Rochelle Hines

Rochelle Hines Rochelle Hines began her career at The Associated Press as an intern in 1988 and came on full-time in January 1990. She has covered stories ranging from the humorous to the tragic, including a hog-calling contest in Weatherford and the 1993 gruesome slayings of five women in Oklahoma City. Her most memorable stories stem from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing; the May 3, 1999, tornado outbreak; Oklahoma black towns, the 2001 execution of death row inmate Wanda Allen and the May 8-9, 2003, tornado outbreaks.

Hines was part of a team which won the Headliner Award for its coverage of the bombing and was part of the team which won Katie Awards in 2000, 2001 and 2002, the latter of which involved her directing of the bureau's series on county jails in Oklahoma.

Hines earned a BA in journalism and a BA in sociology from the University of Oklahoma, where she began her journalism career at the Oklahoma Daily newspaper. She recently worked as an adjunct instructor at OU's College of Journalism.

Hines also is vice president-print for the Oklahoma City chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists and helps the organization raise money to award scholarships to high school students.