Jacob McCleland
Jacob McCleland was KGOU's News Director from 2015 to 2018.
He spent nine years as a reporter and host at public radio station KRCU in Cape Girardeau, Mo. His stories have appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, Here & Now, Harvest Public Media and PRI’s The World. Jacob has reported on floods, disappearing languages, crop duster pilots, anvil shooters, Manuel Noriega, mule jumps and more.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Spanish from Southeast Missouri State University and a master’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Jacob warns us he won't answer the phone when the St. Louis Cardinals are playing a postseason game. Fun fact: his high school mascot is the Appleknocker.
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Update: 11:18 p.m.Republican Kevin Stitt has defeated Democrat Drew Edmondson and Libertarian Chris Powell to become Oklahoma's next governor. The Tulsa… -
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A political outsider will be the Republican party's nominee for governor. Kevin Stitt, a Tulsa businessman, defeated former Oklahoma City mayor Mick...
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Emily Tuck walks through the backroom aisles at Carrol’s Shoe Corner in Elk City. She works here and at a record store next door in this city’s bustling… -
Sue Campbell and her husband David stand under a tree at a dog park along a busy highway near Lake Hefner. Their dog is here, too — a 3-year-old ball of… -
Polls have closed in Oklahoma. We'll be updating this post as results come in.Updated 12:28 a.m.Former Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett will face Tulsa… -
Roy Lenz tidies the bar at the Brandin’ Iron on a Saturday afternoon. His wife, Barbara, fires up the grill, filling the place with the smell of hamburger… -
In many parts of the world, the rate of HIV infection is declining. But not among the indigenous peoples of this Central American country. -
Officials at Oklahoma's Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry are working on rules to regulate the cultivation of industrial hemp.Governor Mary…
