Robby Korth
News DirectorRobby Korth joined KOSU as its news director in November 2022.
Prior to that, he was StateImpact Oklahoma's education reporter from October 2019 to November 2022.
Robby has won multiple awards for his work. He was named Best Broadcast Reporter by the Oklahoma Society for Professional Journalists, for his work in 2021.
As students returned to the classroom in the fall of 2020, Robby spearheaded a database and map that tracked publicly announced COVID cases and closures in school districts across Oklahoma. This is information neither the State Department of Health nor the State Department of Education were tracking.
For that work, the Oklahoma Society for Professional Journalists gave him the Carter Bradley First Amendment Award and Freedom of Information (FOI) Oklahoma, Inc. gave him the Ben Blackstock Award, for a commitment to freedom of information.
He grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma and Fayetteville, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Journalism degree. Robby has reported for several newspapers, most recently covering higher education and other topics for The Roanoke Times in southwest Virginia. While there, he co-created the podcast Septic, spending a year reporting on the story of a missing five-year-old boy, the discovery of his body in a septic tank a few days after his disappearance, and the subsequent court trial of his mother. Although the story was of particular interest to residents in Virginia, the podcast gained a larger audience and was named as a New and Noteworthy podcast by Apple Podcasts.
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Oklahoma executed Emmanuel Littlejohn Thursday morning for the 1992 killing of a convenience store owner. -
State Question 832 would gradually increase the minimum wage until it reaches $15 an hour in 2029. Then, it would increase every year with the cost of living. -
Voters in dozens of Oklahoma counties went to the polls Tuesday to consider a wide array of candidates and issues. -
After 60 years as Will Rogers World Airport, the place many Oklahomans catch their flights on Southwest, American or other airlines will have a new moniker. -
Oklahomans will head to the polls Tuesday to decide runoffs, local ballot initiatives and more. Here are a few of the races Oklahoma public radio reporters are keeping an eye on this election cycle. -
Energy FC is eyeing a professional women's soccer team in OKC. A sports columnist with The Oklahoman says it could happen as soon as 2027. -
The unorthodox request comes as the controversial state education leader faces questions about the financial management of the Oklahoma State Department of Education. -
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This month marks 11 years since Curbside Chronicle started printing in Oklahoma City. So the magazine's team wanted to try something ambitious: comics featuring former vendors. -
Richard Norman Rojem Jr., 66, was convicted of the 1984 murder and rape of his seven-year-old stepdaughter Layla Dawn Cummings and has been incarcerated for nearly four decades.
