Daily Oklahoman
The Gaylord family owns the newspaper, which helped build a multi-billion dollar fortune. The editorial viewpoint has through the years been labeled as conservative, but the leadership of the paper contends it is non-partisan, and reflects the views of its readers.
Founded in 1889 in Oklahoma City by Sam Small, The Daily Oklahoman was taken over in 1903 by The Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO), controlled by E.K.
Gaylord, is chairman and chief executive for the Oklahoma Publishing Company, which publishes The Oklahoman. The newspaper has faced criticism, with the Columbia Journalism Review publishing a story in 1999 calling The Oklahoman the "Worst Newspaper in America" due primarily to the right-wing political views of the Gaylord family, alleged racist hiring practices, and high costs of ads.
Until Feb.
It was folded into the Daily Oklahoman beginning with the March 1, 1984, issue. Formerly available for delivery statewide, in November 2008 The Oklahoman announced that it was reducing its circulation area to cover approximately two-thirds of the state, and that it would no longer be available for delivery in Tulsa, Oklahoma's second-largest city.
The change reduced the paper's circulation by about 7,000 homes.
Awards
Charles George Werner, a rookie political cartoonist at the newspaper, won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for editorial art. The winning cartoon, Nomination for 1938, depicted the Nobel Peace Prize resting on a grave marked Grave of Czecho-Slovakia, 1919-1938.
6, 1938, the cartoon bit at the recently concluded Munich Agreement, which transferred the Sudetenland (a strategically important part of Czechoslovakia) to Nazi Germany.
Editorial Staff
Ed Kelley, Editor
Kelly Dyer Fry, Vice President of News & Information
Mike Shannon, Managing Editor (News)
Joe Hight, Director of Information & Development
Robby Trammell, News Director
Doug Hoke, Director of Photography
Yvette Walker, Director of Presentation
Dave Morris, Director of Video
Don Shockey, Night Editor
Clytie Bunyan, Business Editor
Michael Baker, City Editor
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