The value of answering questions instead of just asking
Being a guest on two podcasts recently gave me the rare opportunity of reversed roles of answering questions asked by someone else.
Mitchell Talks and...
You don’t want the news to be a zero sum game
There’s plenty of room for every organization that works to actually gather and deliver the news.
Delivering the news is not a zero sum game.
No...
A LION, and didn’t even know it
While Free Press is steadily gaining the editorial credibility we envisioned, the business side of this publication has suffered. That’s because I have far...
Why the award matters
I haven’t been a journalist for my entire adult life.
And so, it was with surprise and gratitude that I received my first journalism award...
We have options, so bring it!
I can't think of any better way to start an argument among my tech friends than to just say the term "net neutrality."
Many of...
New year – new kind of independence
In the few days leading up to the new year, I’ve been working hard to detach Free Press operations from the Windows sphere and...
Donations are our lifeblood
Free Press needs your donations and sponsorship from businesses and organizations that see us as an important presence in the news sphere of Oklahoma...
No advertising?
That’s right. Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. We have no display-type advertising on Free Press. It's because the story and you are the most...
We’re watching
The most critical function of an independent press is to be the eyes and ears for the public. You trust us to watch the...
But why is it news?
I read a lot of news.
And what I see more often than not is that news tends to fall one of two ways.
One way...
Our photography tells the story, too
Surprisingly, individual non-moving photographs still rule the day in news reporting. And we make sure that we rule with the medium that rules.
All the...
Cynicism or Skepticism?
In my reporting, I will choose skepticism rather than cynicism.
Cynicism, and its opposite, optimism are philosophies about people.
There aren’t many optimists in the reporting...
MAPS 4 and your vote Tuesday — Who do you trust?
The major question before walking into the voting booth Tuesday for the MAPS 4 vote is this: Who do you trust?
We will report religious aspects of a story
Some were surprised that FP had a story about Ralph Shortey’s religious background and what it might reveal about his complex struggles.
I ran that...
Local community relationships more important than clicks
One of the ways news has been hollowed out is that much of what we read is not connected to much of anything that is real in our daily lives. Free Press does things differently.
