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Steve Lackmeyer column well worth the read July 27, 2011 | Comment on this article

Steve Lackmeyer took a moment and wrote a powerful piece related to his recent interview with a Swedish radio network. He agreed to the interview with the Swedish Broadcasting Corp., to talk about how Oklahoma City has grown since the 1995 bombing and what the people in that area of the world can expect after the... Read More

Special iPad section released for Thunder season review

July 27, 2011 It’s the end of July, and you’re finally rested up from all those late nights cheering for the Oklahoma City Thunder. And now that you’ve caught up on your sleep, you’re a little depressed at the prospect of the NBA season being delayed because of the lockout. We have produced the perfect solution for... Read More

Today’s ‘small dog with an attitude’ video on NewsOK July 21, 2011 It’s amazing the kinds of things you run into as you dig through the NewsOK site. Today, I was browsing our AP video player through our partnership with NDN Video. NDN offers more than just the AP video, and the one below is from the N.Y. Daily News. But the story of Paco the chihuahua has been covered by ABC... Read More

These NewsOK stories will make you feel good about our little planet July 20, 2011 I posted yesterday some of the stories in my ‘we-can’t-make this-stuff-up’ category. Today, I’m posting stories from the ‘the-world-is a-good-place’ category to be certain I give a fair account of our coverage. (Though, to be fair, the stories from the ‘we-can’t-make-this-stuff-up’ department... Read More

From the ‘we-can’t-make-this-stuff-up’ department July 19, 2011 Sometimes, visiting the top stories on NewsOK can make it pretty difficult to believe our world is a good place. And the social media and pop culture world, which I’m happy to be a part of, is often the backdrop for bad stuff in the world. See from these recent stories on NewsOK. First, we have the story... Read More

An up-close look at noodling July 18, 2011 We’ve had a lot of recent content about noodling in recent weeks. We’ve had a photo gallery from the Okie Noodling Tournament. Ed Godfrey advanced that tournament with a column about people from Minnesota who were in Oklahoma for the tournament. The picture … it’s pretty incredible. We had a feature... Read More

A few takes on Google+ July 15, 2011 Don Mecoy had a nice take this week on Google+. Mere hours after I invited my 20-something nephew to Google Plus, he declared himself unimpressed. I also doubt that my mother, already comfortable on Facebook, is seeking a new social media outlet. He breaks down the features and shares his thoughts on the... Read More

Veteran sports writer make an impact on next generation

July 14, 2011 I ran across Ryan Aber’s blog post about Bob Hersom. It was posted on June 30, but I didn’t see it until today. Aber did an excellent job of sharing his and some of his collegues’ thoughts on the recent passing of Bob Hersom. Hersom was a highly-respected reporter at The Oklahoman and, more recently, the... Read More

Fun video of a July storm July 13, 2011 Well that was a fun little storm we had yesterday, wasn’t it. Read More

Bryan Painter, Randy Ellis and David McDaniel team to tell powerful stories

July 12, 2011 The top of NewsOK.com this morning was a great example of what we aim to do each day. Three veteran journalists (three of our best) told the story of Austin Box’s death from the parents’ perspective. From Austin’s father: “You ask who Austin was,” he said, “Austin was my hero…” From his... Read More

Facebook commenting enabled on LOOKatOKC articles

June 29, 2011 We’re trying something different with our comments on the new LOOKatOKC website. Instead of using the traditional NewsOK commenting functionality, we’re going to try Facebook’s commenting. That means users must log in with a Facebook profile to be able to comments on an article within the LOOKatOKC... Read More

See downloadable PDF edition for LOOKatOKC swimsuit special June 29, 2011 The LOOKatOKC Swimsuit edition has been a pretty big hit. It should come as no surprise that the annual swimsuit page is traditionally the most popular LOOKatOKC page each year. I blogged about it when it launched, and I blogged about how the individual articles were leading the charge in our most-viewed... Read More

Supreme Court ruling on public records not good news for journalists June 29, 2011 The Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a ruling on June 28 that wasn’t what journalists in Oklahoma were hoping to here. Database Editor Paul Monies did a great job with his story in explaining the issue and offering some of the key background information. The issue at hand is whether or not the dates of birth of... Read More

Adding another tab to the Meebo bar on NewsOK

June 28, 2011 I wrote last week about adding the Most Viewed tab to our Meebo toolbar at the bottom of every page on NewsOK. Then, a couple days after posting that blog update, we added another tab to the Meebo toolbar — this one is the Most Recent tab that shows the most recently posted articles from our entire website.... Read More

Top-viewed stories tab appears on NewsOK Meebo bar

June 24, 2011 We added another tab to the Meebo bar that appears at the bottom of all our pages. (Just a reminder … the bar I’m referring to encourages users to connect with NewsOK and share with others via various social media tools. We implemented it a couple of weeks ago, and we will continue to refine the options in... Read More

LOOKatOKC swimsuit models attack NewsOK’s most-viewed articles page

June 23, 2011 I blogged yesterday about the launch of the annual LOOKatOKC swimsuit issue. We first posted the site Wednesday at about noon. Below is a screen capture of our Top Ten Most Viewed Articles page at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Take note of the A&E section and the list of Top 10 articles. It... Read More

Get help with weather radios June 22, 2011 I’m in the market for a storm shelter. The May 24 tornadoes finally pushed me over the edge. I will be purchasing a storm shelter before the mid-September. But I might need to stop by Homeland this weekend, as well. This Saturday, I can visit three Homeland stores in the metro area and get free assistance with... Read More

Amish, sexting and solid parenting June 22, 2011 From the ‘We-Can’t-Make-This-Stuff-Up’ department come this headline: “Amish man, 26, accused of sexting Indiana girl, 12” From the story: An Amish man who sent more than 600 text messages that included lewd images to a 12-year-old girl he randomly dialed was arrested when he arrived in his horse and... Read More

Kevin Durant still not doing anything

June 22, 2011 On Tuesday morning, we saw some posts on social media and some discussion on morning television about Kevin Durant saying something controversial about having nothing to do in Oklahoma City. Then we found the YouTube video from the episode of TMZ where they played the clip of the TMZ reporter asking him questions... Read More

LOOKatOKC swimsuit issue has arrived

June 22, 2011 The LOOKatOKC swimsuit edition is here. And we have a special web page devoted to the interviews, galleries and poll. You can vote for the 2011 model of the year after browsing all the photo galleries of all 14 girls that are featured this year. What else are you going to do on slow news days in June? Go... Read More