Students from the University of the Ozarks' Radio-Television-Video (RTV) program made history during the 2013 Fall Semester when they produced the first live remote broadcast of a high school athletic event in Johnson County. RTV students produced and broadcasted a pair of Lamar High School football games, including a state playoff game, on KUOZ 6, […]
(Editor's Note: Dr. Rhonda Shook, assistant professor of communication, recently took one of her classes to the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Here is her first-person account of the experience.) Trey Butler’s eyes were enormous. "I feel like my world just got bigger!" he said. I had to smile, because I knew exactly what he […]
Friday night means high school football games all around the region. This Friday, Oct. 18, one local football game will be broadcast live by University of the Ozarks' student-run television station, KUOZ TV-6. When the unbeaten Lamar Warriors take on the undefeated Charleston Tigers, TV-6 plans to capture every suspenseful minute of the Class 3A […]
Last summer, Max Hilgendorf earned "goddess" status during his short internship with the Little Rock Marathon. This summer, he was invited back as a full-time, paid intern, and he took full advantage of all the opportunities that came his way. Hilgendorf, a rising senior, strategic communication major, and cross country runner from Fort Smith, Ark., […]
Alix Tiegs, a sophomore radio/television/video major at Ozarks, is spending his summer working for the minor league baseball's Oklahoma City RedHawks, the AAA affiliate of the Houston Astros. Ozarks sophomore Alix Tiegs is spending his second consecutive summer working as a kitchen manager for the Oklahoma City RedHawks, a minor league baseball organization. Tiegs, originally […]
The press conference was over, and a young reporter named Kristina Mariswamy made her way through the crowd toward the candidate, Kasturiraani Patto.?Election Day for the Malaysian GE13 was only a couple of weeks away and the directive from her boss was unambiguous - "Get the story!" Patto turned and caught the reporter’s eye. "Do […]
When Alejandro Córdoba first saw a brochure advertising the New York Film Academy workshop in Orlando, Fla., he knew he wanted to attend, but without adequate funds the dream seemed out of reach. That’s when Córdoba, a sophomore strategic communication major from Costa Rica, learned of the Academic Enrichment Fund, a university award that was […]
Patrick Rogers was 8 or 9 years old when he made his first visit to a television studio in his hometown of Fort Smith, Ark., to visit his brother who worked there. "I think I decided right then that TV broadcasting was what I wanted to do with my life," said Rogers, a 1996 University […]
University of the Ozarks' communication department has always worked to stay ahead of the ever-evolving world of news reporting. This semester, Ozarks' Backpack Journalism class implemented one of the latest trends in journalism: blogging. Director of Broadcasting Susan Edens taught the Backpack Journalism course during the 2012 Fall Semester and envisioned a class producing in-depth […]
On the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 6, Clarksville and the surrounding community had a new option for local, state and national election night news. Three communication classes from University of the Ozarks teamed up for an unprecedented election night watch party that was broadcast live for almost five hours from the courthouse square in downtown […]