Commentary
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Meet me at the Capitol: Spring intern focused on growing readership
As early as the fourth grade, I became passionate about leadership. My 9-year-old self thought I was just running to be the grand "vice...
‘Great journalism can cause conversations’: Grace Franklin joins the NonDoc board
When I was approached about being on the board of the Sustainable Journalism Foundation, which oversees and governs NonDoc, I was surprised and intrigued....
Here’s looking at you, me: The two jobs of Ryan Walters
(Update: Ryan Walters tendered his resignation from Every Kid Counts Oklahoma, according to a report late Sunday from The Frontier. The post below remains...
Bartlesville’s Brief Stay Therapeutic Home offers a new model for family therapy
BARTLESVILLE — On the west side of town, across the street from the offices of GRAND Mental Health, there’s a one-story brick house. On...
Compared to recent years, 2022 seemed tolerable
So another year comes to a close, as they always seem to do, but this time it doesn't feel as bad as some others,...
‘This is a BFD’: The romance of nuclear fusion heats up
Ah, the holday season, when bells are ringing, children are singing and nuclear attraction is in the air.
That's right, the U.S. Department of Energy...
Mike Leach made a major impression on OU football
On the first play of its annual spring game in April 1999, the Oklahoma Sooners football team lined up in a familiar way: a...
Introducing NonDoc’s endowment for journalism jobs
As the American media industry changes and historic newspaper operations shrink, how can civic-minded people ensure that Oklahoma community journalism endures, adapts and becomes...
Weird local rules mean extra Edmond elections
(Update: On Tuesday, Dec. 13, the City of Edmond website noted that one of the remaining mayoral challengers had withdrawn his candidacy, functionally cancelling...
Longtime newsman talks newspaper troubles
Will newspapers survive? It’s a question that most people in my generation have been asking for years, with evidence considered for the answer becoming...
