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Posted on May 20, 2013

Last weekend, The Oregonian captured nine first-place awards in the 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism competition, including first place for government and politics reporting by Michelle Cole, formerly the Capitol bureau chief at The Oregonian and Gallatin’s director of Content & Research. We want to say congratulations to both the Oregonian and to Michelle. We’re in a new era of communication that presents both opportunities and challenges. The opportunity is to tell your own story, on your own terms and on your own timeline. But … Read More

Posted on April 16, 2013

Written by Michelle Cole During one of the many sobering meetings I attended at The Oregonian about the newspaper’s finances, a colleague leaned over and whispered in my ear: “They’re going to get us down to around 200.” I didn’t believe him. We had more than 300 in newsroom staff at the time. I had no idea how fast the numbers would shrink or that my whispering colleague and I would join the trend. We’re not alone. The nation’s newspapers dropped below 40,000 full-time newsroom staff in 2012, a … Read More

Posted on March 28, 2013

The Rundown is our weekly look at news and insights from the Pacific Northwest from our markets in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. To see the edition we emailed on Thursday, March 28, click here.