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Congrats to the 30 journalists covering 25 states chosen for NPF's "Federal Action, Local Impact" Journalism Fellowship to be held in Washington, D.C., Oct. 7-9! nationalpress.org/newsfeed/n…
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some very exciting news: I'll be joining @educationlab as the team's engagement reporter! ✨
I’ll be covering Seattle education and helping connect students, educators, parents to the newsroom 🎓
send tips, story ideas and thoughts to rnguyen [at] seattletimes [dot] com!
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Prom came early for young Salem residents with disabilities, who attended the annual Night to Shine dance held at the Salem Alliance Church. salemreporter.com/2025/02/11…
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There is a ceasefire deal, so I want to share this story from my past year reporting inside the State Dept. trying to answer the central question of Biden’s foreign policy:
How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza? 1/
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The story that affected me the most in 2024 is also my most-read online story this year. Unexpectedly witnessing the immediate aftermath of my source's eviction alongside his disabled mother is an experience that will always stay with me. columbian.com/news/2024/dec/…
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Before her death on Nov. 17, Annie Clark was known for picking up trash during her neighborhood walks in Salem. As a child in the 1940s under German occupation, she helped stow American pilots in her family’s crawl space in the Netherlands. salemreporter.com/2024/12/11…
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"In 1997, I was a 29-year-old award-winning art critic and journalist when I was stricken by a violent and disabling onset of manic depression.
I managed to avoid the street for 26 years after my diagnosis. The idea of homelessness was terrifying. When I faced it in 2019, I thought of which warm states I could go to and live in my car, and I had visions of which bridge I would jump off.
How many other people are in this position, too ill and poor to afford affordable housing? And too poor to be homeless?"
Read the extraordinary firsthand account: bit.ly/3O8ci81
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It was so fantastic to see so many Oregon journalists — working and student — at today’s @SPJOregon conference! Thank you all for giving up part of your weekend to nerd out about journalism.
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Eugene’s sidewalk joke book salesman, Frog, dies at 76 oregonlive.com/living/2024/1…
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A mid-Willamette Valley majority! Can’t wait to work with our new board members 📰
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“What we just did is wrong and what we were told is wrong." An extensive investigation by @MalheurNews uncovers machinations a public agency's exec used to arrange a major pay raise. The agency made false claims to feds. #Localjournalism malheurenterprise.com/2024/0…
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An optometrist who keeps bees behind his practice, a 4-year-old with a green thumb and a couple who’ve been married for 58 years are among Salem’s first place winners at the Oregon State Fair this year. salemreporter.com/2024/08/29…
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Marion County has recorded 20 cases of measles so far this year, according to Oregon Health Authority data. It’s the most the county has seen since 1973. salemreporter.com/2024/08/22…
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Derik Morganstern watched a woman jump off the Union Street Bridge into the water below. The lifelong Salemite and resident of the Wallace Marine Park encampment did not hesitate to jump in and help. She survived. He didn’t. salemreporter.com/2024/08/19…
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Despite triple-digit temperatures, few media outlets this last week have spoken to homeless people, who often die from extreme weather. Yesterday, Mia and I spent all day outdoors, reporting what we saw for The Columbian.
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The rural @MalheurNews in Vale gets a fair amount of air time on Portland TV news - an optimistic story about journalism as Oregon loses more newspapers. #Localjournalism kgw.com/article/news/local/t…
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Friday’s Supreme Court ruling won’t cause any immediate changes in Salem. But advocates say the ruling will likely increase pressure on the state to provide more services, and to give cities more room to criminalize people who are homeless.
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Sometimes our reporting gets corrupt public officials fired, and sometimes it gets donations and volunteers to sign up for a punk-led grassroots outreach program for young people in Salem without stable housing.
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I spent a year trying to understand how a 16-year-old boy ended up dying in a shootout with police. Part 1 of @SalemReporter's series looks back on Bobby Brown's early life and how he took to the streets as violence was escalating in the capital city salemreporter.com/2024/06/10…
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Bobby Brown was close to graduating HS early. Instead, he was wanted for 2 daytime shootings in Salem before his hopes for a fresh start were cut short. This series tells the story of Bobby’s life and how he ended up dying at 16 in a shootout with police salemreporter.com/2024/06/10…