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Kelly Dyer Fry Editor and VP of News (405) 475-3247kfry@opubco.com@KelFry
Mike Shannon Managing Editor (405) 475-3467 mshannon@opubco.com
Alan Herzberger Digital Managing Editor (405) 475-4119 aherzberger@opubco.com@AHerz
Robby Trammell News Director (405) 475-3221 rtrammell@opubco.com
Clytie Bunyan Director of Business and Lifestyles (405) 475-3284 cbunyan@opubco.com
Yvette Walker Director of Presentation and Custom Publishing (405) 475-3234 ywalker@opubco.com@YWalker
Michelle Geries Office Manager (405) 475-3247mgeries@opubco.com
Celie Rabalais Newsroom Assistant (405) 475-3220crabalias@opubco.com
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Research & Information
Linda Lynn Editor (405) 475-3676 llynn@opubco.com @OKNewsResearch
Melissa Hayer Assistant Editor (405) 475-3679 mhayer@opubco.com
Robin Davison-Herd Research Specialist (405) 475-3299 rdavison@opubco.com
Darla Lindauer Data Team Manager (405) 475-3184 dlindauer@opubco.com
Mary Phillips Data Team Specialist (405) 475-3695 mphillips@opubco.com

Local News@NewsOK
Rick Green Local Editor (405) 475-3360 rmgreen@opubco.com
Kathryn McNutt Assistant Editor (405) 475-3363 kmcnutt@opubco.com
Nick Trougakos Assistant Editor (405) 475-3229 ntrougakos@opubco.com@ThirstyBeagle
Chris Casteel Washington Bureau (202) 662-7543 ccasteel@opubco.com
Michael McNutt Reporter - governor, State House (405) 475-3305 mmcnutt@opubco.com
Nolan Clay Reporter - courts (405) 475-3929 nclay@opubco.com
Bryan Painter Columnist - OKC National Memorial, general assignment (405) 475-3637 bpainter@opubco.com
Megan Rolland Reporter - common education (405) 475-3931mrolland@opubco.com
Diana Baldwin Reporter - Edmond city government, police (405) 475-3675 dbaldwin@opubco.com
Carrie Coppernoll Reporter - metro columnist, diversity, OKC Zoo (405) 475-3911 ccoppernoll@opubco.com@CarrieJacobs
Jane Cannon Columnist - Norman, city government, courts (405) 366-6241jcannon@opubco.com

Breaking News
Kimberly Burk Editor-Breaking News (405) 475-3361 kburk@opubco.com @KBurkOKC
Matt Patterson Reporter (405) 475-3314 mpatterson@opubco.com
Matt Dinger Reporter (405) 475-3134 mdinger@opubco.com
Bryan Dean Reporter (405) 475-3206 bdean@opubco.com
Robert Medley Reporter (405) 475-3566 rmedley@opubco.com @RMedleyOKC

News Desk
Amy Raymond News Editor (405) 475-4177 araymond@opubco.com
Robert Griffin Assistant Editor (405) 475-4178 rgriffin@opubco.com
Thomas Maupin Copy Chief (405) 475-3211 tmaupin@opubco.com
Blake Barker Copy Editor (405) 475-3211 bbarker@opubco.com
Deaven Coggins Copy Editor (405) 475-3211 dcoggins@opubco.com
Caroline Duke Copy Editor (405) 475-3211 cduke@opubco.com
Moran Elwell Copy Editor (405) 475-3211 melwell@opubco.com
Beth Gollob Copy Editor (405) 475-3211 bgollob@opubco.com
Terry Groover Copy Editor (405) 475-3211 tgroover@opubco.com
Felicia Murray Copy Editor (405) 475-3211 fmurray@opubco.com
Glen Seeber Copy Editor (405) 475-3499 gseeber@opubco.com

Watchdog
Vallery Brown Investigative Reporter (405) 475-3464 vbrown@opubco.com@ValleryBrown
Randy Ellis Investigative Reporter (405) 475-3522 rellis@opubco.com

Digital News
Alan Herzberger Digital Managing Editor (405) 475-4119 aherzberger@opubco.com@AHerz
Robb Hibbard Senior Online Editor (405) 475-4167 rhibbard@opubco.com
Richard Hall Online Assistant Editor (405) 475-4168 rhall@opubco.com
Stephanie Sallaska Online Assistant Editor ssallaska@opubco.com
Nick Tankersley Web Editor (405) 475-3985 ntankersley@opubco.com@NickTank

Business
Don Mecoy Business Editor (405) 475-3942 dmecoy@opubco.com@Mecoy
Adam Wilmoth Energy Editor (405) 475-3273 awilmoth@opubco.com@RichardMize
Richard Mize Real Estate Editor (405) 475-3518 rmize@opubco.com@RichardMize
Steve Lackmeyer Downtown OKC Reporter (405) 475-3230slackmeyer@opubco.com@SteveLackmeyer
Jay Marks Reporter (405) 475-3470 jmarks@opubco.com
Paul Monies Reporter (405) 475-3930 pmonies@opubco.com
Jennifer Palmer Reporter (405) 475-3126 jpalmer@opubco.com@JPalmerOKC
Paula Burkes Reporter
pburkes@opubco.com

Sports@NewsOKSports
Mike Sherman Sports Editor (405) 475-3164 msherman@opubco.com @MikeSherman
Scott Munn Assistant Sports Editor (Nights and minor leagues) (405) 475- 3313 smunn@opubco.com
Hayley Riggs Assistant Sports Editor (Copy and layout) (405) 475-3314 hriggs@opubco.com
Ryan Sharp Assistant Sports Editor (Colleges and general assignment) (405) 475-3333 rsharp@opubco.com@Ryan_M_Sharp
Darla Smith Assistant Sports Editor (High schools) (405) 475-3313 dsmith@opubco.com
Lindsay Houts Digital Editor (405) 475-3147 lhouts@opubco.com @alamokie
Ryan Aber High School Sports Reporter (405) 475-3091 raber@opubco.com @RyAber
Phillip Baeza Designer/Copy Editor (405) 475-3313 pbaeza@opubco.com
Mike Baldwin Pro Sports, Minor Leagues (405) 475-3095 mbaldwin@opubco.com @BeatBaldwin
Bill Bootz Lead Designer (405) 475-3314 wbootz@opubco.com @BillBootz
Jenni Carlson Columnist (405) 475-4125 jcarlson@opubco.com @JenniCarlson_OK
Ed Godfrey Outdoors Editor; College Wrestling/Rodeo Reporter (405) 475-3159 egodfrey@opubco.com@EdGodfrey
John Helsley OSU Basketball/Football Reporter (405) 475-3088 jhelsley@opubco.com @JJHelsley
Jason Kersey OU Football/Basketball Reporter (405) 475-3314 jkersey@opubco.com@JasonKersey
Stephanie Kuzydym OU Basketball/Football Reporter (405) 475-3314 skuzydym@opubco.com
Dirk Linenberger Results/Designer (405) 475-3314 dirklineberger@opubco.com
Kendall Matthews Designer/Copy Editor (405) 475-3314 kmatthews@opubco.com
Darnell Mayberry OKC Thunder Reporter (405) 475-3232 dmayberry@opubco.com@DarnellMayberry
Gina Mizell OSU Football/Basketball Reporter (405) 475-3313 gmizell@opubco.com@GinaMizell
John Rohde OKC Thunder/NBA Reporter (405) 475-3099 jrohde@opubco.com @RohdeOK
Todd Schoenthaler Results (405) 475-3314 tschoenthaler@opubco.com
Trent Shadid Results/Designer (405) 475-3314 tshadid@opubco.com
Berry Tramel Columnist (405) 475-3313 btramel@opubco.com @BerryTramel
Scott Wright High School Sports Reporter (405) 475-3313 swright@opubco.com@ScottWrightOK

Opinion
J. E. McReynolds Opinion Page Editor (405) 475-3469 jmcreynolds@opubco.com
Owen Canfield Chief Editorial Writer (405) 475-3205 ocanfield@opubco.com
Mel Bracht Editorial Writer (405) 475-4106 mbracht@opubco.com
Phyllis Bennett Administrative Assistant (405) 475-3920 pbennett@opubco.com

Features
Matthew Price Features Editor (405) 475-4109 mprice@opubco.com@Nerdage
Lillie-Beth Brinkman Assistant Editor (405) 475-3290lbrinkman@opubco.com@Lillie_Beth
Dave Cathey Food Editor (405)475-3155 dcathey@opubco.com@TheFoodDood
Carla Hinton Religion Editor (405) 475-3480 chinton@opubco.com@OKRelig
Rick Rogers Fine Arts Editor (405) 475-3289 rrogers@opubco.com
Carolyn Flowers Shannon Features Assistant (405) 475-3381 cflowers@opubco.com
Ken Raymond Writer (405) 475-3331 kraymond@opubco.com
Helen Ford Wallace Society Editor (405) 843-8085 hsanger@opubco.com @HFWallace
Heather Warlick-Moore Editor/Writer (405) 475-4098 hwarlick@opubco.com@OKHeather
Gene Triplett Entertainment Editor (405) 475-4105 etriplett@opubco.com
George Lang Assistant Editor (405) 475-3385 glang@opubco.com@GeorgeDLang
Brandy McDonnell Reporter (405) 475-4108 bmcdonnell@opubco.com@BAMOK

Art
Todd Pendleton Art Director (405) 475-3236 tpendleton@opubco.com
Chris Schoelen Project Coordinator (405) 475-3557 cschoelen@opubco.com
Steve Boaldin Creative Designer (405) 475-3562 sboaldin@opubco.com
Matt Clayton Creative Designer (405) 475-3941 mclayton@opubco.com
Suzanne Green Creative Designer (405) 475-3418 sgreen@opubco.com

Custom Publishing
Melissa Howell Editor-Custom Publishing (405) 475-3770 mhowell@opubco.com@Mel7858
Don Gammill Know it Editor (405) 475-3932 dgammill@opubco.com

News Presentation
Ben Bigler Senior Copy Editor (405) 475-3239bbigler@opubco.com
Bob Cramer Copy Editor (405) 475-3938bcramer@opubco.com
Pat Gilliland Senior Copy Editor (405) 475-3563pgilliland@opubco.com
Paul Shell Senior Copy Editor (405) 475-3102pshell@opubco.com

Audio/Video@newsok_video
David Morris Audio/Video Director(405) 475-4174 dmorris@opubco.com@_davemorris
David Jones Producer (405) 475-3965 djones@opubco.com@DavidJones2
Paige Dillard Assistant Producer (405) 475-3973 pdillard@opubco.com
Angi Bruss-Gavin Online-On air Talent/ Editor (405) 475-3906 abruss@opubco.com@ABruss
Grayson Cook Senior Videographer Editor (405) 475-4023 gcook@opubco.com
Damon Fontenot Videographer Editor (405) 475-4117 dfontenot@opubco.com
Todd Fraser Videographer Editor (405) 475-3517 tfraser@opubco.com
Tim Money Videographer Editor (405) 475-4117 tmoney@opubco.com
Kyle Roberts Camera Operator/Editor (405) 475-3943 kroberts@opubco.com

Photography@NewsOKPhoto
Doug Hoke Photography Manager (405) 475-3114 dhoke@opubco.com
Chris Landsberger Assistant Photography Manager (405) 475-3321clandsberger@opubco.com
Jim Beckel Photographer/ Videographer (405) 475-3321jbeckel@opubco.com
Nate Billings Photographer/ Videographer (405) 475-3321nbillings@opubco.com
John Clanton Photographer/ Videographer (405) 475-3321jclanton@opubco.com
Steve Gooch Photographer/ Videographer (405) 475-3321sgooch@opubco.com
Paul Hellstern Photographer/ Videographer (405) 475-3321phellstern@opubco.com
David McDaniel Photographer/ Videographer (405) 475-3321dmcdaniel@opubco.com
Sarah Phipps Photographer/ Videographer (405) 475-3321sphipps@opubco.com
Steve Sisney Photographer/ Videographer (405) 740-4102ssisney@opubco.com
Paul Southerland Photographer/ Videographer (405) 475-3321psoutherland@opubco.com
Bryan Terry Photographer/ Videographer (405) 475-3321bterry@opubco.com