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The Mercury Brings Home Six Journalism Awards

Society of Professional Journalists awards celebrate the good work journalists do every day.
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Doing the news is, at its core, a public service. But that doesn’t mean we can’t pause once in a while to celebrate the work local journalists put in each day to provide that service, particularly in a challenging media landscape. Each year, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) awards newsrooms for their writing, photography, […]

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Mercury Music Picks: Sierra Ferrell For Real, Quasi Score Japanese Silent Film, and Michelle Zauner Cries in Tomorrow

Plus Portland Music News and New Music Portland!
Avatar photo by Nolan Parker

Last week was a real Portland doozy, so much so I had to split to Central Washington to chill out for a minute. The tough decision to post up at a generator show in lieu of catching Midwest emo daddies American Football was made, and happily. Two of Portland’s tuffest punk outfits, Carny Cumm and […]

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