Kassie McClung is a senior staff writer at The Frontier, a nonprofit investigative newsroom in Oklahoma. She covers health and other state issues. She has reported on the state’s opioid epidemic, health care in county jails, gaps in maternal health, and most recently the coronavirus pandemic. She was awarded FOIA Oklahoma’s Ben Blackstock Award in 2020, which recognizes an individual’s commitment to freedom of information. McClung joined The Frontier in May 2016.