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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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers affected by recent tornadoes.
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While much of Oklahoma has been slammed with severe storms, the far northwestern area is parched.
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As people pick up the devastating damage from recent tornadoes, Oklahoma State University Extension Service experts are urging rural residents to keep an eye on their livestock and water.
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Soybeans are used in everything from animal feed to soy burgers to the famous salty, brown condiment that bears their name. Now they have the honor of becoming Oklahoma’s latest state symbol.
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This Weekend, tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma, Iowa and Nebraska. At least four people have died in Oklahoma and the destruction was enormous.
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Clean-up is underway after a series of deadly tornadoes ripped across the state over the weekend. The storms shattered homes and businesses, leaving a long recovery ahead.
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An outbreak of more than a dozen tornadoes left at least four people dead, razed buildings and left thousands without power in Central Oklahoma.
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Senate Bill 1617 was signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt last week. The new act allows municipalities to update and remove illegal discriminatory covenants from existing plats and deems them unlawful, unenforceable and invalid.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill that would have added two invasive weeds to Oklahoma's Noxious Weed Law.
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A new Oklahoma law will allow producers to use a label for homemade food products that does not include their full name, address and phone number.