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About Oh Yippee!

Dynamic, Diverse Headlines in Depth Stories

A Times Media Service publication.

Amber waves, ink-stained pages.

We know the United States in cornfields and desert highways, Gulf humidity and snow along the Great Lakes. We know its county fairs, backyard cookouts, mountain trails and long drives to the coast. We believe a country this varied needs news that makes room for what its people share and where their lives differ. We follow those stories from coast to coast. We are Oh Yippee.

176stories in the last 90 days

How we started

The United States holds wheat fields beneath wide plains skies, fishing boats on the coasts and neighborhoods tucked between mountains and desert. We started Oh Yippee to report on a country where a dry summer means one thing in the Southwest and another in the Midwest, and where the same national story can land differently from place to place.

We are part of Times Media Service. Our work looks across the country without flattening it: we pay attention to the places behind the headlines, the traditions people carry with them and the landscapes that shape how they live. We want you to recognize the country you know and get to know the parts you don’t.

Who writes for Oh Yippee!

Everyone with a byline on Oh Yippee! in the last 90 days, most stories first. Each name opens the writer’s page with all of their stories.

  1. Stacy Hughes

    19 stories Crime and Justice, Business and Finance

  2. Kevin Morgan

    17 stories Health, Environment

  3. Wes Platt

    17 stories Crime and Justice, Politics

  4. Gary Smith

    15 stories Crime and Justice, Politics

  5. Susan Butcher

    8 stories Crime and Justice

  6. Pam Pearson

    7 stories Politics, Business and Finance

  7. Aaron Yates

    5 stories Crime and Justice

  8. John Campbell

    5 stories Science, Transportation

  9. Tami McMillan

    5 stories Environment, Travel

  10. Abagail Shields

    4 stories Religion, Travel

  11. Sara Phillips

    4 stories Politics, Food and Dining

  12. Tracy Simmons

    4 stories Politics, Crime and Justice

And 28 more writers.

Staff Writer Roundups compiled from our newsroom's published reporting, including the daily Morning Brief. 17 stories

How we work

The short version of our standards. Each one links to the full policy.

Independent

Editors decide what we publish. Advertising, sponsorship and other commercial interests cannot buy favorable coverage or stop legitimate reporting.

Accountable

When a fact we published is wrong, we correct the story itself and add a visible note that says what changed.

How we use AI

AI and automated tools may help us with research, drafting, transcription and translation. A responsible person is accountable for everything we publish, and we disclose AI’s role when it is material.

Who owns us and pays for this

Oh Yippee! is owned and published by Times Media Service LLC, which is owned and currently funded by its parent company, CISO Network LLC. Sponsored content must say so.

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