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Thread: I’m so proud of the great local journalism @readfrontier has produced in 2020. Here’s a look back at some of my favorite stories from the past year from me, @benfelder_okc @KassieMcClung @DGoforth918 @cliftonhowze.
The state released records on coronavirus purchases after this story by @KassieMcClung https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/oklahoma-spends-millions-on-coronavirus-purchases-but-wont-say-who-its-done-business-with/
Oklahoma reverses course, releases coronavirus equipment supplier information https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/oklahoma-reverses-course-releases-coronavirus-equipment-supplier-information/
Congressional candidate Terry Neese told her employees to “manipulate people 24 hours a day” in tapes unearthed by @benfelder_okc https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/white-house-told-neese-to-withdraw-her-name-from-u-s-mint-position-after-the-discovery-of-training-tapes/
@cliftonhowze took a deep look at some of the problems with the science in “shaken baby” cases. https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/freedom-with-a-cost-her-shaken-baby-conviction-was-overturned-but-she-had-to-plead-guilty-to-get-out-of-prison/
Some question the legitimacy of certain Shaken Baby Syndrome convictions https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/diagnosis-of-abuse-some-question-the-legitimacy-of-certain-shaken-baby-syndrome-convictions/
After a well-conceived open records request, @benfelder_okc pored over hours of Kevin Stitt’s virtual meetings to give us a look inside the governor’s office during the early days of the pandemic https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/confusion-defiance-and-focus-on-personal-responsibility-shaped-gov-stitts-initial-pandemic-response/
This @benfelder_okc story also struck a nerve https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/gov-stitt-complained-to-hospital-leaders-about-interviews-with-media-on-covid-19-crisis/
I examined the issues of rural communities desperate to save their local hospitals as part of this series produced in partnership with @propublica’s Local Reporting Network https://www.readfrontier.org/special-projects/critical-condition/
@DGoforth918 and @cliftonhowze uncovered that unlicensed lawyers had represented Tulsa County in dozens of criminal cases https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/non-lawyers-represented-tulsa-county-in-dozens-of-criminal-cases/
@kassiemcclung and I looked at how transfers and a lack of testing preceded a COVID-19 outbreak at an Oklahoma prison https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/without-widespread-testing-the-coronavirus-exploded-in-an-oklahoma-prison/
@DGoforth918 scored an interview with a woman who was counted dead of COVID-19. https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/mistaken-as-a-covid-19-death-bartlesville-woman-still-yet-to-figure-out-source-of-confusion/
@benfelder_okc and @KassieMcClung looked at how student mobility rates a challenge for schools in OKC and Tulsa in a story produced in partnership with @CurbsideOKC
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@cliftonhowze found that thousands of Oklahoma businesses retained no jobs or laid workers off after receiving employment retention funds https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/thousands-of-oklahoma-businesses-retained-no-jobs-or-laid-workers-off-after-receiving-employment-retention-funds/
@DGoforth918 obtained audio of a meeting where BOK Center officials said they wouldn’t have hosted this summer’s Trump rally in Tulsa, but looked to Mayor G.T. Bynum to tell them no https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/bok-center-management-said-they-would-have-turned-down-trump-had-tulsa-mayor-told-them-to/
I reported on a rocky leadership transition at the Oklahoma County jail in the middle of a pandemic https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/cell-by-cell-the-oklahoma-county-jail-is-in-crisis/
If you want to support local journalism in Oklahoma and have enjoyed our work in 2020, there’s still time to donate this year to @readfrontier https://www.readfrontier.org/donate/
