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OSU media professors honored as 2026 Center for Community News Faculty Champions

Drs. Rosemary Avance and Andrew M. Abernathy, both assistant professors in OSU's School of Media & Strategic Communications, have been recognized as 2026 Faculty Champions by the Center for Community News at the University of Vermont.
OSU media professors honored as 2026 Center for Community News Faculty Champions
OSU media professors honored as 2026 Center for Community News Faculty Champions

Tue, Feb 3, 2026

Drs. Rosemary Avance and Andrew M. Abernathy, both assistant professors in OSU's School of Media & Strategic Communications, have been recognized as 2026 Faculty Champions by the Center for Community News at the University of Vermont.

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Benbrook honored as Outstanding Young Alumni for national journalism career

Tue, Feb 3, 2026

Julia Benbrook, a 2017 Oklahoma State University graduate and former Miss OSU, has built a career in national journalism that recently earned her recognition as an Outstanding Young Alumni honoree. Now a White House correspondent for CNN, Benbrook

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OSU alumna wins national writing award for the visual arts

Mon, Oct 13, 2025

Brandy McDonnell was recently awarded the Rabkin Prize. The award is given to a select few visual arts writers annually, which, this year, included McDonnell, "The Oklahoman" features writer for over two decades.

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OSU alumni Cosgrove speaks at annual Paul Miller lecture series

Fri, Apr 14, 2023

This year's keynote speaker, Jaclyn Cosgrove, assistant city editor at the Los Angeles Times, gave their presentation titled, "How to Succeed as a Good Human (And Journalist)."

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OSU’s nationally recognized sports media program provides unique opportunities for success

Thu, Oct 13, 2022

Opportunities. Guidance. Connectivity. Experience. Four words used to describe OSU's School of Media and Strategic Communications sports media program by four of its members: a professor who helped start the program, a sports announcer nicknamed

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KOSU podcast collaboration named finalist for national journalism award

Thu, Nov 11, 2021

"Blindspot: Tulsa Burning," a collaborative podcast between KOSU, Focus: Black Oklahoma, WNYC Studios and The History Channel, has been chosen as a finalist for the 2022 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards.

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OSU professor teaching journalism in Egypt

Mon, Oct 24, 2005

An Oklahoma State University professor will travel to Cairo this fall to teach a business reporting class in a program sponsored by the Center for International Private Enterprise.

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