Nebulous Voice

We Interrupt your regularly scheduled science expedition to showcase the story of a reporter turned PR agent.

Shifting from newsroom to newsroom, a reporter that leaves a trail of success and progress in her wake.

As the Coordinator of Internal Communications at Oregon State University, Theresa Hogue holds the reigns of two powerful PR papers that come from the community for the community.

A graduate of Portland State University, Hogue took her Professional Writing and English degrees with her to a Forest Grove publication and further to the Gazette Times. During her stay at each newsroom, she managed to make major changes in the processes that had hampered them in the past.

At Forest Grove, she pulled the printing and planning style from the paper cutter into the digital design model. At the Gazette Times, she became the first in the Corvallis area to set up a Podcast.

“There was no one that could help me,” She said, “Some people didn’t even know what a Podcast was.”

Her Podcast is something she still maintains today, though it is more a “labor of love” at this point.

Currently, Hogue works as the driving force behind the web-zine of Oregon State University, "Life@OSU". She gathers information about calendar events, scholarships, and tasty tidbit stories from faculty and students around campus and uploads them onto the website. Those who subscribe get a daily email containing the previously mentioned information.

Coming from a background of journalism gives Life@OSU a more natural and story oriented feel, she said. While her work demands a quality to show the most impressive side of OSU, it hasn't stifled her creative nature. As a writer, she still has a "nebulous voice," that influences the way stories are told and what makes it into Life@OSU.

She has confidence in a bright future and remains humble by keeping her goals centered on the stories for the benefit of her readers and the students of OSU.

"Our obligation is to the students."