• Read the Oklahoma Media Center 2022 Impact Report, which is hot off the press.
• Philanthropy Southwest mentions OMC in this Civic and Community Engagement in Southwestern Philanthropy report for playing a “critical role in addressing news deserts and enabling coverage that would be beyond the reach of small newsrooms.”
• OMC’s work is mentioned in Disinformation: Reliable information is essential for democratic stability, a policy brief from the George W. Bush Institute.
• The Editor & Publisher piece Competitors to Colleagues: How collaboration can spur a renaissance of journalism features OMC.
• The Local News Lab’s Local Fix: Cheers to local news ecosystem successes highlights OMC among other collaborations building local infrastructure nationwide.
• Local Media Association’s OMC collaborators cover underreported communities, amplify audience engagement reports on a record number of media partnerships in Oklahoma.
• The Journal Record story Griffin, News 9, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma Watch and OMC moving to 100 West Main details new collaborative space in downtown Oklahoma City.
• A pioneering, organic collaboration between two competing news orgs is outlined in Oklahoma collaborators focus on sharing resources to publish best possible investigation.
• Russ Florence shows how Oklahoma’s media landscape has changed in Viewpoints: When Oklahoma journalists collaborate, the public wins, his column in The Oklahoman.
• Read the Oklahoma Media Center 2021 Impact Report.
• Oklahoma Media Center announces board members, election of officers in this LMA story.
• This Tahlequah (Okla.) Daily Press story explains how Media collaboration aims to provide more in-depth journalism.
• The LMA article Oklahoma newsrooms collaborate in revenue, audience experiments chronicles 12 projects fueled by OMC’s 2021 Innovation Fund.
• The Native News Online column Oklahoma Media Center works to continue coverage of McGirt v. Oklahoma provides an overview of OMC collaborating on the tribal sovereignty issue.
• Inasmuch Foundation makes significant new investment in Oklahoma Media Center, according to this LMA story.
• In this EDITOR & PUBLISHER VODCAST: Fighting for a Native American free press, OMC collaborators discuss providing unfettered news to Indigenous populations.
• Kirkpatrick Foundation awards grant to assist Oklahoma Media Center with data journalist, according to this LMA report.
• Voters make Muscogee (Creek) Nation first tribe to constitutionally protect its free press in the United States in this OMC article.
• This LMA story documents when Promised Land story-sharing subject surpasses 200 stories … and counting.
• NAJA provides ‘Check Your Bias’ training for OMC partners in this LMA article.
• The George W. Bush Presidential Center highlighted OMC for strengthening democracy to ensure a reliable — and free — flow of public information in Combating disinformation through local news ecosystems.
• The NAJA-OMC partnership to train Oklahoma media on Indigenous coverage is announced in this LMA report.
• LMF announces 12 stipends for Oklahoma Media Center 2021 Innovation Fund in this article.
• OMC announces Promised Land: Oklahoma collaborative to cover tribal sovereignty issue in this story.
• What can state newsrooms learn by working collaboratively? Read this E&P article.
• Get to know Rob Collins: Q&A with Oklahoma Media Center project lead via this article published by LMA.
• Rob Collins hired by Local Media Association to lead Oklahoma Media Center, according to this report.
• In first weeks of collaborative, Oklahoma media partners’ stories call out COVID impact on education thanks to Inasmuch, Walton Family Foundation support.
• Providing initial funding, Inasmuch Foundation makes significant investment in Oklahoma Media Center.
• Oklahoma Media Center receives $50,000 from the Walton Family Foundation to cover how COVID-19 and the economic crisis have affected education.
• Inasmuch Foundation and LMA launch Oklahoma Media Center, a statewide journalism collaborative, in this announcement story.