andrew-w-griffin

Editor & Owner.

Andrew W. Griffin received his Bachelor of Science in Journalism from John Brown University in 1996.

Griffin has been a journalist for over fifteen years covering everything from the court/police beat to the arts and entertainment. After stints at newspapers in Arkansas and Alabama, Griffin went to work at the Waxahachie Daily Light. in Texas and then moved on to The Town Talk newspaper in Alexandria, Louisiana. 

In 2005, Griffin moved to Oklahoma to work at The Lawton Constitution covering the court/police and sports beats. 

In 2006, Griffin re-located to the Oklahoma City metro area where some months later he launched the Oklahoma online newspaper Red Dirt Report. (www.reddirtreport.com) and continued working as a freelance reporter covering everything from politics to music. 

Additionally, Griffin is a regular contributor to The Current., an entertainment paper out of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, The Moore American and The Norman Transcript. 

He has also written for other publications including the Birmingham Weekly, Distinctly Oklahoma, Edmond Outlook, Texas Music Times and Best in Texas as well as online publications including Infowars.com, CountryStandardTime.com, PopMatters.com, and Tollbooth.org.

A number of state newspapers and Internet websites have quoted or referenced Griffin and Red Dirt Report stories over the years.

He has also done interviews with Oklahoma City's News 9 program "The Hot Seat," he has appeared several times on The Alex Jones Show, as well as on Paul Preston's Agenda 21 Radio Show in California. 

Additionally, Griffin has appeared on Free Mind Report and a number of Internet podcasts talking about everything from music to politics.

Griffin devotes much of his time working on investigative pieces – stories that the state media is not thoroughly covering. He also enjoys covering music and entertainment stories. Red Dirt Report. was recently listed on Oklahoma’s “Your Vote Counts” political TV program on News 9 as one of the top political blogs in the Sooner State.

Griffin, a member of the Oklahoma Press Association, also appears regularly as a guest on The Scott Mitchell Show. on the Radio Oklahoma Network.

In his spare time, Griffin is working on a book titled 1966: Sowing the Seeds of the Summer of Love.