Anna Pope
Agriculture and Rural Issues ReporterAnna Pope is a multimedia journalist covering agriculture and rural affairs for KOSU. She joined KOSU in June 2023 as a corps member with Report for America, a GroundTruth initiative that places emerging journalists in newsrooms across the country.
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Pope holds a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism from Oklahoma State University, where she reported for the university’s paper, The O'Colly, and later became its news editor.
Pope interned at KOSU between May 2021 and May 2022, and was a 2021 Community Fellow with the Inasmuch Foundation, a nonprofit with the goal of improving the quality of life for Oklahomans.
After graduating OSU, she covered the impact of population growth as a Report for America corps member for KUAF, an NPR affiliate in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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Thistles, the literal thorns in landowners’ sides, are the only plants listed on Oklahoma’s Noxious Weeds Law. But that might change. -
As landowners wait for their fields to green up after recent wildfires, ranchers will be monitoring immediate and long-term wildfire effects on cattle. -
A study from a local cannabis testing lab found some medical marijuana products sold in Oklahoma have lower THC levels than advertised. -
When it’s all said and done, about 3,000 households in the Osage Nation are expected to have more reliable internet access. -
A new audit found almost $200,000 went missing in Seminole County because of a lack of oversight in the county’s sheriff’s office. -
Oklahoma could join 19 other states in having a permanent daylight saving time “trigger law.” -
Thousands of acres are scorched because of fires in Oklahoma, but a cold front is expected to provide some relief before warmer weekend temperatures. -
Report shows Oklahoma has fewer producers, but some counties had an increase of farmers and ranchersThe latest U.S. Department of Agriculture's Census of Agriculture shows overall Oklahoma has fewer farmers and ranchers, but not every county saw a decrease in producers. -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it is doling out $2 million in grants to Oklahoma rural businesses, municipalities and the Cherokee Nation. -
Senate Bill 1422 creates a group to study industrial hemp, and the measure sailed through Oklahoma’s Senate Agriculture Committee on Monday.
