Aug 14, 2026 · 59 min · 15 segments
Today my guest is writer and Tulsa native, Faith Harl. This episode explores Faith’s career pivot into freelance work, the side hustles she uses for supplemental income, her relationship with media…
Faith HarrellGuestMadeleine SuggHostUm, if somebody does have something that they feel passionate about but they are kind of doubting their own credentials or, like, "Do I really know enough to actually publicly take a position on this?" Like, you know, "Is, is my voice the one that really needs to be heard on this particular topic?" What do you recommend for, like, building your knowledge about the subject matter? Any research tips, or maybe even just, like, where you go to get started if you are researching something big?
So I think for local topics, so anything that is focused on Oklahoma, Oklahoma Historical Society is such an amazing res- re- resource.
Um, they have so much information, you know, vetted and written by historians.
And anytime I've done, like, kind of a deep dive into maybe, like, you know, the history of the state or the history of a certain place, it has been always very easy to work with the historians there, and they, they are awesome.
They're always super willing to, like, chat with me on the phone or do an interview.
So I always like to send people over to OHS because I think it's such a great, you know, free resource for people to, to take advantage of.
Um, one thing with me when I'm writing stories, I do like to look at headlines.
So I'll look up a topic that I'm covering, and I'll see what other headlines people have that are related to a topic so I can already know kind of like what's the most recent and relevant thing on this topic, and then also what are people already talking about-
Um, and then yeah, I think, you know, a lot of my sources, uh, you know, a, a lot of the information I get is from sources that I interview.
So knowing how to identify people within an organization that y- you think are going to have the kind of perspective that you need is a really important skill.
Um, so, you know, kind of getting familiar with different roles in an organization, what they do.
For instance, you know, I usually always reach out to, like, a marketing person whenever I'm doing a story just so that way I can get their buy-in for the story.
And then they can kind of usually point me to somebody who's, like, a good contact point for, uh, the story.
Um, but then of course there are times where it's like you gotta kind of be a little bit more scrappy [laughs]-
Um, if somebody does have something that they feel passionate about but they are kind of doubting their own credentials or, like, "Do I really know enough to actually publicly take a position on this?" Like, you know, "Is, is my voice the one that really needs to be heard on this particular topic?" What do you recommend for, like, building your knowledge about the subject matter? Any research tips, or maybe even just, like, where you go to get started if you are researching something big?
So I think for local topics, so anything that is focused on Oklahoma, Oklahoma Historical Society is such an amazing res- re- resource.
Um, they have so much information, you know, vetted and written by historians.
And anytime I've done, like, kind of a deep dive into maybe, like, you know, the history of the state or the history of a certain place, it has been always very easy to work with the historians there, and they, they are awesome.
They're always super willing to, like, chat with me on the phone or do an interview.
So I always like to send people over to OHS because I think it's such a great, you know, free resource for people to, to take advantage of.
Um, one thing with me when I'm writing stories, I do like to look at headlines.
So I'll look up a topic that I'm covering, and I'll see what other headlines people have that are related to a topic so I can already know kind of like what's the most recent and relevant thing on this topic, and then also what are people already talking about-
Um, and then yeah, I think, you know, a lot of my sources, uh, you know, a, a lot of the information I get is from sources that I interview.
So knowing how to identify people within an organization that y- you think are going to have the kind of perspective that you need is a really important skill.
Um, so, you know, kind of getting familiar with different roles in an organization, what they do.
For instance, you know, I usually always reach out to, like, a marketing person whenever I'm doing a story just so that way I can get their buy-in for the story.
And then they can kind of usually point me to somebody who's, like, a good contact point for, uh, the story.
Um, but then of course there are times where it's like you gotta kind of be a little bit more scrappy [laughs]-
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