Oregon Business
Small papers best positioned to survive recession, changing news business
By Michelle V. Rafter on January 30, 2009 | 10 Responses
My first newspaper job was selling classified ads over the phone for The Valley Times in Beaverton, Oregon, the summer after my freshman year in college. I’d started writing for my college paper and was thrilled to have a job – any job – in the newspaper business, even if it meant inputting ads for [...]
Posted in Economy, My stories, Newspapers, Oregon | Tagged community newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Oregon Business, Oregon Business Magazine, Oregon newspapers, weekly newspapers | 10 Responses
Why I love the first days of the month
By Michelle V. Rafter on May 2, 2008 | 1 Response
I love the first days of the month. It means I’ve closed the books on whatever I billed in the previous 30 days and I’m starting all over again. This month it also means the start of my blogathon, A Post a Day in the Month of May, which is already generating a lot of [...]
Posted in Freelancing, My stories, Oregon, Technology | Tagged IncTechnology.com, Michelle Rafter stories, Oregon Business, YourSecurityResource.com | 1 Response
Tech in the Columbia Gorge
By Michelle V. Rafter on January 5, 2008 | Leave a response
Hood River, Oregon, is a special place. People visit because of the world-class windsurfing, apple and pear orchards, B&Bs and micro-brewed beer. It’s a picturesque town nestled on the banks of the Columbia River, with an old-fashioned downtown that’s home to lots of new coffee shops, restaurants and boutiques. Skiing on Mt. Hood is only [...]
Posted in My stories, Oregon, Technology | Tagged Columbia River Gorge, Gorge tech cluster, Hood River, Michelle Vranizan Rafter, Oregon, Oregon Business, Oregon technology companies, the Gorge, The Gorge Effect | Leave a response




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