Inducted: 2016 VIRGINIA BRADSHAW (1929- ), award-winning reporter for the Countywide & Sun since 2012, was a Chandler High School senior when a feature she wrote won her a Chandler News-Publicist job. Between freshman and sophomore years at OU, she worked brief periods at the Woodward Daily Press, Alva Review-Courier and Anadarko Daily News. She […]
Inducted: 2016 RITA L. SHERROW (1950- ) has served as the Tulsa World’s TV World Editor and Television Editor for 37 years, covering local and national TV news and programming. She writes a TV column for Weekend magazine and her “TVtype” blog is one of the paper’s most popular. She is a walking, talking history […]
Inducted: 2016 RANDY ELLIS (1955- ), a tenacious investigative reporter, joined The Oklahoman in 1982 and spent more than three decades exposing public corruption and government waste throughout Oklahoma. Known for his analytical mind, Ellis worked individually and as part of investigative teams to expose corruption in higher education, gubernatorial campaign financing, county government, school […]
Inducted: 2016 NOLAN CLAY (1959- ) joined The Oklahoman in 1985, distinguishing himself as an investigative reporter with more than 100 state, regional and national awards for excellence. His work on the Oklahoma City bombing involved covering both trials in Denver in 1997, McVeigh’s execution in 2001 and co-conspirator Nichols’ state trial in 2004. He’s […]
Inducted: 2016 LOUISE ABERCROMBIE (1935- ), business editor of the Ponca City News, working there since 1968. She’s known for her research and accuracy as lead reporter covering all facets of community news. She’s interviewed one-on-one six Oklahoma governors and covered five presidents, several international leaders and many members of Congress. Her reporting included acquisition […]
Inducted: 2016 KENNETH O. REID (1926- ) was active in the ownership of ten Oklahoma newspapers before retiring in 1991. After graduating from OU in journalism in 1950, he was ad manager at the Claremore Progress for Ed Livermore Sr., Wheeler Mayo and Ed Burchfiel. In 1953 they bought the Pauls Valley Daily Democrat and […]
Inducted: 2016 JANET PEARSON (1954- ) joined the Tulsa World in 1974, a year before graduating from The University of Tulsa. In a 20-year reporting career she covered a multitude of beats including energy, poverty, transportation, medicine and social services. She became synonymous with the words “Tulsa City Hall.” She joined the Editorial Board in […]
Inducted: 2016 BOB BARRY, JR. (1956-2015) was Oklahoma’s KFOR-TV’s Sports Director and weeknight sports anchor at the time of his death. He joined the station as a weekend sports anchor in 1982 after working at KAUZ-TV in Wichita Falls. He began his career in Oklahoma City in 1980 as Sports Director for KAUT-TV, then to […]
Inducted: 2016 BILL PERRY (1950- ), Vice President of Content Production at OETA, had been a director, photographer, reporter and anchor at KTEN-TV in Ada by the time he graduated from East Central University in 1972. At KOCO-TV in the early 1970s, he anchored weekends and was a reporter. He has worked for KDFW-TV in […]