When you’re the editor of a snarky, smart, upstart of a community alt-weekly newspaper and the mayor proclaims it “Eugene Weekly Day.”

When the new digital paywall publication in town tries to bolster its "news desert" narrative by pretending so hard your newspaper doesn't exist that it quotes a paper in another city on a mention of your newspaper. lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/governme…

So freaking excited the little paper that could comes through again! Eugene Weekly with 6 wins in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 10 awards! So proud of all the folks who keep Eugene Weekly going & the UO Journalism & Comm students who write professional stories with impact. spjoregon.com/contest

For the record, I am super down with Eugene Weekly being “locally beloved.” oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/06/in-…

LAPD make a targeted arrest of two woman in the crowd

Every week we post Activist Alerts for folks who want to protest. I definitely love this one.

Leftist newspaper … I prefer commie rag, but whatever. It’s a beautiful picture of Eve and she did a great job writing her article about why she has educated herself and others on guns.

Why yes, I did drive a very slow race car in a race on an actual race track. #24HoursOfLemons #journalism eugeneweekly.com/2025/07/17/whe…

I’m looking at the posts about pink slime journalism and wondering what you call the kind of journalism that comes in claiming an area is a news desert and then half the stories it does are lifted and redone from the news outlets that actually exist? News mirage?

One of the weirder — & harder — things about being a journalist is seeing the names of people you know in press releases, especially when it's a car wreck or crime. I steel myself whenever it's local. Related but unrelated, I need to drop by court today in the embezzlement case.

It’s newsletter writing time what local topic or random thread shall I go off on tonight?

BIG news! Fat Bear Week will take place from September 23-30. The chubby cubby appetizer, Fat Bear Junior, will kick off on September 18-19. Stay tuned for bracket reveals, bear bios, and more details.

I really appreciated the invite from 8 for the journalists of The Torch (LCC) at Lane CC to talk to Tom Bowman today. These reporters are both the future and also reporters here and now, and community college has been a step on the path for more than one Pulitzer winner.

I rarely use my doctorate in comp lit for journalism directly. But damn, sometimes it feels good to sign an email Dr. Camilla Mortensen in response to a petty message from someone who talks down to journalists and signs their own note doctor. #petty #partylikeajournalist

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.