Katelyn Ogle started her journalism career as an intern for a local station during her senior year of college at The University of Central Oklahoma in 2018. Shortly after graduating, Katelyn became the Alert Desk Anchor and morning reporter for Oklahoma News 4 (KFOR).
Katelyn has covered everything from breaking news, the global COVID-19 pandemic, local crime, national to international headlines, both state and national elections and human interest stories in Oklahoma. Katelyn also worked as a newscast producer.
Broadcasting roots run deep in her family, and she feels honored to continue the tradition.
She is the granddaughter of the late Jack Ogle, one of Oklahoma’s most famous broadcast journalists and member of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame.
Her father, Kevin Ogle, and uncle, Kent Ogle, are anchors at KFOR-TV, while her sister, Abigail Ogle, is an anchor and reporter for the local ABC affiliate. Her other uncle, Kelly Ogle, is an anchor at the local CBS affiliate.
When Katelyn isn’t working, she enjoys skateboarding, running, playing video games, traveling to new places to hammock, and spending time with her chihuahua, Giselle and two cats Fleetwood and Gretel.
Katelyn looks forward to her future in journalism and is proud to tell the stories of the people in her home state.
On January 13, 2023, I sat down with Katelyn Ogle in Oklahoma City at the KFOR Station to interview her about her experience as a media witness to two Oklahoma executions. She had just witnessed Scott Eizember's execution one day before our interview, on January 12. This was the second execution that she has witnessed in Oklahoma within her role as a media witness. She also witnessed the execution of Benjamin Cole on October 20, 2022. As she shared the details of her witnessing experiences, she emphasized the importance of media witnesses being present at executions in order to report on such grave events on behalf of Oklahoma citizens. She agreed that her observations are crucial ones to be entered into conversations that are being held in Oklahoma and across the nation about whether or not we should continue to utilize the death penalty as a form of punishment in our society today.
Click on the video link above to see Ms. Ogle report on her observations after witnessing Scott Eizember's execution on January 12, 2023. Click the link below to read about the observations that she and other media witnesses made while witnessing the execution of Benjamin Cole on )October 20, 2022.