Mallory Thomas Email & Phone Number

• Go-to reporter for all coverage of St. Louis’ involvement in the Manhattan project andthe lasting impact radioactive waste continues to have on the community. Includingcoverage for more than a year of interviewing U.S..
• Diligent months-long investigation into an Illinois prison after an area-wide call for everydose of Narcan in the county to be brought to the prison… Show more
• Diligent months-long investigation into an Illinois prison after an area-wide call for everydose of Narcan in the county to be brought to the prison. Including working with thestate department of corrections, state.
• Breaking coverage of a mother who had just hours earlier lost her children to a fatal fire.My empathetic and compassionate coverage led the family to trust us with anexclusive follow-up.
• Compelling coverage of a car crash five days before Christmas that sent six people to thehospital, including an 11-year-old little boy. Two months later, a family from one ofthe cars involved in the accident reached.
• One of only two reporters in the newsroom responsible for covering state executions. Show less

• First reporter on the scene of breaking news as the Tulsa police dive team searched theArkansas River for the passenger of a car that crashed into the river the day before.
• Go-to reporter in the newsroom covering the first positive cases of coronavirus in Tulsaand continued to bring relevant coverage to viewers for multiple weeks as the virusspread throughout the community.
• Developed relationships with Oklahoma Employment Security Commission during 2020shutdown and… Show more
• Developed relationships with Oklahoma Employment Security Commission during 2020shutdown and helped viewers get answers about why unemployment assistancechecks took months to receive.
• Diligent investigation and follow-ups connected a viewer with area state representativeand led to them finally receiving unemployment assistance after six months withoutanswers.
• Continued working with OESC on stories of how the state was working with Oklahomabusinesses to connect them with potential employees.

• Set up and perform multiple live shots per day from breaking news scenes
• Responsible for researching and generating daily story ideas
• Shoot, interview, write and edit daily stories under tight deadlines
• Build relationships with sources
• Work across multiple platforms including radio and digital

Abilene, Texas Area

• Created and generated story ideas for a 19-county viewing audience while turning at least three stories per day
• Shot, interviewed, wrote and edited stories for city and county political beat (multiple elections), crime and courts, military, and human interest packages
• Performed live shots from breaking news scenes
• Engaged audience online through social media outlets to push audience to newscasts