Oklahoma Scholastic Media

03/11/2025

Hi OSM members and friends,

We are having a very different and exciting Spring Media Day this year on March 26 from 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The OKC Thunder is graciously hosting our event at the Paycom Center in downtown OKC.

The $20 registration fee gets students and teachers access to four amazing journalists/media professionals as guest speakers, vendors from yearbooks companies, journalism organizations, and colleges, and the kicker: a ticket to the OKC Blue's game that evening.

Speakers include Tevis Hillis from Oklahoma News 9, Jenni Carlson from the Oklahoman, the 2023 Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Fellow and independent reporter Alexandra Talty, and Clara Roark with OKC Thunder media relations.

We have a few tickets left for schools who are interested in coming but are not registered yet.

Find registration here:

Spring Media Day is here! A conference for journalism students in Oklahoma to gather and attend media workshops and seminars.

11/12/2024

Fall Media Day 2024 is off to a great start. We are packed, with 700+ high school and middle school media students and teachers in attendance. Ga***rd College at the University of Oklahoma

04/16/2024

Spring Media Day 2024 is tomorrow on the OU campus! Note the change of venue from our usual spot—address on the flier. Teachers, take a look at lunch options if you haven’t already—we are on a different side of campus, not close to Campus Corner.

Can’t wait to see our OSM schools and award some scholastic journalism work! Student media is in bloom in Oklahoma, ya’ll!

02/23/2024

Hey my Oklahoma Scholastic Media people, our Spring Media Day event is open for registration. We are at a new venue on the OU campus, and I'm so excited! Mark your calendar for scholastic journalism greatness on Tuesday April 16!
Register here!

Spring Media Day is a conference that allows journalism students from across the state to gather and attend media workshops and seminars.

02/23/2024

Spring Media Day is a conference that allows journalism students from across the state to gather and attend media workshops and seminars.

02/18/2024

For those planning to come to Spring Media Day, we have set the date for Tuesday April 16, and we will be at a new venue--still on the OU campus: the Thurman J. White Forum Building.

Registration will be open soon!

The Thurman J. White Forum is now operating at full capacity. We are now accepting reservations for third-party, Non-OU, events. Book your event today!

11/15/2021

Thank you, everyone who was at Fall Media Monday today! All the teachers, students, presenters, yearbook reps, volunteers--everyone!

So, I’ll need to verify with a few schools on attendance (since I cannot stop mixing up the Lawton schools—sorry guys!), but total attendance for Fall Media Monday was somewhere between 530-560. Seriously a stellar day post-lockdown. The energy was so upbeat. I was so happy to see so many happy faces today.

Remember, journalism is important! Scholastic journalism is important.

11/15/2021

Fall Media Monday is back in person on Nov. 15! We are so excited to see everyone. And, we're close to pre-pandemic numbers, at nearly 600 registered!

OU encourages everyone to mask up when indoors and stay safe.

Let's do this!

06/30/2021

OIDJ is back for 2021! The main difference in this year and previous years is OU is not allowing overnight stays for this summer, so we will operate more like a summer day camp.

04/26/2021

Hi there,

If anyone is trying to get in to a session by Jen Bladen today for Spring Media Monday, her passcode is 247338, not the one we have in our program.

Sorry for this!

Melanie

04/23/2021

Want to see all the sessions we are offering for Spring Media Monday on April 26?

Look here:https://osm-oipa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SMM-2021-program-final-draft.pdf

And then, take the next step and register here! Can't wait to see my scholastic media people! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-virtual-spring-media-monday-tickets-143229486249?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

04/20/2021

A Virtual Spring Media Monday is approaching fast on Monday April 26. There's still time to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-virtual-spring-media-monday-tickets-143229486249?aff=ebdssbeac

Get ready for another virtual event, Spring Media Monday 2021!

11/09/2020

Schedule update: We had technical difficulties with the 10 a.m. session listed below. It will be offered again at 12 p.m.

Ideas from the Professionals
Presenter: Laura Schaub, National Key Accounts Manager, Lifetouch Yearbooks & Professor Emeritus, Ga***rd College

Description: From magazines and brochures to billboards, store logos and, yes, even PowerPoint templates, ideas for your publications are everywhere. In this session, we will explore ideas created by those who design for a living and see how to adapt them for our own publications.

Laura’s Zoom link: https://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/95924406286?pwd=VVRKYTN1MlZ1bElRS1VaUW0xYUkrdz09
Meeting ID: 959 2440 6286
Password: FMM2020!

11/09/2020

Today is the day! It's A Virtual Fall Media Monday 2020. Advisers and presenters, I emailed you an updated schedule last night, but if you don't see it there, it's also on our website homepage: www.osm-oipa.org

If there are any changes to the schedule as the day progresses, we will post them here and on our website. Have a great day!

And if you forgot to register, it's not too late. Registration is still open on the website as well!

What is Media Monday? Each fall and spring, OSM hosts Media Monday, which is a conference that allows journalism students from across the state to gather and attend media workshops, seminars and lectures taught by professionals and professors.

11/02/2020

Scholastic media friends,

We are just one week out from A Virtual Fall Media Monday 2020. Even if you or your students just have an hour free on Nov. 9, it would be worth registering. You'll get full access to all recorded sessions, so even if you can't get to something on the actual day, you can access it later when you're free.

Register here!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-virtual-fall-media-monday-2020-tickets-124860267421?fbclid=IwAR3GpqHHg264F_fUdENhztiOE057UVb28_RchzYzVb5m9NM-_ZYK9QP_Yd4

Get ready for A Virtual Fall Media Monday 2020!

10/14/2020

A Virtual Fall Media Monday 2020 registration is open on EventBrite!

A Virtual Fall Media Monday (hosted via Zoom) will start at 9:30 a.m. Monday Nov. 9 with a welcome session. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. we will run a variety of yearbook, journalism and media-related sessions starting on the hour that students and teachers can choose from. We will close the day with the yearbook state competition awards ceremony from 3 -3:30 p.m.

A schedule will be available soon on the OSM website and will also be emailed to all teachers on our contact list.

Teachers, register at the link below. The fee is $8 per person, but you don't pay now. We will invoice you after the event. Hope you and your students can be there!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-virtual-fall-media-monday-2020-tickets-124860267421

Get ready for A Virtual Fall Media Monday 2020!

07/23/2020

Hello teachers,

One of my colleagues has shared with me an opportunity you might be interested in for professional development and continued education this Saturday, hosted by Ga***rd College and NPPA. This free workshop has a variety of sessions relevant to journalism education ranging from virtual teaching tips to storytelling to photography and videography. I will be attending several of these sessions myself. You can sign up for all the sessions or just one, or any number between. I hope to see you there!

Best wishes to all--Melanie

Invite follows from Dr. Julie Jones:

Please share with everyone in OSM that the NPPA News Video Workshop is having a virtual day of training this Saturday.

We have included a Zoom session for teachers with OSM in mind. If it counts toward professional development, I am happy to write up whatever documentation your teachers would need.

Here is the schedule with embedded links to the registration forms and presenters' bios.

https://bit.ly/2WHcn8d

I anticipated a few questions your group may have:

1) While we would love to have OSM teachers here, but I would think twice before sharing it with high school students. The NPPA faculty are working journalists who present as working journalists. While they are professional, I cannot guarantee a curse-less environment throughout the day.

2) As a rule, we do not record any Workshop sessions. Presenters, though, are free to share their deck if they wish. It is on a case by case basis, but I am happy to ask if there are particular sessions to give the Workshop faculty a heads up on.

We hope you join us!

Julie Jones, PhD
Ga***rd College
National Chair/NPPA News Video Workshop
Visual Content Coordinator/Ga***rd News
(952) 270-7375
Twitter:

These two journalists have a proven track record on how to approach strangers, even in hostile situations, and convince them to talk. Learn their strategies on how to get great interviews and create compelling stories. (Session # 1 a)

04/27/2020

You can find the OSM Spring Media Monday (quarantine-version) awards slideshow on our website: https://osm-oipa.org/media-monday/spring-media-monday/

Congrats to all the winners!

Spring Media Monday is a conference that brings journalism students from across the state to gather and attend media workshops, seminars and lectures taught by professionals and professors. Our spring conference focuses primarily on news media (newspapers, online publications, broadcasts, etc.), tho...