by jhight | Feb 6, 2022 | 2022 Lifetime Achievement Awards, All Lifetime Achievement Awards
2022 Lifetime Achievement Award DREW EDMONDSON (1946- ) was Oklahoma Attorney General from 1995-2011. His 58 opinions defending the Open Meeting and Open Records Acts strengthened citizen access to government. He sued the tobacco industry, winning a national...
by jhight | Feb 6, 2022 | 2022
Inducted: 2022 TED STREULI (1961- ) is the executive director at Oklahoma Watch. He was the editor of The Journal Record (2004-2017) and worked previously for Southern Newspapers and Westward Communications in Texas, and Lesher Communications in California. He has...
by jhight | Feb 6, 2022 | 2022
Inducted: 2022 PAT RILEY REEDER (1936- ), former executive editor at the Claremore Daily Progress, started as a reporter in 1968. For the past 17 years, she has served as Public Relations Director at Will Rogers Memorial museums. Reeder earned an Associate Degree from...
by jhight | Feb 6, 2022 | 2022
Inducted: 2022 BRYAN PAINTER (1964- ) His newspaper career spanned 32 years with the Enid News & Eagle (1982-87), Amarillo Globe-News (1987-91), and The Oklahoman (1991-2015). The Oklahoma State University alumnus covered the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah...
by jhight | Feb 6, 2022 | 2022
Inducted: 2022 STEVE LACKMEYER (1966- ) started at The Oklahoman in 1990. A graduate of Oklahoma Christian University, he has won numerous awards for his coverage, including the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the city’s Metropolitan Area...
by jhight | Feb 6, 2022 | 2022
Inducted: 2022 ELLEN KNICKMEYER (1963- ), a Washington correspondent and foreign correspondent for nearly two decades, sought to show the human lives impacted by American foreign policy, from the Middle East and Africa to Europe. The daughter of outstanding Oklahoma...