NAJA-OMC partnership to train Oklahoma media on Indigenous coverage
The Native American Journalists Association and Oklahoma Media Center will provide statewide newsroom trainings with support from the OMC Innovation Fund The Native American Journalists Association...
View ArticleNAJA provides ‘Check Your Bias’ training for OMC partners
The presentation began with showing a reporting guide with terms like “warrior,” “spirits or ghosts” and “reference to the ancestors” to avoid cliched storytelling. This tool, produced by NAJA and...
View ArticlePromised Land story-sharing subject surpasses 200 stories … and counting
Oklahoma Media Center news organizations have published 234 Promised Land stories covering the statewide collaborative’s shared topic: documenting ramifications of a landmark Supreme Court ruling last...
View ArticleKirkpatrick Foundation awards grant to assist Oklahoma Media Center with data...
The Kirkpatrick Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to Local Media Foundation to assist the Oklahoma Media Center collaborative with a data journalist for its Promised Land project. In 2021, OMC...
View ArticleInasmuch Foundation makes significant new investment in Oklahoma Media Center
The initial funder of the Oklahoma Media Center recently made a significant new investment in the growing statewide news collaborative. The post Inasmuch Foundation makes significant new investment in...
View ArticleOklahoma newsrooms collaborate in revenue, audience experiments
Local news organizations collaborated last year in revenue and audience engagement in a dozen experiments fueled by the Oklahoma Media Center 2021 Innovation Fund. The post Oklahoma newsrooms...
View ArticleOklahoma Media Center announces board members, election of officers
The Oklahoma Media Center has announced the formation of its board of directors and election of officers as the statewide collaborative proceeds in its planned transition to nonprofit status. OMC’s...
View ArticleOklahoma collaborators cover underreported communities, amplify audience...
A record number of news organizations in Oklahoma partnered with each other this summer on projects reporting on underserved communities. Oklahoma Media Center funded the collaborations. OMC, a...
View ArticleCollins: How Oklahoma research on news consumption came about, and how it...
Last week, Oklahoma Media Center released a groundbreaking academic study sharing research findings on how Oklahomans consume news in rural news deserts and underserved metro communities in the state....
View ArticleVNN Oklahoma wins inaugural RevContent Local Reporting Award
The RevContent Local Reporting Award recognizes local reporting projects or articles that significantly impacted their community. This year’s winner was Verified News Network in Oklahoma. VNN’s...
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