Student host Anna Poull talks with Baylee Peterson. Baylee is an news anchor for Dakota News Now. Baylee is a COJO alum with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies with a minor in Political Science and Marketing.

Erica Summerfield

Mar 22nd, 2024 30m 21s

Student host Anna Poull talks with Erica Summerfield, who will be joining COJO this fall as an assistant professor of agricultural communication. Summerfield is completing her Ph.D. in agricultural communication, education and leadership at The

Jim Berman

Mar 8th, 2024 43m 45s

Student host Anna Poull talks with Jim Berman, President and General Manager, Dakota News Now (KSFY/KDLT). Jim also serves on the boards of Junior Achievement, Make-A-Wish and Family Services, Inc, and The Children’s Home Society of South Dako

Alexandra Farber

Feb 23rd, 2024 39m 46s

Student host Anna Poull talks with COJO alum Alexandra Farber, who is an Associate Account Executive at Click Rain, a digital agency in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Alex has a Bachelors' degrees in Advertising and Communication Studies, and an M.

Abigail Hopp

Feb 9th, 2024 35m 3s

Student host Anna Poull visits with Abigail Hopp. Abby graduated from SDSU in 2020 with a B.S. in Agriculture Communications. She also has a M.S. in Mass Communication from Texas Tech University, and is currently the Marketing Manager for Pi

Deema Al Saffar Patterson

Jan 26th, 2024 27m 10s

Student host Demetria Gilkey talks to COJO alum Deema Al Saffar Patterson. Deema received both her undergraduate and masters degrees at SDSU, and is currently a senior journalists for Al Arabiya and a form ernews producer for ABC10 in Sacremen

Ariana Schumacher

Nov 17th, 2023 15m 7s

Graduate student host Demetria Gilkey talks with COJO grad student Ariana Schumacher. Ariana is a Multimedia Ag Journalist for AGWEEK and also a COJO alum and student in the Master of Mass Communication program.Coffee with COJO will be on hia

Jillian Wheeler

Nov 3rd, 2023 29m 58s

Student host Anna Poull talk with COJO alum Jillian Wheeler. Wheeler is the Sustainability Impact Lead at Truterra, LLC - Land 'O Lakes, Inc. She talks to Anna about her journey starting as a farm kid to working in sustainability.

Jody Heemstra

Oct 20th, 2023 28m 40s

Student host Anna Poull talks with COJO alum Jody Heemstra. Jody graduated from SDSU in 1998 with a degree in Agricultural Journalism. She produced the Dakota Ag Newsline at SDSU in the late 90s and went on to be the assistant news director an

Dean Lynn Sargeant

Oct 6th, 2023 17m 24s

This week student host Demetria Gilkey speaks with Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dr. Lynn Sargeant. Dr. Sargeant earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Russian History from Indiana University, Bloomington. She also holds ba

Elise Heesch

Sep 22nd, 2023 29m 51s

Student host Anna Poull talks to COJO graduate student Elise Heesch. Elise majored in advertising with a management minor and has her own advertising business that works with websites, social media, and graphics.

Vernon Brown

Sep 8th, 2023 35m

Graduate student Anna Poull talks with 1990 COJO graduate Vernon Brown. Brown has worked as a reporter for KELO-TV, served as a Sioux Falls city councilor, worked as the VP of Marketing and Community Relations for SDN communications, and is cur

Dr. Shola Aromona

Aug 25th, 2023 19m 24s

Our first episode of the Fall 2003 semester features a conversation with Master of Mass Communication graduate student Demetria Gilkey and new COJO faculty member Shola Aromona, who has a doctorate in journalism and mass communication from the

Jordan Rusche

May 5th, 2023 18m 45s

Our last podcast of the season features Journalism and English senior Jordan Rusche. Jordan talks with student host Demetria Gilkey about her experience working with student media, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, and the Pulitzer Center.We

Morgan Larson

Apr 21st, 2023 25m 40s

Student host Taylor Storbakken talks with COJO Alum Morgan Larson. Morgan is the CEO/Co-Founder at duet, an agency that works with content creators, podcasters, entrepreneurs, and startups create impactful short-form content. Taylor and Morga

Sam Schauer

Apr 7th, 2023 26m 27s

This week student host Anna Poull talks with former Coffee with COJO host, Sam Schauer. Anna and Sam discuss Sam's work with On Call with the Prairie Doc and Jack's News.

Melissa Herrboldt

Mar 24th, 2023 23m 40s

Student host Demetria Gilkey talks with KXLG Radio General Manager Melissa Herrboldt about her journey in radio and how Watertown radio legend Bob Faehn influenced her career.

Bryan Horwath

Mar 3rd, 2023 49m 24s

In this episode, COJO graduate student Demetria Gilkey visits with journalist Bryan Horwath. Bryan is a graduate of the Master of Mass Communication program and is currently the senior reporter at KTNV in Las Vegas, Nevada. Demetria spoke wit

Zoey Schentzel

Feb 17th, 2023 26m 14s

Student host Anna Poull talks with Zoey Schentzel, an agricultural communications and journalism major. Zoey talks about her experience covering the FSC football championship for the student-run newspaper The Collegian as well her study abroad

Laura Butterbrodt

Feb 3rd, 2023 24m 11s

In this episode, COJO student Taylor Storbakken talks with alum Laura Butterbrodt. Laura is the health reporter at the Duluth News Tribune and a 2019 COJO graduate. She spoke with Taylor about all of things she was involved with at SDSU that

Mark Glissendorf

Dec 9th, 2022 23m 50s

In this episode, COJO student Anna Poul returns as host to speak with alum Mark Glissendorf. Mark is a partner at the marketing and advertising agency Lawrence & Schiller. He also worked as an executive producer, news anchor and reporter at KS

Miranda O’Bryan

Nov 25th, 2022 31m 37s

In this episode, COJO graduate student Demetria Gilkey returns as host to speak with alum Miranda o'Bryan. Miranda is currently a broadcast anchor and journalist at KOTA Territory News/ KEVN Black Hills Fox. Demetria spoke with Miranda about

David J. Law

Nov 11th, 2022 24m 40s

In this episode, COJO student Taylor Storbakken talks with school alum David J. Law. David was a well-known radio news director in Watertown for over 48 years and has been recognized as broadcaster of the year by the South Dakota Broadcasters

Gabriella Premus

Oct 28th, 2022 16m 35s

This week student host Anna Poull talks with COJO alum Gabriella Premus, who is a broadcast anchor and reporter at WLUK-TV Fox 11 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.Our next podcast will post on November 11th.