Today, we launch First Read Oklahoma, a modern news source with smart journalists committed to good reporting, our state, and our readers.
What readers can expect: Original and aggregated reporting of top news from across Oklahoma delivered in a no-nonsense newsletter to your inboxes each weekday. This message reflects our style.
Meet our co-editors:
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Carmen Forman joins us from The Oklahoman where she covered the State Capitol. She also made reporting stops in Virginia and Arizona. She is a native Oklahoman and OU alum.
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Our mission: To serve as the Sooner State's leading news source.
Our promise: We will do our darnedest to earn and keep your trust.
Why now?: Our lives are busy. Most of us want to wake up, scroll a few times, and feel connected to what's going on in Oklahoma. We grew tired of waiting for others to figure it out.
Our business model: We are privately owned and will rely on advertisers, paid subscribers, and reader generosity to stay in business. We will run lean and mean, and we need your support.
Make no mistake: We stand on the shoulders of many notable Oklahomans who reported the news before us - Rogers, Gaylord, Harvey, and Dyer to name a few. We aim to honor their rich legacies while creating our own.
Our ask: Sign up. Read us. Tell others.
And here we go...