University of Oklahoma Authors
Jana Allen is a journalism junior at the University of Oklahoma. A graduate of Hilldale High in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Allen currently works on the staff of the OU Daily newspaper and hopes to become a full-time investigative reporter one day.
Stories:
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
Jensen Armstrong is a final-year graduate student in OU’s Strategic Communication program. She is currently working with Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma to organize tenants’ rights activism in the state.
Cartographer
Alex Baron is a senior broadcast journalism student at the University of Oklahoma with a minor in political science. Alex hopes to pursue graduate programs at the University of Oklahoma and grow a larger media presence within the state.
Stories:
Kaw Nation
Kimberly Burk is an editor for Gaylord News. She is a veteran reporter and editor for newspapers in Texas and Oklahoma and a freelance writer and publicist.
Editor
Stories:
United Keetoowah Band
Kaelan Deese is a University of Oklahoma Class of 2019 graduate. Born and raised in Oklahoma, he is now a breaking news reporter for The Hill in Washington D.C.
Stories:
Seminole Nation
Gwynne Easley is a junior at the University of Oklahoma studying journalism. She currently writes for Gaylord News Oklahoma and is a member of the university’s chapter of the Native American Journalists Association.
Stories:
Euchee Tribe
Wyandotte Nation
Brody Feldmann, a senior journalism student at the University of Oklahoma, spent the past three years as the sports editor at the Mustang News and Yukon Review newspapers in Mustang and Yukon, Oklahoma. He graduated from Mustang High School in 2013.
Stories:
Kiowa Tribe
Olan Field is a senior at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Olan is also a supervisor for Step In, Speak Out, LGBTQ Programs Advisory Board vice-chairman, and an Army ROTC cadet.
Stories:
Apache Tribe
Ft. Sill Apache Tribe
Sarah Beth Guevara is a master's student at the University of Oklahoma through which she covered Congress in Washington D.C. with Gaylord News. She was an investigative reporter with News21 covering natural disasters and mental health across the U.S. and will graduate in 2021.
Jericka Handie is a senior journalism major at the University of Oklahoma. She graduated from Jenks High School in 2016 and is a member of the OU chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Stories:
Caddo Nation
Pawnee Nation
Scott Haas graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism with a minor in meteorology. Scott currently works with Fox23 in Tulsa, Oklahoma as the Weekend Morning Producer, but hopes to someday work for CNN.
Stories:
Ottawa Tribe
Katelin Hudson is a senior journalism major at the University of Oklahoma. She has a photography and graphic design background and is looking forward to working with a magazine or online publication after graduation.
Stories:
Otoe-Missouria
Brandon King is a senior at the University of Oklahoma with a major in online journalism from Yukon, Oklahoma. He plans to graduate in May and begin working for Oklahoma Today Magazine while online freelance writing for various publications.
Addison Kliewer is a senior journalism major at the University of Oklahoma with minors in political science and history. She previously worked as a congressional reporter for Gaylord News Washington and an intern for NBC News in New York.
Stories:
Trails to Indian country define Oklahoma
“Kill the Indian, save the man”: Remembering the stories of Indian boarding schools
Aimee Lewis is a journalism major at the University of Oklahoma. As a professional photographer, Lewis is pursuing an investigative photojournalism career.
Stories:
Cherokee Nation
Breanna Mitchell is a junior from Dallas, Texas, majoring in journalism and ballet performance at the University of Oklahoma. She has enjoyed covering Oklahoma news for the Norman Transcript and Gaylord News.
Stories:
Chickasaw Nation
Miranda Mahmud is a senior at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. She reported in the fall in Washington, D.C., for Gaylord News and will graduate in May 2020.
Stories:
Trails to Indian country define Oklahoma
“Kill the Indian, save the man”: Remembering the stories of Indian boarding schools
Jim North is a graduate student from Tulsa, Oklahoma in the Master of Professional Writing program at the OU’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. His undergraduate background in journalism and creative writing has sharpened his inspiration toward human-interest storytelling.
Stories:
Miami Nation
Modoc Nation
Osage Tribe
Quapaw Tribe
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
Cheyenne Plummer
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Choctaw Nation
Adam Seibel graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism with a minor in environmental sustainability. Adam hopes to work with environmental news and maybe one day get into film producing short documentaries about climate change.
Currently working as an Associate Producer for KWTV Oklahoma’s Own News 9, Shiloh Sellers graduated from Gaylord College in December 2019. During her years at OU she worked on multiple platforms including OU Nightly, Gaylord News, Across the Board, Sooner Sports Pad and GamedayU.
Stories:
Sac and Fox Nation
Zach Verdea is an Edmond native who graduated from the University of Oklahoma in December 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He now works at KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls, Texas, as a multimedia journalist.
Stories:
Ponca Tribe
Brooklyn Wayland is a journalism and political science junior at the University of Oklahoma. A graduate of Bristow High School in Bristow, Oklahoma, Wayland currently writes for Gaylord News Washington and looks forward to running toward the future of journalism by focusing on new and innovative ways of storytelling.
Stories:
“Kill the Indian, save the man”: Remembering the stories of Indian boarding schools
Tonkawa Tribe
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
Anna-Kate Weichel is from Rockwall, Texas and a junior studying broadcast journalism and communication at the University of Oklahoma. She has enjoyed getting to work with Gaylord News through the year.
Stories:
Peoria Tribe
Seneca-Cayuga Nation
Wendy Weitzel is a junior studying journalism and political science at the University of Oklahoma. She is currently working for Gaylord News Oklahoma and looks forward to covering the Iowa Caucuses with them later this month.
Stories:
Comanche Nation
Shawnee Tribe
Absentee Shawnee
Eastern Shawnee Tribe
