Where's the story on this? It's sometimes tough to get gossips to talk

Jason Collington

Tulsa World Executive Editor

Recently readers reached out to us asking a similar question about news items they have heard about but not seen in the Tulsa World.

Their question: Where’s the story on this?

The simple answer is that sometimes when a reporter calls people, even after they have gossiped to everyone in town, they don’t want to be quoted. Or they want to wait to bring something up.

I can assure you that the reporters of the Tulsa World make a lot of calls and have a lot of conversations where what’s said never sees print. Yes, we go on goose chases sometimes. But that’s the work. Our job is to confirm and research what’s said.

We talk to a lot of people and work with our sources. Our reporters with decades of experience know people who know people. We are