Inducted: 2010 SUSAN BOLING ELLERBACH (1955- ), Managing Editor of the Tulsa World since 1995, joined The World in 1985 as a business writer before being promoted to business editor, state editor, and Sunday editor in 1994. She was a reporter and editor at the Tahlequah Daily Press and managing editor of the Tahlequah American […]
Inducted: 2010 SEAN DYER (1960- ), co-publisher of The El Reno Tribune and Mustang News, has been an active member of the Oklahoma Press Association for more than 25 years. A third generation OPA president, he has served on every committee at OPA. He graduated from El Reno High School and earned a degree in […]
Inducted: 2010 RAY DYER (1957- ), co-publisher of The El Reno Tribune and Mustang News, graduated from El Reno High School and attended the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University before working as a reporter at the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, Ark. He also covered sports at the McAlester Capital-Democrat before returning […]
Inducted: 2010 MIKE BOETTCHER (1954- ), veteran network foreign and war correspondent, began his broadcasting career in his native Ponca City for WBBZ Radio. One decade later, he helped launch 24-hour news in 1980 when he performed the first live satellite report for fledgling CNN. In between, he worked for Oklahoma City stations KEBC, KTOK, […]
Inducted: 2010 MELBA LOVELACE (1930- ) was born in Red Oak and graduated from Panola High School. She came to OPUBCO as a secretary and headed the typing pool before becoming a journalistic star in 1977 when she started writing “Melba’s Swap Shop” in The Daily Oklahoman. After writing the column seven days a week […]
Inducted: 2010 JOHN A. “ANDY” RIEGER (1957- ), The Norman Transcript’s managing editor, has worked on Oklahoma newspapers for more than 30 years. Born in Norman, he graduated from Norman High School and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from OU. In high school, he was a Transcript carrier, mailroom and switchboard employee; in college, he […]
Inducted: 2010 JACK STONE (1937- ) worked for The Anadarko Daily News for 38 years until his retirement as executive editor in 1996. Born in Byars, OK, he graduated from Capitol Hill High School and earned a journalism degree from Oklahoma Baptist University. He joined The Daily News as an intern in the advertising staff […]
Inducted: 2010 GEAN B. ATKINSON (1944- ) has held senior level military, business and political positions in journalism. A native of Blytheville, Ark., he has written three books and hosted programs on WKY and KTOK radio. An advertising agency owner, he also served in the Oklahoma Legislature and as a governor’s communications director. A decorated […]
Inducted: 2010 BILL SHERMAN (1945- ), religion writer of the Tulsa World from 2000-2018, joined the paper as a copy editor in 1983 while studying at Rhema Bible Training Center. He quickly moved to slot and assistant city editor and became Night Editor in 1994. Born in Buffalo, NY, he attended high school in Albuquerque, […]