If your grandma calls to tell you that her newspaper smells kind of funny, don’t worry. She’s not going senile or having a stroke. There's a simple explanation. The Daily Oklahoman, as she still probably calls it, is now officially being printed in Tulsa.
Yes, the big day has finally arrived. Just four months after The Oklahoman layed off 120 plants workers and announced it was moving its print operations to Tulsa (and graphic design to Austin), the first deliveries have made their way down the turnpike and into the homes of the elderly. Let’s see how Kelly Dyer Fry tries to spin this sad, desperate move that marks the continued fall of Oklahoma's once all mighty and powerful news organization.
We will always be your eyes and ears
Tomorrow's edition of your Oklahoman will be the first to have been printed in Tulsa.
I could be nostalgic and tell you I will always remember the roar of the presses, the smell of ink. I could take it a step further and tell you how I used to wait by the front door for my father to come home from his job as a newspaper editor. My little brother and I would grab him around the ankles and let him slide us across the floor. He too smelled of ink and paper.
Nostalgia is of the heart and will always be with us. Technology is of the mind and changes the present. Technology continues to transform the newspaper industry. It has changed the way we all get our news.
Social media, radio, TV broadcasts, endless sound bites, talk shows and the 24-7 vastness of the web, all inundate you with information. What we hope to do in the print edition is bring you a quiet reading experience. We dig deeper on topics that matter in our community. We bring perspective, context and accuracy. We educate and inform. We entertain you. We sit in countless meetings with our elected officials and hold them accountable when they are spending your tax dollars.
Digging deeper. Perspective, context and accuracy. Educate and inform. Holding elected officials accountable. That's nice and everything, but I still have to ask – why is she describing the Tulsa World? Was this a mix up? I'm confused.
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