Media & Society

JPR reporters discuss major regional news events of the week.

Ashton Applewhite on ageism.

The local alt-weekly paper in Eugene has been publishing community and regional news since 1982. Many readers consider Eugene Weekly an institution. So when editor Camilla Mortensen wrote a letter explaining that the paper had suffered a huge blow from alleged theft and mismanagement by a longtime employee, the community responded.

Week of Jan. 1, 2024 news review.

The Eugene Weekly says an insider's embezzlement scheme has dealt it a "massive financial blow," and it doesn’t have the funds it needs to stay in print.

News Director Erik Neumann and reporters Roman Battaglia and Jane Vaughan to nominate some of their own best feature stories for inclusion in a year-end wrap

This past September, a coalition of 22 donors announced a national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information with an infusion of more than a half-billion dollars over the next five years.

A news recap of the week of Dec. 17, 2023 news of the Southern Oregon Northern California region.

More than 60 journalists and media workers have been killed so far, most of them Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Gaza's journalists have reported while also suffering personal losses.

Wrap-up of this week's news events in Southern Oregon and Northern California.

Steve Weyer of Ashland Oregon created a NYT crossword puzzel.

Lisa Cornwell on her book Troublemaker: A Memoir of Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn’t See Coming.