Seth Bodine
Seth Bodine joined KOSU in June 2020, focusing on agriculture and rural issues.
Previously, Bodine covered agriculture, business and culture for KBIA, the NPR affiliate station in Columbia, Missouri. He also covered the 2020 Missouri Legislature for the Missouri Broadcasters Association and KMOX-St. Louis.
Previously, he was an intern at Missouri Business Alert, Denver Business Journal and the Colorado Springs Gazette. His work has been picked up by dozens of publications, including U.S. News & World Report, The Associated Press and The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting.
Bodine graduated with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and English creative writing from Colorado State University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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With hours left before the scheduled execution of Julius Jones, his supporters have been rallying at the Oklahoma state Capitol and across Oklahoma City to voice their support for clemency. -
Oklahoma’s NPR member stations are producing a series of stories focused on infrastructure in the state as Congress wrestles with the issue. Today, as more states approve medical or recreational marijuana, they have to figure out how to regulate production. -
Officials in the rural town of Lone Wolf in southwestern Oklahoma have been stealing public money from its residents, according to a new investigation released by the Oklahoma State Auditor’s office on Oct. 5. -
Many farmers and ranchers spray to help control weeds or pests that might destroy their crops. But the influx of marijuana farms in Oklahoma is posing a challenge to that practice. -
The infrastructure bill moving through Congress includes billions of dollars to modernize the electric grid. One of the goals is to make the system less vulnerable during severe weather. -
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has updated its consumption advisory directory of lakes with fish that have mercury. -
Fifty years ago, the Army Corps of Engineers connected rivers and made them navigable, but that system now has millions in backlogged repairs. -
The Oklahoma State Fair is back this year, but mask wearing will not be enforced. Instead, it will be promoting vaccinations. -
The union representing Seaboard Foods in Guymon, Oklahoma has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor as the company seeks temporary workers to fill gaps in its workforce. -
Rural areas are often the last to receive broadband. The lack of broadband is similar to another issue that rural communities faced decades ago — rural electrification.
