The Oregonian‘s parent company has rescinded a long-running “no layoffs” promise, according to Editor & Publisher this morning. News comes after the Oregonian offered generous buyouts for long-serving staff last August: Publishers at the chain’s 20 daily newspapers, which include The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.; The Oregonian in Portland, the Staten Island (N.Y.) Advance and […]
Matt Davis
Matt Davis was news editor of the Mercury from 2009 to May 2010.
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Another Reason Not To Live In Eugene
From the Associated Press this morning: LEABURG — The Eugene Water & Electric Board plans to shorten the official name of a Leaburg park because the current one includes a torture technique. The board’s switching the name from Lloyd Knox Water Board Park to simply Lloyd Knox Park. EWEB spokesman Lance Robertson says dropping the […]
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Good Morning, News!!
BILL CLINTON MEETS KIM JONG-IL!!! The mission is “private,” says the White House—aimed at securing the release of two captured US journalists. NORTH KOREA: THE CAMERAS ARE EVIDENTLY SHITE THERE… NORA EPHRON’S BOOK BAG!!! The director of Julia & Julia, otherwise doubtless soon to be known by everyone as “the best movie of this, or […]
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The Nation on The Paulsons’ “Edifice Complex”
PAULSON: I DRINK YOUR NATION ARTICLES…I DRINK THEM UP… So begins today’s article by Dave Zirin & Jules Boykoff: For Henry Paulson and his son Merritt, the taxpayers of Portland, Oregon, must look like geese with an infinite supply of golden eggs. Oooh. The junior Paulson recently crowed, “I challenge people to find a better […]
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Carl Wolfson Wants Me To Report On His Award
Yesterday I mentioned KPOJ host Carl Wolfson cutting me off on his morning show. Today I got an email from Carl, which seemed like kind of an apology, I guess… Hi Matt, Thanks for the pub, even though it was negative. (I left a blog entry under CW). I don’t know if you listen to […]
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Good Morning, News!!
Because it’s still the morning, and this is still the news: THE AWL ON PORTLAND!!! Oh Jesus. It’s part of a serial novel: Portland was, if possible, even better than all those stories from the Times about how everyone rides their bikes and hangs out at bookstores and listens to The Shins. It was a […]
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It’s Okay Carl, I Forgive You, Too…
Update, 3:26pm: Download a .mov file of the exchange here. Original post: KPOJ host Carl Wolfson hung up on me this morning as we were discussing my Hall Monitor column this week. And that’s okay, Carl, because I forgive you, too. Wolfson disagrees with the tenor of my column, which is that I’ve forgiven Sam […]
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Hall Monitor
Forgive or Forget
Let’s forgive (or at least forget) Sam Adams and move on.
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Demolishing Dropout High
Raising Portland’s Abysmal Graduation Rate
Taking aim at Portland’s 57 percent graduation rate.
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Stuck on Square Two
Oregon’s Slow Road to Racial Equality
A new report reveals Oregon’s African Americans have not made any
significant progress in key social and economic areas in the last 10
years.