{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox organization | name = Oklahoma Watch | full_name = | native_name = <!-- organization's name in its local language --> | native_name_lang = <!-- required ISO 639-1 code of the above native language --> | logo = File:Oklahoma_Watch_masthead.webp | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --> | caption = | map = <!-- map image --> | map_size = <!-- defaults to 250px --> | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = <!-- 2nd map image, if required --> | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = | nickname = | pronunciation = | pronounce_ref = | pronounce_comment = | named_after = | predecessor = | merged_into = <!-- any other organization(s) which it was merged into --> | successor = | formation = 2010 | founder = <!-- or |founders = --> | founding_location = | dissolved = <!-- or |defunct = --><!-- use {{end date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | merger = <!-- other organizations (if any) merged with, to constitute the new organization --> | type = <!-- e.g., Nonprofit, NGO, etc. --> | tax_id = <!-- or |vat_id = (for European organizations) --> | registration_id = <!-- for non-profits --> | status = <!-- legal status or description (company, charity, foundation, etc.) --> | purpose = <!-- or |focus = --><!-- humanitarian, activism, peacekeeping, etc. --> | professional_title = <!-- for professional associations --> | headquarters = | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | origins = | region_served = <!-- or |area_served = or |region = --> | products = <!-- or |product = --> | services = | methods = <!-- or |method = --> | fields = <!-- or |field = --> | membership = <!-- number of members --> | num_members_year = <!-- year to which membership numbers/data apply --> | language = <!-- or |languages = --><!-- any official language or languages used --> | owner = <!-- or |owners = --> | secretary_general = <!-- or |gen_sec for General Secretary --> | leader_title = Chairman | leader_name = Joe Hight | leader_title2 = Executive Director | leader_name2 = Ted Streuli | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | leader_title5 = | leader_name5 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ = <!-- or |publication = --><!-- organization's principal body (assembly, committee, board, etc.) or publication --> | parent_organization = <!-- or |parent_organisation = --> | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = | ror_id = <!-- unique ID in the Research Organization Registry --> | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | endowment_year = | funding = <!-- source of funding e.g. for "think tanks" --> | num_staff = 7 | num_staff_year = 2023 | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | num_students = | num_students_year = | awards = | website = {{URL|oklahomawatch.org}} | remarks = | former_name = <!-- or |former_name = --> | footnotes = | bodystyle = }} '''Oklahoma Watch''' is a non-profit reporting project focused on public policy journalism in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Established in 2010 by former ''Tulsa World'' reporter Tom Lindley, and supported with an initial seed investment from the Knight Foundation and the Tulsa Community Foundation, it partners with Oklahoma's public radio stations and rural newspapers for the distribution of its original journalism.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buhler |first1=Brendan |title=Oklahoma Watch |url=https://www.cjr.org/news_startups_guide/2011/03/oklahoma-watch.php/ |access-date=September 8, 2023 |work=Columbia Journalism Review |date=March 24, 2011}}</ref> It is a member outlet of the Institute for Nonprofit News.<ref>{{cite web |title=INN Network Directory |url=https://findyournews.org/campaign/inn-network-directory/ |website=findyournews.org |publisher=Institute for Nonprofit News |access-date=September 8, 2023}}</ref>
In 2016, Oklahoma Watch – in partnership with the University of Oklahoma – won first place at the Great Plains Journalism Awards for “Talk with Us,” a mobile video reporting project covering community poverty.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reporting Project Wins 1st Place for Gaylord College, Oklahoma Watch |url=https://www.ou.edu/web/news_events/articles/news_2016/great-plains |website=ou.edu |publisher=University of Oklahoma |access-date=September 8, 2023}}</ref> In 2021, Oklahoma Watch reporter Trevor Brown won "Newspaper Writer of the Year" in the Great Plains Journalism Awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Great Plains Journalism Awards winners named |url=http://www.greatplainsawards.org/ |website=greatplainsawards.org |publisher=Great Plains Journalism Awards}}</ref>
==See also== * MinnPost
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==External links== * [https://oklahomawatch.org/ Official website]
Category:2010 establishments in Oklahoma Category:Newspapers published in Oklahoma Category:Non-profit organizations based in Oklahoma
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