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Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

2020-2021 Staff

Vy Luong

Vy Luong

is an international student from Vietnam. She is pursuing a Master’s degree in journalism and media management at the University of Oklahoma. She graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with dual degrees in Professional...

Libbey Dean

Libbey Dean

is a journalism student at the Gaylord College in the University of Oklahoma who is expected to graduate in 2022. A native of Houston, Texas, she is currently part of Gaylord News in Washington, D.C. libbeydean1@gmail.com ...

Becca Yanez

Becca Yanez

is a professional writing/political science double major at the University of Oklahoma. Becca’s biggest journalistic interests are in print and radio. In her free time, Becca enjoys a cup of coffee with a good book.   ya...

Kaleigh Tingelstad

Kaleigh Tingelstad

Kaleigh Tingelstad is a broadcast journalism major and sports management minor at the University of Oklahoma who is expected to graduate in 2022. She is a reporter for Gaylord News in Washington, D.C. kaleightingelstad@gmail.com https://twitter.com/K_tingelstad https://www.linke...

Kaitlyn Deggs

Kaitlyn Deggs

Kaitlyn Deggs is a senior broadcast journalist with plans to graduate from the University of Oklahoma in December 2021. She is from Dallas, TX/Portland, OR, and is serving as a Washington D.C. Correspondent for Gaylord News during...

Kolby Terrell

Kolby Terrell

Kolby Terrell is a senior journalism student of Gaylord College at the University of Oklahoma. Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, he is a Washington Correspondent for Gaylord News. kolbyterrell@yahoo.com https://twitter.com/Kolby__Terrell https://ww...

Jazz M. Wolfe

Jazz M. Wolfe

is studying microbiology and journalism with the goal of going into science writing. She plans on graduating in 2024 with a master's degree.

Skylar Tallal

Skylar Tallal

is a broadcast journalism reporter at the University of Oklahoma, with a minor in International Studies, graduating in May 2021. Born and raised in Allen, Texas, she is currently one of two correspondents for the Gaylord News...

Sarah Oven

Sarah Oven

is working for Cronkite News in Washington in spring of 2021. Sarah, who has interned at the Cronkite Journal and The Arizona Republic, expects to graduate in May 2023 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and minor in political...

Miranda Vondale Foster

Miranda Vondale Foster

is a senior Gaylord journalism student at the University of Oklahoma. Miranda began her major in journalism at Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC), where she was hired as a staff writer and a podcast creator and editor for...

KaraLee Langford

KaraLee Langford

is a Gaylord journalism student at the University of Oklahoma. She completed her associate’s degree in journalism at Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC). There, she began her journalism career as a writer for the OCCC student...

Brooklyn Wayland

Brooklyn Wayland

is a reporter currently attending the University of Oklahoma where she studies journalism and political science. She now is the creator, producer and co-host of the “Survive & Thrive” and “America’s Cross-Roads”...

Joseph Tomlinson

Joseph Tomlinson

was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a senior journalism major at the University of Oklahoma and is a Washington correspondent for Gaylord News.

Sarah Beth Guevara

Sarah Beth Guevara

  is a graduate student in the Gaylord College at the University of Oklahoma after obtaining her undergraduate degree from the same institution. She is part of the Facebook Journalism Project and part of the POLITICO Journalism...

Emma Sears

Emma Sears

is a student at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and a reporter for Gaylord News.

Nancy Marie Spears

Nancy Marie Spears

is a member of the Cherokee Nation and a reporter for Gaylord News, a reporting project of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. thenancymariespears@gmail.com https://twitter.com/yourstrulynx...

Bennett Brinkman

Bennett Brinkman

is a journalism student within the Gaylord College of the University of Oklahoma who is expected to graduate in 2022. A native of Edmond, Oklahoma, he is currently part of Gaylord News in Washington D.C.

Zaria Oates

Zaria Oates

is a student at the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and a Washington, D.C. reporter for Gaylord News. ztoates1@gmail.com https://twitter.com/ZARIAOATESTV https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaria-oates-864241178...

Jim North

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...

Breanna Mitchell

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.

Jessie Christopher Smith

Jessie Christopher Smith

  is a journalism major at the University of Oklahoma, with minors in Religious Studies and English, Literary and Cultural Studies. He was co-founder and editor of Rap Chronicle, an online music magazine that published...