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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From now until the end of the year, the city is letting anyone with a warrant for an unpaid municipal ticket to clear it at a reduced charge, similar to what they would’ve paid if they’d done it on time.
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The 81st Golden Globe Awards were held Sunday night, and a film largely shot in Oklahoma was all but shut out.
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The Oklahoma-set blockbuster film will be ready to stream on your television next Friday.
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Don Hoover, a former KOSU news director turned political strategist, died on Dec. 27. He was 74 years old.
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KOSU listeners consumed news about the new Killers of the Flower Moon movie, a recreational marijuana vote and black vultures.
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Cherokee Nation's former Attorney General Sara Hill will be the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge in Oklahoma.
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Goodbye Dodgers. Hello Oklahoma City Baseball Club.
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OKC voters threw their support behind a new $900 million arena that will largely be funded by taxpayers.
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Voting continues Tuesday in an election to determine the fate of Oklahoma City’s NBA arena, as well as a pair of legislative seats up for election in Lawton and Edmond.
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Jimcy McGirt, 75, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country. As part of his plea deal with federal prosecutors, he agreed to a 30-year sentence with five years probation.