If you aren't keeping up with my colleague @jomsiess.bsky.social 's reporting on the Salem City Council you're missing out on a master class.

www.salemreporter.com/2025/11/03/m...

Salem Mayor Julie Hoy has joined a coalition of the state’s largest employers seeking to make it easier for cities and counties to remove homeless people and their belongings from public spaces. buff.ly/UwnAzsg by @abbeymcd.bsky.social of @salemreporter.bsky.social

What an honor! Thank you to the NPF for this opportunity, I'm so excited to learn how to better report on federal policy alongside all these skilled journalists.

$6 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars went to this, per WaPo's reporting. Gift article link below. Read with care.

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We are disappointed but undeterred.
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BIG NEWS! 📰

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024 SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest.

Congratulations to all who took home a prize and check out the full list of winners here:

www.spjoregon.com/contest

Just two days to go until our spring fundraiser! One of many reasons you should come: You'll get a sneak peek into who won the five-state Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest.

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Hi, Bluesky! 👋

We're the Greater Oregon chapter of @spj-posts.bsky.social, training journalists and advocating for press freedom and open government in Oregon and southwest Washington. Looking forward to sharing exciting updates on awards and our work at the #orleg on this platform.

This is horribly sad news. The Malheur Enterprise punches far above its weight and in recent years has trained many talented young journalists, including several of the Salem Reporter crew across the hall.

www.malheurenterprise.com/2025/05/06/m...

I owe the Malheur Enterprise a lot. It's where I worked the summer after a Covid college graduation, which kept me in journalism.

In honor of its closure, which makes me very sad, please enjoy some eclectic photos from my Vale summer, 2021. Feat. Dinah the office cat.

115-year-old Malheur Enterprise, punching FAR above its weight in east Oregon, to close. "Large newspaper groups no longer buy such independent newspapers, and the pool has shrunk of people who want to, as owners, both run a business and a news organization"
www.malheurenterprise.com/2025/05/06/m...

Catching up on @abbeymcd.bsky.social series today and it is a gut punch. Up until Jan., state training for investigators determining whether someone should be forced into mental health treatment, included advice that if a person can find discarded food in a dumpster, they can take care of themself.

Don't read this excellent in-depth report from @abbeymcd.bsky.social until you're in a place where you can cry.
www.salemreporter.com/2025/04/14/c...

I met Jessica for the first time last August.

While we spoke at a local coffee shop, her mother was slowly dying on a sidewalk. Jessica was doing everything she could to save her.

It wasn’t enough.

Here's their story, which revealed the gaping holes in Oregon systems. Take care while reading.

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Obsessed with the squishmallows @abbeymcd.bsky.social brought into our office for an adoption event. This is Erica, a fox who canonically teaches ballet to a local hockey team.

Cleansing your timeline with this story from Joe Siess about a wonderful local Chuck E. Cheese employee: