October Best of the Month

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October Best of the Month

Congratulations to Sarah Phipps!

Sarah is the NIC and overall Best of the Month for October 2015. Photo ditor

!oug "o#e no$inated Sarah for her coverage fro$ the %rst t&o da's of theOS( "o$eco$ing Parade)

*Saturda' the crash ha++ened &hile she &as on her &a' to cover the ga$e.She and Nate drove straight there on ca+tured i$+ortant ele$ents of thescene. ,hen +rior to the start of the ga$e- Sarah ca+tured the $ood of thestadiu$ &hen she got +hotos of Coach und' and the +la'ers huddledtogether in +ra'er. ,hen as if that &asn/t enough- she sto++ed at the sceneof the fatalities to get a +hoto of the $e$orial that &as starting to build u+.

*,he net da'- Sunda'- Sarah &as at a +ra'er service at Bethan' "igh

School football stadiu$ at +.$. for the +la'er &ho bro#e his nec# rida'night for s+orts- at &hat surel' &ould have been a +otentiall' +age one stor'if not for the crash- &hen &e learned of a candlelight vigil on the OS(ca$+us ha++ening at 3 +.$. 4hile I &as tr'ing to %nd so$eone &ho couldgo- Sarah contacted $e to as# if she should go. 4e both decided that it&ould be &orth the ti$e visuall' if she could $a#e it. So she ho++ed in hercar at Bethan' "igh School and drove straight to OS( for the vigil s#i++ingdinner to $a#e it there on ti$e. ,he eort did +rove &orth' of outstanding+hotos and carried the Page 1 Monda' +a+er- +roviding another ecellent+ac#age for our readers.

*4ithout her eort- &e didn/t have $uch for art- $ainl' 6ust +hotos of thevicti$s. Not onl' did she +roduce great +hotos fro$ an e$otionall' chargedevent- &hich is hard- but she &as able to console the student ta#ing +hotofor the O/Coll'- &ho &as having a hard ti$e. ,raged' is never fun or eas' tocover- but Sarah ca$e through &ith a set of ecellent +hotos that reall'hel+ed our readers feel the grief of the Co&bo' Nation.7


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Best Beat or Breaking News StoryFrom: Robby TrammellNominee: Rany llisPla' 8 our #illed- 99 in6ured as car sla$s into OS( +arade cro&d: Still&ater&o$an- 25- arrested on co$+laint of driving under the in;uence htt+)??archive.ne&so#.co$?olive?a+a?o#laho$an?Shared@ie&.Article.as+href!ODE22015E210E225FidAr00100Fs#1B5B2C

Best B"siness Story or B"siness Feat"reFrom: #on MecoyNominee: Brianna BaileyBrianna +roduced an eclusive hu$dinger of a stor' that had +eo+le tal#ing

) ,he for$er CO of Coolgreens accused of stealingthe restaurantGs reci+es to start his o&n rival business. And the' had video of hi$ brea#ing into the store- to boot. Hust a delicious dish.!ate) Oct. 15- 2015htt+)??&&&.o#laho$an.co$?article?5955FheadlineSaladE20da'sE20overE20forE20CoolgreensE20COE20

Best Sports StoryFrom: Mike ShermanNominee: $ason %erseyJic#e' !ion is a shell of his for$er self- his bod' devastated b' AKS. In this

tribute to the for$er O( football great- a stor' that bro#e the bad ne&s toour readers about !ionGs disease- Hason starts b' ta#ing the$ bac# to &henhe +h'sicall' &as a $an in full. ,hroughout the stor'- Hason illustrates ho&!ion has re$ained li#e&ise s+irituall'. A strong stor' re&itten &ellhtt+)??ne&so#.co$?article?5950L3

Best Feat"re StoryFrom: Mike ShermanNominee: %yle FrericksonS+ea#ing of stories that a++eal to casual s+orts readers- D'le tells the talebehind an OS( football tradition- BulletGs run after an O#laho$a State

touchdo&n and the accident that Co&bo' fans &itnessed. ,he stor' &asti$ed for the &ee# of OS(Gs ho$eco$ing.htt+)??ne&so#.co$?article?59593L

Best Pro&ect'nterprise'(n)#epth StoryFrom: #on MecoyNominee: Brianna Bailey

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Brianna &as the lead &riter on our S#ills a+ +ac#age that ea$ined the+roble$s O#laho$a co$+anies are e+eriencing in %nding uali%eda++licants to %ll 6obs. Over a +eriod of several &ee#s- Brianna did theleg&or# that allo&ed her to e+lain the issue- evaluate several +roble$s andloo# at so$e +otential solutions. Brianna also co=led a successful +ublic

foru$ on the to+ic that dre& an over;o& cro&d of business +eo+le-+olic'$a#ers- educators and &or#force s+ecialists.!ate) Oct. 11- 2015htt+)??ne&so#.co$?shortage=of=s#illed=&or#ers=in=o#laho$a=is=unsettling?article?5952

Best *atchog StoryFrom: Robby TrammellNominee+s,: Nolan -lay'Rick .reenPla' 8 4rong drug used for Hanuar' eecution- state records sho& htt+)??archive.ne&so#.co$?olive?a+a?o#laho$an?Shared@ie&.Article.as+

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Best -ol"mn'Opinion'First)Person StoryFrom: Matt Price'.len SeeberNominee: %en Raymon"ere are 6ust a fe& co$$ents that Den Ja'$ond received about *(nloc#edears-7 his colu$n fro$ Page 1A of the Oct. 0 +a+er- about a so$e&hats+oo#' e+erience as a teenager gro&ing u+ in rural Penns'lvania)Carol'n "art- best=selling $'ster' novelist and 2019 rand Master of theM'ster' 4riters of A$erica) "As Mary Roberts Rinehart would have said,,"she wrote, "you are the hell of a writer. Found the eerie story fascinating and

compelling. Best Wishes !arolyn"

#$ve %ust read your story about the abandoned camp and the possiblyhaunted A&frame. Masterful writing' A touch of Ray Bradbury, indeed.( #f you were to turn your hand to )ction, even if only based on your owne*periences, you would have readers far beyond the relative few thisnewspaper mar+et can oer. -ac+ing that, even a compilation of your personal essays should do well. #$d buy a copy and recommend it toothers'/( htt+)??ne&so#.co$?+urel'=sub6ective=a=stor'=of=unloc#ed=

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Best /ieoFrom: #a0i MorrisNominee+s,: $acob 1nr"h an Scott *rightBoth consistentl' %led videos on ,hursda' and rida' nights follo&ing highschool football and softball ga$es. ,he' also recorded studio intervie&s

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Best #esign'(ll"stration'.raphicFrom: To PenletonNominee: -hris Schoelen


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Best Blog'Social Meia 4ortNominee+s,: Ti4any .ibsonNominate by: Ti4any .ibson


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4hen the O#laho$a State ho$eco$ing +arade crash ha++ened- ,ian' 6u$+ed online and uic#l' created a live article to +rovide i$$ediateu+dates to readers. She &or#ed throughout the da' until about )0 +.$.Saturda' to +ush out stories and u+date social $edia. In addition to &ritingu+ a +ost herself about the (CO student and u+dating social- she hel+ed the

video tea$ and re+orters coordinate coverage b' e$ailing the governorGss+o#es$an for brie%ng ti$es. She also &or#ed &ith the video tea$ toca+ture Perisco+e footage to use on Ne&sOD.co$. As the ho$e +age editor-she +ac#aged all of the content together- $anuall' adding stor' lin#s to eacharticle and organiing it on the ho$e +age.

Special 4ort to (mpro0e 5cc"racyFrom: 5my RaymonNominee: Pat .illilanPat illiland regularl' goes above and be'ond in her role as a co+' editor to$a#e sure stories are clean- accurate and visual ele$ents +ass $uster- as

&ell."er role entails so $uch related to focusing on custo$ers- even though sheis not interacting &ith the$ directl'.

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Pat hit roadbloc# after roadbloc# and $ade sure that the +hoto never ran. Asscar' as it is- the +oint is that Pat never gave u+ until her concern raised thelevel of attention it needed.She &or#s so hard all the ti$e as that last line of defense- and deservesrecognition as e$+lo'ee of the $onth for her continued dogged eorts.

Special RecognitionFrom: Mike ShermanNominee: $enni -arlson Henni ans&ered the call for $ore video this fall b' hosting O(J tal#=bac#seg$ents dail'- one each &ith &riters fro$ O(- OS(- ,hunder- high schoolbeats Monda' through ,hursda'.She continued to do Press Jo& video hosting?leading &ith Berr' ,ra$el. Sheserved as the voice and $ain character in a co$$ercial for ,he O#laho$ansho&n several ti$es during ,hunder ga$es. She &rote strong +ro%le of anO#laho$an &ho in his for$er role as a PJ gu' &ith the S+urs acco$+anied

the NBA Cha$+ionshi+ tro+h' around the &orld. She &rote the stor' &ith;air and originalit'.

Henni &rote a +ersuasive and authoritative colu$n on a high school coach&ho ordered his tea$ to in6ure an o++osing +la'er and told it in a &a' thatengaged the high school audience and &ell be'ond b' focusing on +eo+le asshe al&a's does. She also &rote a co$+elling colu$n on the stor' behind aviral +hoto of OS( uarterbac# Mason Judol+h and a little bo' in aS+ider$an costu$e- ta#en i$$ediatel' after an OS( ga$e. She did this inaddition to her nor$al &or#load.

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