Oklahoma Media Center, a nonprofit created to support homegrown local news, is expanding its academic collaboration to cultivate a new generation of journalists.
As part of its strategic plan, OMC began the Higher Ed Roundtable to bridge the gap between journalism education and the real-world information needs of local communities. The mission is to ensure trained journalism graduates stay in state to provide Oklahomans the kind of reliable information they deserve. Currently, this coalition consists of quarterly virtual meetings between OMC staff and journalism educators from institutions across Oklahoma.