![]() ![]() #KFOR NEWS ANCHOR KILLED HOW TO#“Survive & Thrive” is a weekly 24-episode podcast series in which reporters KaraLee Langford and Brooklyn Wayland interview Oklahomans from all walks of life on how to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and recent racial upheaval. But I feel like in my life, all of the things that I’ve had to endure and fight, if you will, it just makes you stronger.” “We have grit, we have survival instincts, we can fight off any tragedy that comes our way, and I feel very strongly that Oklahomans are just resilient people. “I think we are a very strong state,” Ballard said. Police say the accident happened near Memorial and North May Avenue around 4:00 p.m. She feels this struggle has been universal the past year and that Oklahoma can learn how to deal with present trauma by remembering the past. OKLAHOMA CITY KFOR Sports Director Bob Barry, Jr died in a crash Saturday afternoon in Northwest Oklahoma City. “Since I’d never had children, my husband and I just felt it was really important to help our community in various ways,” said Ballard, referring to the numerous non-profits with which she is involved, such as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the Bella Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.īallard’s husband, photographer Scott Travis, died in November 2019, and it was this loss combined with the public health crisis of the pandemic that caused her once again to rely on inner strength and to lean on close friends. “But I’m so proud of my mom for doing that and sticking to it, because it has been such a wonderful blessing for me to have this name and to also have the Indian blood,” Ballard said.Īnd as a cancer survivor, she also believes it is important to give back to her community. “I have been very fortunate in my life to have a lot of knowledge about a lot of things,” Ballard said.īallard’s first name is a forthright acknowledgement of her tribal heritage, but she said her mother’s desire to name her Cherokee was a cause of disagreement between her mother and her grandmother, who felt such an openly Indigenous name might make her the target of racism. ![]() Ballard’s award-winning reporting on the 2005 death from child abuse of 2-year-old Kelsey Briggs-Smith led to legislative reforms in Oklahoma. To be honest, my Christmas tree is still up.”īefore her job as communications manager at Oklahoma Natural Gas since 2011, Cherokee Ballard’s career has also included stints as the public information officer and legislative liaison for the state Office of Chief Medical Examiner a broadcast reporter for KFOR, KAUT and KOCO and an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma. “I can certainly empathize with people in the same situation as me, but I’m trying to stay happy and do things that make me happy. “It’s just been pretty lonely, to be honest,” Cherokee Ballard said on the “Survive and Thrive” podcast. Katelyn looks forward to her future in journalism and is proud to tell the stories of the people in her home state.NORMAN - The communications manager for Oklahoma Natural Gas said she is still adjusting to a “new normal” after both her husband’s death and the COVID-19 pandemic altered her life dramatically. When Katelyn isn’t working, she enjoys skateboarding, running, playing video games, traveling to new places to hammock, and spending time with her chihuahua, Giselle and two cats Fleetwood and Gretel. Her father, Kevin Ogle, and uncle, Kent Ogle, are anchors at KFOR-TV, while her sister, Abigail Ogle, is an anchor and reporter for the local ABC affiliate. Her other uncle, Kelly Ogle, is an anchor at the local CBS affiliate. She is the granddaughter of the late Jack Ogle, one of Oklahoma’s most famous broadcast journalists and member of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. Katelyn also worked as a newscast producer.īroadcasting roots run deep in her family, and she feels honored to continue the tradition. on Tuesday, officers with the Moore Police Department were called to the area of N.W. Katelyn has covered everything from breaking news, the global COVID-19 pandemic, local crime, national to international headlines, both state and national elections and human interest stories in Oklahoma. (KFOR) Authorities are investigating a deadly crash in Moore on Tuesday morning. Shortly after graduating, Katelyn became the Alert Desk Anchor and morning reporter. Katelyn started her journalism career as an intern for a local station during her senior year of college at The University of Central Oklahoma in 2018. ![]()
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