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The Frontier is helping fill a gap in watchdog government reporting
By Kayla Branch
Over the past year, I spent time analyzing data on how state lawmakers targeted Oklahoma’s initiative petition process after an uptick in successful state questions and how a Republican tax cut plan would eliminate $100 million in education funding. And I traveled to Adair County in eastern Oklahoma to learn how the Oklahoma Department of Human Services’ decision to close dozens of offices would affect access to critical welfare services for some of the state’s most vulnerable residents and poorest communities.
I joined the staff of The Frontier in February to cover state government and tell these stories thanks to people who believe this information is critical to the future of Oklahoma and make the choice to donate to our newsroom.
Over the last decade, Oklahoma’s media and reporting landscape has changed drastically.
Newsrooms shrank or closed altogether, traditional revenue streams dwindled, and it became increasingly difficult for reporters to have the time and resources to cover daily news stories and investigate state and local government.
But today, as a nonprofit, independent newsroom, The Frontier is helping to fill that gap.
Our premise is simple but powerful: Hold those in power accountable, give a voice to those without a platform and tell stories that might have otherwise been untold but that matter to Oklahomans.
Your donation helps us to continue to inform Oklahomans. Thank you to those that have helped us do this important work.
Thanks to NewsMatch, individual donations to The Frontier between Nov. 1 and December 31 will be matched by a coalition of national funders.
The campaign has helped raise more than $150 million for nonprofit newsrooms since 2016.
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