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[25 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments | 939 views]
Why community media?

by Gene Perry

This is an experiment, but it’s a good time for experiments. A couple of months ago, The Oklahoma Gazette reported that only one reporter, from OETA, visits the capitol building every day. They wrote that the total number of journalists covering our state government is in the teens, compared to 39 reporters in 1978…

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[25 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 979 views]
Being Okie: part one

by Gene Perry

A few years ago, I visited the opening of a museum. The man who had funded the new building was being interviewed, and the interviewer said at one point, “One of most amazing things to me is that you’ve stayed so humble.” The man, who the museum was named after, replied, “We don’t have the problems with huge egos that you might see in other parts of the country.”…

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