Abby Broyles has spent most of her life either wanting to be a journalist or being one. Now, she’s challenging Sen. Jim Inhofe for his senate seat. After working at KFOR as a reporter and anchor covering the state capitol, she went to law school in hopes of advocating for Oklahomans in a way she […]
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Say it ain’t so, Joe
Credit: Brad Gregg In a June 20 Time story about veterans and public service, Klein mused while mentioning cleanup after the Moore tornado that it’s “funny how you don’t see organized groups of secular humanists giving out hot meals,” insinuating that only the religious kind organize to help out their fellow man. But you faithful […]
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Examining Islam
Can a case for democracy be made from a religious Muslim perspective? The question is particularly timely given the recent attacks on the Libyan embassy. Mustafa Akyol, a Turkish journalist and columnist, will address the question in a lecture Monday at Oklahoma City University. Akyol, the author of Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case for […]
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When newspeople make news
Brad Gregg Former Oklahoman, Tulsa World and Oklahoma Gazette reporter Scott Cooper recently resigned his position as treasurer-secretary of the Oklahoma Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists after a preliminary review of SPJ’s bank account showed $40,000 in unauthorized withdrawals, according to an SPJ media release. Cooper, who founded the online oklegalnews.com and […]
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‘Rum’ punchless
Thompson was no exception among young writers; the novel was only a seedling of what would eventually bloom in merciless attacks on the American Dream in “Hell’s Angels” and the narcotized paranoia of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” Talk-show host Charlie Rose rightfully harangued the writer in 1999 for the late-career cash grab. Unfortunately, […]
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Moyers: 1 percent exemplifies nation’s greediness
Although his career has included stints at PBS, CBS and NBC, journalist Bill Moyers barely mentioned his industry in his “Truth of Your Life” speech Wednesday at Oklahoma City University. Instead, the Oklahoma native spoke about the state of America and how the lack of good in politics could lead to the country’s demise. Moyers, […]
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OKC ‘confidential’
Now a recent report from the nonprofit Center for Public Integrity claims the FBI treated a senior ABC News journalist as an informant and prodded him to reveal the confidential source of an uncorroborated tip. According to an FBI memo, the journalist “advised that a source within the Saudi Arabian Intelligence Service advised that the […]