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The Oologah Lake Leader is Oklahoma’s most honored community newspaper.
It has been named the best midsize weekly newspaper 12 times in the past
22 years by the Oklahoma Press Association.
In the 2007 OPA contest, the Leader won honors in 11 of 12 categories.
It is known for its tough investigative reports, outstanding education and sports coverage, feisty editorial page and focus on local news.
The Leader was founded in 1982 by J. R. Haney and has been owned since 1984 by John and Faith Wylie, who live in Oologah. The newspaper covers Oologah, Talala and northwest Rogers County.
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The Oologah Lake Leader has been consistently recognized by the National Newspaper Association for quality journalism.
During the past 20 years, the Leader has been honored for news writing, investigative reporting, editorials, obituaries, feature writing, sports writing, photography, humorous columns, newspaper promotions, community service, business coverage and environmental reporting.
The Leader’s Newspapers in Education program was named the top weekly program in the nation in 2003. The Leader has also won awards from the Oklahoma Education Association and the Oklahoma Press Association for its NIE program.
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Oologah.net was named the best weekly newspaper website in Oklahoma in the most recent contest.
Staff
John M. Wylie II, the Leader’s publisher and editor, has a national reputation in energy, environmental and investigative journalism.
He was a member of the Pulitzer-prize winning staff at The Kansas City Star before purchasing the Leader in 1984. He has won the top editorial award in Oklahoma six years.
Phone 918-443-2428 ext. 24.
Email LakeLeader@sbcglobal.net
Carolyn Estes, Leader marketing director, is a national expert in using newspapers in schools. She created the award-winning feature “For the Kid in You” for the Leader’s NIE program. The feature is now nationally syndicated.
She was the Leader’s news editor before taking over advertising and marketing duties, where she has set new records for advertising sales.
Phone 918-443-2428 ext. 26.
Email Carolyn.Estes@sbcglobal.net
Chris Edens, Leader city editor, began her journalism career at Owasso High School, where she was editor of the Ram
page in the Owasso Reporter for two years. She studied journalism and marketing at OSU and played on the OSU women's rugby team.
She came to the Leader from the Nowata Star, where she was editor.
Phone 918-443-2428 ext. 25.
Email OLLNews@sbcglobal.net
Faith Wylie, Leader publisher and general manager, handles design and production for the Leader. Her background is in graphic design, photography and direct marketing. Her personal column has been named the best in the state two years.
Phone 918-443-2428 ext. 22.
Email OologahAds@sbcglobalnet.net
Vickie Hefner, handles classified advertising, legal advertising, church page news and advertising billing.
Phone 918-443-2428 ext. 21.
Email OologahInfo@sbcglobal.net
Tim Carman, an Oologah graduate, handles distribution for the Leader. He picks up thousands of copies of the newspaper each week from the printer, delivers labeled papers to the Post Office, and services the stores that sell individual copies of the paper.
James Wylie is webmaster for the Leader. He taught himself HTML and created oologah.net in 2000 while still a student at Oologah High School.
The 2005 relaunch is also his creation. He is a third-year law student at the University of Oklahoma and is a student intern with the Oklahoma Attorney General. After graduation from OU School of Law, he will work at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C.
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