Four new faculty members, including a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and two Emmy Award winners, have joined the full-time faculty at OU’s Gaylord College of Journalism.

John Schmeltzer is the new Engleman/Livermore Professor in Community Journalism. His coverage of the aerospace industry earned a Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for the Chicago Tribune, where he worked for 35 years.

Kathleen Johnson will serve as the McMahon Centennial Professor. She won four regional Emmy Awards and received a national Emmy nomination during her 20-plus year career in television. She also received the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television News Director Association.

Robert Pritchard will work with the new student-run advertising and public relations agency at the college. Pritchard worked for more than 20 years as a public affairs officer in the U.S. Navy and also worked as the faculty adviser for Ball State University’s public relations and advertising agency.

Mike Boettcher comes in as a visiting professor after serving as a foreign correspondent for nearly 30 years. He has reported on terrorism for both NBC and CNN, leaving NBC to start NoIgnoring.com in 2008. He previously co-taught a course at OU while serving as a reporter embedded with military units in Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s earned four national Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award for his work.