Oregonian

Lies, lies, lies, yeah, they’re gonna get you

By Michelle V. Rafter on March 19, 2012 | 5 Responses

Mike Daisey, Jon Flatland and an Oregonian breaking news editor made headlines lately by being less than forthright. Why do writers lie?

Posted in Media Business | Tagged David Sedaris, Jon Flatland, Malcolm Gladwell, Mike Daisey, Oregonian, plagiarism, reporters who lie, The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, This American Life | 5 Responses

Best of WordCount: Oregon edition

By Michelle V. Rafter on May 16, 2009 | Leave a response

I live and work in Portland, Oregon, and this weekend’s Best of WordCount is dedicated to the area’s burgeoning media community: Can the techies save the news? – If the scene at the recent BarCampPortland III meet up was any indication, that could very well be the case. The Smalltown News – Small newspapers are [...]

Posted in Blogs, Books, Newspapers, Online news, Oregon, Workplace Issues, Writing | Tagged are bloggers reporters, BarCampPortland, future of newspapers, Newspapers, Oregon, Oregonian, Portland, shared workspaces, WordPress user groups, Wordstock | Leave a response

PDX City Club hosts April 17 panel on newspapers, democracy

By Michelle V. Rafter on April 14, 2009 | 1 Response

If newspapers as we know them go away, who or what will act as democracy’s watchdog? That’s the question of the day as the newspaper industry transforms itself, and the subject of a panel discussion this Friday, April 17, at the Portland City Club, a non-profit public affairs and research organization. Panelists taking part in [...]

Posted in Newspapers, Oregon | Tagged future of newspapers, Newspaper business, newspapers and democracy, Oregonian, Peter Bhatia, Portland City Club, University of Oregon School of Journalism | 1 Response