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In a fundraising break during our Fall Fund Drive, JPR News Director Erik Neumann and I got to talking about the role JPR plays in mentoring and developing early-career journalists. Erik reminded me that I once described this role as being similar to that of a teaching hospital, albeit in a different field. I’ve been thinking about this lately because we’re in the midst of recruiting and hiring a new regional reporter for our news team. -
Courtesy of Joe KlineStaff members of the Bend Bulletin and Redmond Spokesman newspapers said low wages were one of the main reasons behind their union effort.
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A federal court has struck down an Oregon law which made most secret recordings illegal. -
Assembly member Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) said her proposal that would require large social media companies to pay a monthly “journalism usage fee” to news outlets will be delayed until 2024.
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An email from NPR this week announced that NPR is “actively engaged in developing a framework and set of principles to guide its decision-making on all aspects of AI (Artificial Intelligence) investment and usage.” The email went on to say that NPR would be consulting with experts across a wide range of areas, including editorial, legal, security and data governance, to evaluate how AI might be used at NPR and across the NPR Network.
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Local news is critical for democracy and needs state support to continue, supporters of a legislative proposal told the Oregon House Rules Committee on Thursday.
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There will be a new news outlet in Medford starting in February. On Friday, Oregon-based EO Media Group announced it will open a news outlet that serves Medford and Ashland after the closure of the Mail Tribune.
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A trial date has been set in the fall for April Ehrlich’s case against the City of Medford stemming from her arrest during the sweep of a homeless camp in 2020.
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In October, before the election, I covered a story about election deniers and claims of voting irregularities in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
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The City of Medford has formally responded to a lawsuit filed by an Oregon Public Broadcasting journalist.
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In a twist from earlier developments an Oregon Public Broadcasting reporter is back in court, but now as the plaintiff, and the City of Medford as the defendant.
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Reporters at Jefferson Public Radio want to hear from you.
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The Great Resignation has come to the Klamath Falls Herald and News. All members of the four-person newsroom are leaving their jobs this week.
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Ashland is just one of Oregon’s small communities where newspaper coverage has been shrinking in recent years. But creators of a new hyperlocal journalism website are hoping to fend off that trend.
