Conversations with COJO

Our final episode of the semester features our school director, Dr. Lyle Olson.  Dr. Olson is retiring this summer, and student Jonathan Gouger spoke with him about his career and accomplishments and what the future holds.

Coffee with COJO will be on hiatus over the summer, with new episodes this August.

Our latest episode features someone whose voice you should be familiar with, McCade Ivarsen.  McCade has been hosting Coffee with COJO since it began over a year ago, and he is wrapping up his graduate work this semester, with Jonathan Gouger taking over hosting duties.  Jonathan and McCade recently spoke about the podcast and McCade’s future plans.

Our last episode of the semester will be available on May 7th

Our latest episode features Heather Solberg, who joined COJO as an instructor of advertising in the fall of 2018. Her professional experience includes media buying, media planning, advertising sales, copywriting, media analytics, data analysis and marketing research.

COJO advertising major Jonathan Gouger spoke with Heather about her life and work.

Our next episode will be available on April 23rdth

This episode features one of our student’s favorites, Betty Nelson. Betty had been with the school for over 24 years and is currently the school’s program assistant. Graduate student McCade Ivarson was able to visit with Betty earlier this week..

Our next episode will be available on April 9th

In this episode we visit with Dr. Karla Hunter, who  a professor in the school. Graduate student McCade Ivarsen spoke with Dr. Hunter before Spring Break.

Our next episode will be available on March 26th.

In this episode we visit with David Bordewyk, who is the executive director of the South Dakota Newspaper Association and former director of South Dakota News Watch.

Our next episode will be available on March 12th

This episode features a conversation between graduate student McCade Ivarsen and Brian Stemwedel, who is the assistant coordinator for the Yeager Media Center.  Brian is an SDSU alum and has worked as a videographer and editor for SDSU AgBio Communications; and KEVN-TV, Rapid City, SD. 

Our next episode will be available on February 26th.

This episode features COJO professional advisor Erica Quam.  Erica is an SDSU graduate and worked in admissions before becoming our professional advisor. S

Our next episode will be available on February 12th.

Our second episode of 2021 features local businessman and SDSU alumni Buck Burdick. Buck owns Station 5 productions where he used his experience in graphic design to create the Fear Asylum haunted house as well as several escape rooms and props for other productions.

Our next episode will be available on January 29th.

Our first episode of 2021 features Dr. Marina Hendricks.  Dr. Hendricks is an assistant professor in the school, teaching journalism, public relations as well as courses in our online Master of Mass Communication program.

Our next episode will be available on January 15th.