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Continue reading →: Narrative about the Oklahoma City Thunder is mostly jealousy disguisedShai Gilgeous-Alexander is a flop merchant. The Thunder team runs schemes designed to attract fouls. Oklahoma City basketball is unwatchable. It’s that last statement that has the most validity, only because it’s totally subjective. One can’t possible persuade another that something is watchable if the other is settled on it…
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Continue reading →: Year 1 as an independent journalist: What worked, and what didn’tYou’re not crazy. You can fly by the seat of your pants. ✈️ How do I know? I did it in 2025 — my first year as a solopreneur. 💡 Some things worked. Some didn’t. 👉 Volume created clarity. I distributed a ton of content across all platforms. What landed?…
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Continue reading →: Is the flu vaccine supposed to be that rough?I’ve had the flu before. Happened in 2017 when I was 46, and it put me on my back for a week. It’s brutal — and that happened to have been a year when I dilly-dallied on my flu shot. Usually, I always get the jab, and usually in October. Again,…
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Continue reading →: Song of the day for 12.18.25: “Vultures” by John MayerWhen I was in 8th grade at West Junior High in Muskogee, Okla., my friends and I played musical hangman — all the answers were singers, bands, guitarists, keyboardists, etc. I recall a conversation with my friend, Chris, about Prince, in which we both noted that he was already a great…
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Continue reading →: Song of the day for 12.17.25: “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello & The AttractionsStumbled upon a cover of this 1978 classic early Wednesday, and it was in my rotation all day. Such a masterful use of rhythmic variance throughout the song. Makes the grooves groovier.
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Continue reading →: Song of the day for 12.16.25: “Joni” by Julian VelardBig fan of this guy and have been for the better part of two decades now. Terrific songwriter and musician. My favorite line in this tune, “Joni,” from 2009: Joni, I don’t live farWe could leave this barI got cable!I got cable!
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Continue reading →: Europe vacation ends with unwanted but delightful weekend in New YorkOne of my favorite parts of travel is the adventures outside of the adventure. We had one of those this past June as we wrapped our two-week tour with the Oklahoma Ambassadors of Music. High school students from across the state joined teachers and parents for a trip across Europe,…
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Continue reading →: The rise of real journalism rigor on YouTube, says Joon LeeThere are a lot of competing thoughts in the digital news creator marketplace right now, and they come down to perspective. For example, when I talk to students and smaller newsrooms, I advise them to just get started and to create prolifically. Take your journalism and mold it to the…
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Continue reading →: Insomnia hack? Sleep shower in the middle of the nightWhat they never tell you when you’re young is that your days of sleeping a full eight straight hours are over by the time you’re 40. Guaranteed. And that sucks. The two types of insomnia I’ve experienced over the years are can’t-get-to-sleep insomnia, which is the worst, and often reflective…
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Continue reading →: ‘Your TV station is on fire’ — but here’s what Nieman Lab’s survival guide misses about saving local TV newsI usually write about professional topics on LinkedIn, but when I saw how well my Scott Galloway blog post performed here, I decided to reconsider. This (ryanwelton.com) is nothing beyond a business WordPress.com site, but it gets fantastic organic search placement. Makes me want to party like it’s 2007. Speaking…
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