and instead must blend into a cohesion that makes for red, white and blue – instead of separate flags of individual colors. And it’s time Americans realize that those who are elected nationally represent all within their districts, states or nation, not just those who vote for them.
I am neither Democrat, Republican, Socialist, Independent, Green nor any other party shill. I am an American, just like you.
Congrats to the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications, specifically the students and staff who produce OU Nightly, the daily half hour live newscast on campus. As you can see from the release below, OU and OUN received some outstanding honors from the Broadcast Education Association this week.
You can watch OU Nightly live Monday through Friday on Cox Cable and other providers who carry OUTV. You may also like OU Nightly’s page on Facebook and subscribe on Twitter @ounightly to keep up with the stories we are covering.
Here’s a portion of the OU Release…
Gaylord Students Take a Record Number of Awards
at the National BEA Festival of Media Arts
OU Nightly Recognized as One of the Best Student Newscasts in the Country
The student winners were just announced for the BEA Festival of Media Arts competition. When the honors are given at the April BEA convention in Las Vegas, Gaylord students will bring home 8 national awards. This is the most awards OU has ever won at the national BEA Festival. OU is in the top five schools for the number of student awards.
The festival run by the Broadcast Education Association is the largest student & faculty media competition in the country. There were over 1200 entries by both students in faculty in multiple competitions including audio, documentary, interactive multimedia, news, scriptwriting, sports and video production.
In the News Competition, OU Nightly was recognized as one of the four best daily newscasts in the country. This is the first time the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication’s newscast has held a top national position in the BEA Festival. OU Nightly was tied for second with the University of Florida. ASU was Best of Festival and St. Cloud State took first. This year BEA broke the newscast competition into two categories: those that only air 1 to 3 days a week, and television newscasts airing 4 or 5 days per week. OU Nightly is seen weeknights during the semester statewide on Cox, regionally on ATT Uverse and on the web.
Television Newscast (airing 4 or 5 days per week)
Best of Festival
NewsWatch Staff
Arizona State University
1st Place
UTVS News
St. Cloud State University
2nd (tie)
OU Nightly
University of Oklahoma
2nd (tie)
WUFT NEWS First at Five
University of Florida
Three OU Nightly on-air talents were honored. Allison Harris won a 2nd Place and Aaryn Cahill Honorable Mention in the Television News Anchor category. This is Allison’s second year being recognized as a top national student news anchor. In Television Weathercaster Jon Haverfield captured a 2nd Place.
OU took two honorable mentions for feature reporting. In Radio Feature Reporting KGOU’s Logan Layden took an Honorable Mention for “Illegal Immigration Debate Breeds Confusion.” In Television Feature Reporting, Chinh Doan received an Honorable Mention for her story, “OU Mom.”
Overall, OU was ranked 4th when it come to the number of student awards won in news.
The Video Competition, OU took two awards for promotional pieces. Josh Shockley, Hannah Foster and Zach Strauss won a 3rd Place award for “This is Our Classroom,” a version of the video shown as the Gaylord Prize. Cameron Masingale and Kourtney Atchley won an honorable mention for their Littering PSA.
Yes, OU’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication is on the list!
