Much more follows on former Mercury news editor’s Amy J.Ruiz’s recruitment by Mayor Adams.RUIZ AT PRESS CONFERENCE: Pensive… Ruiz applied for the job as Adams’ Sustainability Policy Adviser on November 3, 2008. “The skills I’ve developed as a journalist coupled with my knowledge of Portland make me ideally suited to serve Mayor-Elect Sam Adams as […]
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Adams Apologizes
Just photos for the time being, I’m afraid—we have a newspaper to put to bed. In the meantime, you can watch it all over at Katu, if you’re interested. And check back to Blogtown later for updates.
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The Ruiz Questions, Part Two: “It was just these canned questions…it just felt like window dressing. I just didn’t get a sense that I was part of a real interview, like there was no integrity to it.”
Just so we’re completely transparent, here, an Adams staffer just gave this reporter a cup of tea:Tea: Notice it’s “passion” variety… I’m still in the lobby of Adams’ office. No sign of the big man, yet, but plenty of activity. Staffers are moving back and forth behind the glass wall in the lobby, like rabbits […]
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The O Sends Newseum “Big Story”
A trip over to the Newseum to see how the Oregonian planned, last night, to play this morning’s story is worthwhile:
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WWeek Breaks Adams Admission Story
Mayor Sam Adams has admitted to the Willamette Week that he had sex with 18-year-old Beau Breedlove, an allegation he denied in the run up to the mayoral campaign last year. The Mercury—along with several other news outlets in town—has been pursuing this story aggressively since soon after it first broke. In addition to Adams’ […]
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Tribune Covers Homelessness With Sensitivity
Perhaps someone on the editorial board at the Tribune read our “not invited back to 2009” section, earlier this month, which mentioned the negative attitude of some of the paper’s online commenters to issues of homelessness. Either way, it’s encouraging to read Peter Korn’s sensitive investigation into the life of George Grigorieff, the homeless man […]
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Radio Rant
emily harris and david miller, hosts of opb’s think out loud, the newest of the dreaded call-in shows I love NPR, PRI, OPB, whatever. Robert Siegel, Michele Norris, Terry Gross, Lisa Mullins, Melissa Block, Ira Glass: I could listen to them all day, and I often do. But something has got to be done about […]
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“Journalists” In The Movies!
Since so many of us are turning to alternative careers/”freelancing”/unemployment these days, it’s amusing to see journalists(TM) appearing as lead characters in two upcoming movies, The Soloist and State Of Play. The Soloist features Robert Downey jr. and Jamie Foxx, with Downey jr. playing an LA Times hack who discovers Nathaniel Ayers (Foxx), a schizophrenic […]
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Nick Budnick Quits The Trib
It’s too bad. He’s done some stellar reporting on the cops. He’s off to Bend, apparently. Nigel Jacquiss reported this first.
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Judge Rules O Must Pay Benefits To Former Employees
As you can imagine, it’s rather exciting slash stressful, writing the Mercury‘s news section single-handed on a Tuesday, but I did want to take a few moments to post a press release from Rebecca Tweed, who handles media relations for law firm Lindsay Hart Neil + Weigler… Portland, Ore-United States District Judge Michael Hogan ruled […]
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I Am a Brilliant Movie Director
Thanks to the web-based application Text-to-Movie, available on the Xtranormal website, I am now an excellent director of animated features. How did I do it? Well, first you need to write a script. Here is the marvelous and compelling script I wrote, based on a real conversation that happened today at the Mercury office. SCENE […]
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Cops’ Spokesman Brian Schmautz Retiring
From the horse’s mouth: Morning everybody, last Wednesday I notified the Police Bureau that I would be retiring on January 30th. We are posting my job today and Chief Sizer is beginning the process of selecting my replacement. I believe Chief Sizer hopes to select the person and have them in the office during the […]