After a combined 56 years of informing and annoying the Oklahoma people, Berry Tramel and Jenni Carlson are officially out at The Oklahoman.
As we first reported a few weeks ago, the pair are joining the new Toby Keith and Bob Stoops-backed Sellout-Crowd.com – a media project that vows to “transform” the local sports media landscape by giving washed-up newspaper sports columnists, beat reporters, and sports radio guys a website, newsletter, and podcast to share news and opinions.
Ground-breaking stuff, huh?
Usually, when a person leaves one local media outlet for another, the outlet being ditched pretends the person never existed, often refusing to give them a going away party, much less a platform to say farewell and explain to readers and viewers what they’re doing “for their next adventure.”
Surprisingly, The Oklahoman did the opposite.
Even though in just 10 days Jenni and Berry will be competing with the paper for eyeballs, attention, and $20,000 a month (lol) podcast sponsorships, the paper let both columnists pen farewell columns this past Sunday.