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The Oklahoman
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Finalists have been selected in the 2004 Oklahoma Book Award competition, with winners to be named at the annual awards dinner March 13 at the Petroleum Club, 100 N Broadway.
Elizabeth Taylor, The Oklahoman
Monday, October 20, 2003
Staff members put creative ideas together to produce new concept.
They are The Oklahoman’s version of “The Dream Team” – six people who spent more than three months designing a new stimulating and relevant state newspaper for Oklahoma.
The OPUBCO design team clockwise from top center, Phil Nesbitt, Todd Pendleton, Renee Lawrence, Scott Horton, Steve Byerly, and Bill Bootz. – photo illustration by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman.
When conducting a redesign, newspapers have various options when it comes to a design team. Instead of employing a design team from outside the paper, possibly even outside the state, The Oklahoman chose to assemble a team of its own staff members and hire an internationally recognized design consultant to guide them.
News Editor Steve Byerly was named team leader and was joined by members Scott Horton, Renee Lawrence, Bill Bootz, Todd Pendleton and consultant Phil Nesbitt of the American Press Institute.
“The redesign at The Oklahoman is unique because they are using this as a collaborative process instead of relying solely on a consultant,” Nesbitt said.
The Oklahoma Publishing Co. employees added to their usual responsibilities to tackle the monumental role of redesigning The Oklahoman for the 21st century.
“Historically speaking, we are going through a very exciting time. It was a great honor to be chosen to participate in this project,” Horton said.
Jim Stafford, The Oklahoman
Saturday, August 2, 2003
With a collection of more than 1,000 CDs, Scott Horton was satisfied that his personal music library had all it needed.
Then he clicked into Apple Computer’s new online iTunes Music Store where customers can choose from thousands of tunes to download for their personal use at 99 cents per song.
Now, it seems, the Edmond resident can’t get enough new music. In the weeks since he enthusiastically greeted the opening of Apple’s music store on April 28, Horton has added to his collection in a big way.
“Apple opened up a whole new thing for me, because I thought I had everything I wanted until I started browsing their music store online,” Horton said. “I downloaded over 50 songs last week alone.”
Horton said he was attracted to the Apple site because of its a la carte music menu. Customers can download individual songs from an artist rather than buy a whole CD.
“There are a lot of albums I would never buy because they were one-hit wonders,” Horton said. “But now I can download this one song.”
Alan Herzberger, NewsOK Editor
Friday, July 18, 2003, The Oklahoman
Let us decorate your computer.
You put photos on your desk and artwork on your walls. You should have both on your computer.
NewsOK.com design guru Scott Horton spent endless hours combing The Oklahoman’s photo archives for the best photos he could find. He worked with The Oklahoman photo editor Jim Argo to determine what would constitute
desktop beauty.
Many hours looking at hundreds of photographs — it’s no lie. Scott’s nothing if not thorough. It’s no coincidence that he has since needed a few days off to recover full use of his eyes.
Helen Ford Wallace, The Daily Oklahoman
Sunday, February 23, 2003
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US! • The Oklahoma Publishing Co. celebrated the 100th anniversary of the company with an afternoon party Feb. 16 at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. About 1,200 current and retired employees gathered for food, fun and a nostalgic look at the past.
Hosts were members of the Edward L. Gaylord family.
Many guests reminisced about early-day printing presses and past employees as they were shown on the big screen.
Matt Jones was master of ceremonies, and singers from Oklahoma Christian University Chorale and Summer Singers entertained. They sang songs including “Oklahoma!” and closed with “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Christy Gaylord Everest, president of The Oklahoma Publishing Co., thanked the employees for years of service. Edward L. Gaylord, chairman and CEO of The Oklahoma Publishing Co., added his appreciation to the employees and introduced family members and guests. Jones, in turn, thanked the Gaylords for their long-standing support of the company and the community.
Centennial logos were set in the flower arrangements on food tables, and all employees received commemorative books titled “Family Album, Together for 100 Years.” The publication by employees Roger Klock, Ann DeFrange, Scott Horton, Sue Hale and Jim Argo features a decade-by-decade history of the company and its future vision.
The afternoon gathering was an event filled with renewed friendships, affection for each other and a general feeling of earnest desire to publish the state’s best newspaper for the next 100 years.
Celebration planners were Hale, Marcia Peeler, Ron Clarke, Horton, Matt Jones and Wanda Matula.
Brian Brus, The Daily Oklahoman
August 26, 2001
While many dot-com business ventures have failed, the online news business continues to grow stronger, said Kelly Dyer of NewsOK.com. Nowhere is that more apparent than in a new joint venture in Oklahoma where NewsOK.com was unveiled a week ago. It is an Internet business merger between The Oklahoman’s Oklahoman.com and KWTV NEWS9’s 9online.com.
“You can’t lump newspapers and television stations in with generic dot-coms,” Dyer said. “We are a different animal.”
Businesses and consumers have only recently begun to realize that simply being on the Internet doesn’t provide enough of a benefit by itself. Many dot-com companies crashed for lack of attractive content and consistent advertising sponsorship.
But companies still invest in e-strategies and technology, recognizing the Internet’s power to strengthen customer relationships and streamline operations costs – two aspects in which NewsOK.com benefits.
“There’s a misconception that all dot-coms are going away. And yet our numbers continue to climb and climb and climb,” Dyer said. Oklahoman.com’s site visits, or “hits,” have more than doubled since the two media outlets launched their news coverage convergence in January. Now, the joint Web site is predicted to top 10 million page views each month.
The Daily Oklahoman
Saturday, July 29, 2000
An American Red Cross publication for grieving families has won a major national award for excellence.
The Renewing Life grief packet won an Apex Grand Award for editorial content, excellence in graphic design, and overall achievement of communications effectiveness and excellence.
Chyrrel Mock of Edmond created the packet. She is the national representative for the Donor Family Network of the American Red Cross. Scott Horton, creative director for Connect Oklahoma, a subsidiary of The Oklahoma Publishing Co., was the graphic designer and creative director of the project.
The award is given by Communications Concepts. More than 5,000 items were entered in the contest’s 11 major categories.
Renewing Life is provided to grieving families who have consented to donate their loved one’s tissue to the Red Cross.
The Daily Oklahoman
Sunday, April 12, 1998
Jon Denton, business reporter for The Oklahoman , has received the Excel Award for communications excellence from the Central Oklahoma Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators.
The award is the group’s highest, given for skill and understanding of the profession and communications needs of the community, spokeswoman Rita Lee said.
Denton has been a reporter at The Oklahoman since 1967.
Others receiving awards included: “Oklahoma City: A Better Living, a Better Life,” by Community Communications Inc.; Oklahoma Christian University’s magazine, “VISION,” by Scott Horton and Dawn Shelton; Security Solutions International’s “Security Solutions Brochure” by Russell Myers; Midwest Regional Medical Center’s “Health Care on a First Name Basis” by Jill Fraim; and the Putnam City Schools for “Putnam City: A Heritage of Excellence” by David Klaassen, Colin Webb and Jessica Cook.
The Daily Oklahoman
Sunday, April 14, 1996
The publishing company that for more than a century has brought the world to its readers through the pages of The Daily and Sunday Oklahoman today launches an electronic version of its product on the vast computer network known as the Internet.
Scott Horton, seated, creative director for The Oklahoma Publishing Company’s new Internet information service, The Oklahoman Online, showcases the site’s “home page” for Matt Jones, promotions manager, and Betty Jane Harvey, electronic media editor.
The Oklahoman Online made its debut with a colorful and information-rich site on the World Wide Web, bringing local, national and international news and features to millions of personal computers tied into the network.
Sue Hale, general manager of Connect Oklahoma, a subsidiary of The Oklahoma Publishing Co. that is producing the electronic news product, invited Internet surfers to drop by the fledgling site during its debut week, when all information can be accessed free of charge.
“It’s an open house, and we want them to come on in,” Hale said. “They will be able to get to everything on-site.
“If Internet users have looked at some of the other newspapers out there, I think they will be surprised and pleased with the depth of this particular Web site.”
The Oklahoman Online can be reached at the following Internet address: http://www.oklahoman.net./
Although The Oklahoma Publishing Co. has operated a telephone information service for several years, The Oklahoman Online is the company’s first formal venture into Internet publishing. The Web site provides the company with another medium in which to produce a premier information product, said Edmund O. Martin, vice president of The Oklahoma Publishing Co. and general manager of The Oklahoman.
The Daily Oklahoman
Friday, January 19, 1996
EDMOND – The University of Central Oklahoma Office of Communications Publications has been recognized by The 1995 Premier Print Awards Competition.
This year’s event drew more than 5,000 entries from printing and graphic arts firms from around the world, with only 400 entries receiving awards.
The UCO department, under the leadership of Linda Jones, director of communications/publications, and Scott Horton, art director, won the award for graphic design work on a four-color poster produced for the November 1994 “Salute to Education: The International Connection,” a program sponsored by the Nigh Institute of State Government.
The biannual salutes bring together leaders from the realms of business, education, liberal arts, and mathematics and science for a weeklong program on campus.
In the past year, the UCO Office of Communications/Publications has received more than 25 awards for graphic design concepts.
The Daily Oklahoman
Friday, June 29, 1990
EDMOND – Scott Horton has been named art director for the communications publications office at Central State University.
His basic duties include overseeing the design and production of publications that represent an image of CSU.
“A publication or piece of designed artwork is as good as its artist. I like that because I can use my creativity and experience to give Central State University my best,” he said in a press release issued by the university.
Horton previously was employed at Hill & Stroud Design Inc., where he was a designer and art director.
He is a member of the Graphic Communication Society of Oklahoma.
The Daily Oklahoman
Friday, November 28, 1986
Oklahoma Christian College recently honored 65 students and a host of benefactors at a special scholarship dinner in the Gaylord College Activity Center.
The students received more than $86,000 in scholarships for this academic year, said OCC president J. Terry Johnson. Some 39 individuals, philanthropic foundations, businesses and organizations are funding the scholarships.
Recipients are selected for academic achievements, outstanding abilities in the fine arts and performing arts, and demonstrated leadership qualities.
The dinner gave the students a chance to meet many of the scholarship benefactors.
Those providing scholarships and the recipients include: American Association of University Women, to Kristi Rogers, Sand Springs.
C.R. Anthony Memorial, to Shayne Poe, Jackson, Ohio.
W.O. Boeman Memorial, to Eric Crawford, Kennett, Mo. Broadhurst Foundation, to Johnny Edward Miles, Dallas, Texas, and Cameron John, Wichita Falls, Texas.
The Daily Oklahoman
Friday, June 13, 1986
Michael J. O’Keefe, Oklahoma Christian College associate art professor, received a trophy in the Graphex 18 advertising competition recently.
O’Keefe’s student, Scott Horton, won the $1,000 first prize for student portfolios. Winning entries form a traveling exhibit that is shown across the country.
The Daily Oklahoman
Sunday, February 23, 1986
Oklahoma Christian College has been one of Oklahoma City’s brightest success stories over the past quarter of a century. The four-year liberal arts college has an impressive history, an exciting present and a promising future.
Central Christian College, as it was previously known, moved to its present location on Memorial Road from Bartlesville in 1958, with a student body of 209. Four brand-new buildings on 200 acres of pasture land comprised the campus. The new college had no endowment and a net worth of under $1 million.
Today, almost 1,600 students study on a campus with 25 buildings and a net worth in excess of $50 million. The college’s endowment has grown to more than $16 million remarkable progress even for a city noted for its remarkable growth stories.
As Oklahoma Christian concludes its 28th year in Oklahoma City, growth is still an important story at the college. Examples: OCC now offers more than 70 degrees in areas such as business, education, the arts, Bible and several pre-professional programs.
In 1985, the college announced a 10-year plan for growth and a $50 million funding campaign titled “With Wings as Eagles.” It is the largest development campaign in the college’s history.
Wednesday, January 8, 1986
The Daily Oklahoman
Awards have been announced in the recent Student Design Competition 1985, sponsored by the Graphic Communication Society of Oklahoma.
Several Oklahoma colleges and universities participated in the contest, said Michael O’Keefe, graphic society president.
The contest is designed to promote better advertising on a college level and to help bridge the relationship between professionals and college students.
O’Keefe teaches advertising design at Oklahoma Christian College as an associate professor of art.
The graphic society has about 200 members representing professional agencies, teachers, artists and other art-related professions.
Judges were Gail Daniels, associate creative director and senior vice-president of Ackerman and McQueen; Steven Proffitt, creative director of Lowe Runkle Co.; and Steven Green, senior art director, Jordan Associates.
Scott Horton, OCC junior from Edmond, took “Best of Show” trophy.
The traveling trophy went to Oklahoma State University with students winning two first-place, two second-place and seven merit awards.
Other awards were given to students from Oklahoma Christian College, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University Technical Branch, Central State University and Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
Besides Horton, other student winners were D. Keith Maple, Standalee Smith, Randal Vandewater and Jill Jones, OCC; Chris Richardson, Mark Kirklin, Adrienne Day, Greg Powell and Manuel R. Garcia, OU; Randy Stalcup, Tracy Knox, Charlynn Violett, Jeff Darlington, Russ Gurley, Cindy Taylor and Paula Anderson, OSU; Denise Foust, Linda Wenzel and Kenneth Kerr, OSU Tech; Harlow Hodges, CSU; and Alan Willemssen, SWOSU.
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