Peggy Dodd

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: Our student media director refused to censor the Indiana Daily Student. IU fired him. idsnews.com/article/2025/1…

🚨SOURCES: Walters out as State Supt. @OKCFOX learned @RyanWalters_ is expected to resign Friday to take another job. @GovStitt is rumored to be eyeing former Rep. Mark McBride for the job. McBride tells me he hasn’t discussed it with the gov but would ‘probably’ accept the job

Early this morning, Congress voted to strip away $1.1 billion in already approved funding for public broadcasting. This loss creates an immediate hole of $300,000 in KOSU’s budget. Will you help us fill this funding gap? Donate at the link below. kosu.secureallegiance.com/kosu/WebModule…

We want to hear from parents and educators in rural Oklahoma concerned about the future of drama, music and visual arts in schools. readfrontier.org/stories/help-u…

The latest NOAA budget plan would close OU’s weather research institute, terminating 220 employees if approved: oudaily.com/news/noaa-budg…

Oklahoma joins a growing number of states cracking down on shoplifting rings at the urging of retailers readfrontier.org/stories/oklaho…

📣🎉 @pegdodd's first story for @readfrontier: Oklahoma joins a growing number of states cracking down on shoplifting rings at the urging of retailers by readfrontier.org/stories/oklaho…

The Frontier welcomes two recent University of Oklahoma graduates to the team. readfrontier.org/stories/two-in…

"Though it would certainly be a lie to say that I’m not sad to leave the home and family I’ve built over the past four years, I do so while looking joyfully toward the future: both mine and OU Daily’s." Read more in my senior column for @OUDaily:

Recessions don’t hit all parts of the country equally. IMO, small cities, towns and states will get hit the worst. And it won’t be pretty. They are more dependent on federal spending, so they will feel the brunt of federal spending cuts and job reductions disproportionately. They can be catastrophic to a town. Because they are smaller, and more expensive to reach, they are more susceptible to the impact of tariffs and will be the first to see their product shipments cut when there are shortages, and their prices will go up more as a result. They will see fabrics of their communities cut. The local museum. The local health clinic. And so much more cut. The stories of the economy won’t be told here. They won’t be told in GDP numbers. They will play out in the small town newspapers (that are left ) across the country. wvhumanities.org/grants/aboutou… marshfieldnewsherald.com/story/news/hea… oudaily.com/news/norman-we…

Congrats to @OUDaily's @pegdodd, @readfrontier's @AshlyndHuffman and @OColly's @_kennedypage for winning our nonprofit's first Journalist Stipend Awards recognizing exceptional journalism in Oklahoma. ➡️Read more here: mailchi.mp/76dedce83884/u…]

The @OUDaily was one of several news organizations that played an integral role in covering the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. During a panel hosted by @GaylordCollege to commemorate the 30th anniversary, former OU Daily reporter Michelle Strain reflected on her life-changing experience as a student journalist. She and an OU Daily photographer were in Oklahoma City on the day of the attack, which killed 168 people. Current OU Daily staff shared how Michelle and her colleagues helped shape the legacy of the student media outlet — breaking the story online before any major outlet and providing in-depth coverage in the days, weeks, and months that followed. #WeRemember | @OKCNM Note: The OU Daily is an independent, student-produced news organization based on the university’s Norman campus.

The front cover of the April 20, 1995 edition of @OUDaily. #WeRemember

“This is totally different than anything I could possibly imagine." OU Daily alums reflect on their coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing and what it means to them 30 years later: oudaily.com/news/oklahoma-…

A must read today from @OUDaily, absolutely beautiful storytelling:

As the university's annual Giving Day approaches, OU Student Media has received a $100,000 pledge to the OU Daily from an anonymous donor to support the Becky Willis Memorial Fund for News Leadership: buff.ly/ofrQehj

Employees and OU students at the National Weather Center and National Weather Service have had their employment terminated in line with mass layoffs across government agencies: buff.ly/3EYhwlu

"The greatest honor in our roles is being able to serve our audience. I encourage all community members to reach out whenever they have questions or comments, whether by phone, email or catching someone wearing an OU Daily press pass on assignment." Read more @OUDaily

A Cleveland County judge ruled Friday that the petition to turn the University North Park entertainment district to a public vote was insufficient: buff.ly/4bf020o

David Boren, former OU president and U.S. senator, died Thursday at 83. Boren transformed OU’s trajectory during a 24-year tenure, and then faced an investigation into alleged misconduct — which he denied and was never indicted for — in retirement: buff.ly/4b58PSl