1. If you haven't already send me the email you use for your blogger account so I can make you an author
2. Post a paragraph or so about your story idea.
3. Read chapters 2 and 3 of your Art of Editing book
See you Tuesday!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
River Spirit Casino--The new Creek project.**UPDATE**
As you all know, after incessantly calling several offices, I managed to contact Pat Schnake, PR Manager for Creek Nation Casino and the new project on the river. This week I've called him several times in order to finalize the arrangements for an interview (and possibly a tour), but have been quite unsuccessful in reaching him. The purpose of the investigation, however, is to examine business opportunities that have risen from the construction of the new casino as well as evaluating the overall economic impact (in terms of employment and residential growth) on the area. As of now I have only found a couple of articles, such as this one published at the end of last year on the Tulsa World website. For the article and more information about the Casino project, which is to open March 31st, 2009, click here.
02/10/09--Mr. Schnake contacted me earlier today. He has been recently dealing with some family business which has consequently made it more difficult for me to reach him. I really appreciate him calling. In terms of the project, I will be sending Mr. Schnake an e-mail with all the questions and a description of the project sometime this week.
02/10/09--Mr. Schnake contacted me earlier today. He has been recently dealing with some family business which has consequently made it more difficult for me to reach him. I really appreciate him calling. In terms of the project, I will be sending Mr. Schnake an e-mail with all the questions and a description of the project sometime this week.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Apartment complex near the Tulsa Hills shopping center
Because the Tulsa Hills shopping center has been covered an inordinate amount of time within the city limits, we have chosen to focus more on the controversial apartment complex being constructed just west of the center.
We know that there is currently a petition with about 100 people who want to prevent the construction of this complex.
We plan to first contact Rick Westcott, a city councilman involved with this development. We are hoping that he can give us unbiased information from both sides of the dispute. However, if he backs one particular side, we want to get his opinion on the apartment complex and then get contact information from him for other council members or community members who may have differing opinions.
We would also like to talk to the developer or contractor for the complex and get their reactions to the petition. We want to find out why they think the complex is a necessary addition to West Tulsa and how they think it will benefit the area.We want to write a piece that explores both sides of the issue and contains reliable information and interesting quotations from several community members and officials.
- Stephanie, Ryan, and Kate
We know that there is currently a petition with about 100 people who want to prevent the construction of this complex.
We plan to first contact Rick Westcott, a city councilman involved with this development. We are hoping that he can give us unbiased information from both sides of the dispute. However, if he backs one particular side, we want to get his opinion on the apartment complex and then get contact information from him for other council members or community members who may have differing opinions.
We would also like to talk to the developer or contractor for the complex and get their reactions to the petition. We want to find out why they think the complex is a necessary addition to West Tulsa and how they think it will benefit the area.We want to write a piece that explores both sides of the issue and contains reliable information and interesting quotations from several community members and officials.
- Stephanie, Ryan, and Kate
West Tulsa Railyard
Alright, here is a little bit of information I found about the railyard.
It is currently owned by BNSF which is Burlington Northern Sante Fe. It is more commonly known as the Cherokee Yard.
The railroad was brought first to Red Fork in 1884-1885 by the Atlantic and Pacific railroad company which was later purchased by the St. Louis and San Fransico railroad company in 1897.
There is a good article from the magazine Trains that has more information about how many trains run through Cherokee a day, what type of goods they traffic, size etc. Click here for the link. The Tulsa Sapulpa Union railroad runs through there. They traffic goods and materials for the glass plant and sinclair refinery to name a few. Mainly traffic for business between Tulsa and Sapulpa.
There really isn't much information about the history or what it was used for that I could find. I did read that the rail system in Red Fork was used as a staging ground for cattle in the late 1800's. You can get some more information at the tulsa preservation commission website. Their phone number is 918-576-5687. They might have more information.
I think this story would work if you took it as more of the history of the rail system in Tulsa with a little spotlight on the Cherokee yard. I don't know if you could dig up enough info for just the west tulsa railyard and its history.
We might also consider a story about oil. Oil was first found in Tulsa County in Red Fork. It spurned Tulsa to become the oil capital of the world. It might be a good story to look into that.
It is currently owned by BNSF which is Burlington Northern Sante Fe. It is more commonly known as the Cherokee Yard.
The railroad was brought first to Red Fork in 1884-1885 by the Atlantic and Pacific railroad company which was later purchased by the St. Louis and San Fransico railroad company in 1897.
There is a good article from the magazine Trains that has more information about how many trains run through Cherokee a day, what type of goods they traffic, size etc. Click here for the link. The Tulsa Sapulpa Union railroad runs through there. They traffic goods and materials for the glass plant and sinclair refinery to name a few. Mainly traffic for business between Tulsa and Sapulpa.
There really isn't much information about the history or what it was used for that I could find. I did read that the rail system in Red Fork was used as a staging ground for cattle in the late 1800's. You can get some more information at the tulsa preservation commission website. Their phone number is 918-576-5687. They might have more information.
I think this story would work if you took it as more of the history of the rail system in Tulsa with a little spotlight on the Cherokee yard. I don't know if you could dig up enough info for just the west tulsa railyard and its history.
We might also consider a story about oil. Oil was first found in Tulsa County in Red Fork. It spurned Tulsa to become the oil capital of the world. It might be a good story to look into that.
Gary on the Community Gardening idea
Danielle - Eugene Field does have the Global Garden program; and it is considered a SW Tulsa school. Haven't heard anything about Allen Bowden. Last year, Russell Burkhart at Indian Health Care Resource Center was working on a "Food Security Grant" that would launch several community gardens around Tulsa. I'm not sure where this effort stands, at present. Back to Eugene Field and Global Garden ... this program is flourising and helped stimulate another development at Eugene Field - a neighborhood grocery called The Harvest at which produce from Global Gardens will be sold. The story also will have cooking demonstration classes. Anyway, I like your idea and it definitely has a tie to Southwest Tulsa. GP
Monday, February 2, 2009
The man behind the "Hotel Rwanda" story speaks at TU
Paul Rusesabagina, real-life protagonist of the story behind the movie "Hotel Rwanda," will be at TU Monday, February 16, at 7pm in the Great Hall in ACAC.
Here's a link to the facebook event sponsored by Student Association.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=44760599426&ref=nf
Write a news story and get extra credit!
Here's a link to the facebook event sponsored by Student Association.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=44760599426&ref=nf
Write a news story and get extra credit!
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