spring/summer 2014

Make plans to attend the 2014 ONPA Convention at the Salem Convention Center Thursday-Friday, July 17-18 Register online at www.orenews.com To get a room in the ONPA block, contact the Grand Hotel at 1-877-540-7800 and be sure to mention the ONPA block to receive the discounted rates.

THURSDAY, (Advertising Portion) July 17 7:30 a.m. – Registration table open 8-9 a.m. Breakfast – Introductions and discussion on challenges and successes at your paper 9-11:30 a.m. – Mike Blinder Session - Being Your Best on Every Sales Call! Mike Blinder President/ Founder of the Blinder Group is internationally recognized as an expert at media advertising. He will feature content from his Client 1st Training System that outlines the steps you need to take to prep for every single advertiser engagement. And, the attitude, style and traits you need to adapt into your selling style that ensures you get in the door and close more deals!

Topics that will be covered in these fast paced sessions, will include: * Getting Beyond the Rejection * Blinder “Best Bets” to Target for New Business * Goals/ System for Effective Prospecting (Phone or face-to-face) * Making 1st Contact to Gain a 1st Appointment * Proper Call Prep (Doing Your Homework Before Your 1st Meeting) * Building the Right Rapport with Your Customers * Adjusting Your Rapport (and Theirs) to Gain Their Trust

Noon – 1 p.m. Best Ad Ideas Awards Luncheon

1:15-2:30 p.m. Best Revenue Idea Sharing Session 2014 - The Best Just Got Better The Best Ad Idea Sharing session, is back with a twist. The Best Just Got Better is what we are calling it this year. Attendees are each allowed four minutes to present to the group a new and unique advertising revenue-generating idea to the large group. You must have deployed this idea since last year’s convention (July 2013 – June 2014). When all ideas are heard, voting will take place, and cash prizes will be awarded to the best revenue generating ideas.

Special sections, banner pages, unique ad sizes, sponsored promotions, creative ad placement,

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online campaigns and Daily Deals are all suggested areas of interest. 1st = $150 | 2nd = $75 | 3rd = $50

After the best of the best ideas have been selected, the session will break into small groups that will work together to determine ways to bring the ideas back home, and to enhance the winning concepts to make them even more effective. From this session you will not only take away great revenue-producing ideas, but you’ll discover new tricks, tweaks and enhancements to improve ideas you already have!

2:30-5 p.m. Mike Blinder Session - Doubling Your Digital Dollars- COST EFFECTIVELY! Can media companies, with limited resources, sell their digital assets and services with their traditional sales team? Mike Blinder will review real world case studies on how newspapers (of all sizes) are making sizable profits by expanding their product offerings to Digital Services, Social Networking Assistance & Native Advertising Sales, without having to launch separate online sales teams and pay huge outsourced vendor fees. Learn some easy to implement ways to use your existing sales resources to expand your product offerings to capture new revenue.

*Attendees will have access to all sales materials and deployment information so they can use these tactics to make money immediately, in their own markets.

Topics that will be covered in this fast paced session, will include: * Basic online advertising banner sales * “Bundling” banners with print for new business development * Online “Directory/ Marketplace/ Local Search” platform initiatives * Simplifying Digital Service selling: • Responsive Web site development • Search Engine Optimization • Social Networking support/sales • Reputation/ Visibility monitoring marketing • Mobile sites/ Apps/SMS sales implementations

THURSDAY AFTERNOON- July 17 — Publishers arrive 3:45-4:30 p.m. ONPA Board Meeting 5:30 -6 p.m. Past President reception only 6-7 p.m. Reception– All Welcome 7 p.m. Awards Banquet Afterwards Hospitality Suite – All Welcome

FRIDAY – July 18 Friday 8 a.m.-9 a.m. Breakfast 8:45-9:15 a.m. Business meeting AP &-ONPA– separate rooms 9:15-10 a.m.. – ONPA legislative recap – Greg Peden *10:15-11:45 a.m .- Gubernatorial Debate (*pending confirmation) 11:45-12:00 Break 12:00-12:45 p.m. – Attorney General 12:45-2 p.m. General Excellence Luncheon with installation of new President

2 The Newspapers Foundation: oregon publisher Our way to help the future of journalism! Spring/Summer 2014 Oregon Publisher is the official newsletter of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers’ As- sociation. Previous issues can be viewed in PDF format by going to the publication page on the ONPA website.

Oregon Publisher staff Laurie Hieb Executive director and publisher ——— ONPA Board of Directors Vance Tong President Associate Publisher, Dave Baker President-ELECT Eugene Register-Guard Therese Bottomly TREASURER , Portland Grady Singletary IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT Mail-Tribune, Medford

— DIRECTORS — Lyndon Zaitz

Allen Herriges

Scott Swanson , Sweet Home

Mike McInally Corvallis Gazette-Times

Timothy W. Gleason University of Oregon, Eugene

Christine Moore , Tigard/Sherwood Gazette

Joe Petshow

Jeff Ackerman The News-Review, Roseburg

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Collegiate Day and the Oregon Newspapers Foundation

The Oregon Newspaper Foundation held this year’s annual Collegiate Last year ONF contributed: Day at Linn Benton Community College $2,500 to support one mentor on May 9. The one-day for the Journalism Education event hosted 75 aspiring Association’s Mentor Project, journalists from nine which helps retired journalists in different colleges and mentoring high school newspaper universities from across Brent Walth advisers. Oregon. $3,000 to support three journalism These students were college students at $1,000 each. able to meet and listen to managing editor Brent Walth from $4,200 to help pay for the newly , designed University of Oregon senior investigative Oregon Newspaper Hall of Fame reporter Les Zaitz from display. the Oregonian, and Hasso Herring from $2,500 to support the summer High hh-today.com. The School Journalism Camp. sessions covered were investigative reporting, mobile reporting and Les Zaitz social media and So far this year, ONF has editorial writing. ONF is so grateful to these professionals in committed to contributing: our industry donating their time to giving $2,500 to support one mentor for the back to these upcoming Journalism Education Association’s journalists. It is both Mentor Project, which supports moving and inspiring to retired journalists in mentoring high see. After the sessions school newspaper advisers. in the morning, the students gathered at $3,500 to support the summer High tables by school, for the School Journalism Camp much anticipated awards $3,173 additional to complete luncheon. the new Hall of Fame display at Collegiate Day is only Hasso Herring University of Oregon one of the foundation’s contributions to its *College scholarships TBD mission of education and research for journalism in of Oregon. ONF also If you’d like to donate to the Oregon Newspa- underwrites and operates the statewide Better per Foundation and help our efforts, please Newspaper Contest, Best Ad Ideas Contest, mail checks to ONF, 7150 SW Hampton St. Collegiate Newspaper Contest, Advertising STE 111, Portland, OR 97223. Conference, Spring Sales Symposium, and other special seminars/workshops. 4 OBITUARY — Alton ‘Bunky” Baker Jr. Register Guard’s ‘Bunky’ Baker dies The legendary Eugene newsman is remembered as a “reporter’s publisher”

By JEFF WRIGHT across the to me,” Bates said. “He was The Register-Guard country that my mentor and friend and role Alton “Bunky” Baker Jr., one of are locally model and newspaper idol. He two brothers who shepherded The rather than embodied so many values of great Register-Guard through 40 years corporately journalism ... and it breaks my of award-winning journalism, owned. heart that he’s gone.” died early Sunday evening of “Every two Don Bishoff worked at the complications from pneumonia, weeks I’d get newspaper as a reporter, assistant family members said. a letter from city editor and editorial writer He was 94. Alton ‘Bunky’ somebody before Baker elevated him to the Baker joined the newspaper Baker Jr. when I was job of full-time columnist. as a reporter in 1946, became publisher and “He was a reporter’s publisher,” managing editor in 1950 and was editor,” including The New York Bishoff said. “He was interested named publisher in 1961. He Times and the Post, in producing the best possible retired in 1986, and lived out his Baker told his niece, Ann Mack, newspaper and he wanted his remaining years in Eugene. in a 1999 interview for a family reporters to have all the support During his tenure, Baker oversaw history. they needed to do their jobs well. the change from lead type to offset “I’d drop them in the He was a consummate newsman.” printing, a dramatic increase in the wastebasket,” Baker said of the Bishoff sometimes faced Baker use of color in the paper, and the letters. “Why, we were doing across a bargaining table as a switch to a modern, computerized fine, getting along fine, it was our Eugene Newspaper Guild union newsroom. He also was at the paper. I didn’t want somebody negotiator. “We’d go at it hammer helm in 1983 when the newspaper running it from New York, and tongs, and then we’d get an switched from afternoon to Wisconsin or North Carolina or agreement in two or three days, morning weekday delivery. whatever.” shake hands, and there were no Baker was the eldest child of Former colleagues on Sunday hard feelings afterward,” he said. Alton Baker Sr., who purchased remembered Bunky Baker as a Bunky Baker, Bishoff added in a The Guard in 1927 and then The shy but determined newspaperman shaking voice, “was one hell of a Register in 1930. The newspaper who took the roles of journalistic newsman and one hell of a nice is now operated by the Baker service and ethics to heart. guy.” family’s third generation — Doug Bates of Oakridge, who Lloyd Paseman, another longtime publisher Alton “Tony” Baker III worked at The Register-Guard for Register-Guard newsroom is Bunky Baker’s son — and some 23 years before a distinguished manager who still helps oversee fourth-generation family members career at The Oregonian, said he the newpaper’s letters to the also work at the family business. went to Baker as a young married editor, said he long admired For many years, rumors surfaced man who needed a job to finish Baker for his high journalism that Bunky Baker — and his his degree at the University of standards. “He absolutely brother, Edwin “Ted” Baker — Oregon. Baker hired Bates in the believed in the integrity of were intent on selling the paper, advertising department, and Bates journalism, and the independence but they never did. Today, the later was promoted to news editor of the newsoom operation from Register-Guard stands among only and then managing editor. a handful of daily newspapers “He was like a second father See BAKER page 6

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Baker “As a father, he loved all of us and High Street, then a mostly Continued from page 5 fiercely,” she added. residential area. It consisted of a Bunky Baker was the eldest of one-story office and a new press editorial and advertising,” Mildred and Alton Baker Sr.’s capable of printing color and up Paseman said. five children. Three of his siblings to 64 pages; the old unit did 24. Paseman recalled that when also survive him: Edwin “Ted” Upon inheriting the newspaper’s Baker divorced from his first Baker, Herbert Baker and Richard top positions, Baker and wife, he insisted that an item Baker. His sister, Louise Little, his brother, Ted, embraced noting the divorce be published died previously. innovation. In their first year, in the paper. Bunky Baker was born in they stationed a reporter in “If it ever came to someone Cleveland on Nov. 15, 1919. Salem for the entire legislative wanting to withhold public He graduated from University session — a first for the paper. information or a public record, he High School in Eugene in 1937, They beefed up the press in didn’t want anyone to be able to and from Pomona College in 1964, so 96 pages, instead of point to his divorce and ask why Claremont, Calif., in 1942, where 64, could be run at a single the paper didn’t publish that,” he was a pitcher on the baseball time. They pioneered the use Paseman said. team. of color photographs, cutting- Don Robinson served as the He served in the U.S. Army Air edge technology for the 1960s newspaper’s editorial page editor Corps for four years during World and something their father had for 22 years. He called Baker War II. He married Genevieve first tried in 1954. They added a “great publisher who cared Mertzke on April 19, 1947, in a second story to the newspaper about the paper, cared about Claremont, and they had four office in 1966-67. the community and cared about children. He married Jeannette Meanwhile, the paper’s journalism.” Vollstedt on Feb. 14, 1976, in reputation for first-class Susan McDonald, one of Baker’s Walker. journalism soared under the four adult children, recalled an Family lore is that from the brothers’ stewardship. In 1966, incident when she was in junior time he was a toddler, Baker the paper won the prestigious high school that she said captured was referred to by his father University of Missouri Honor her father’s character. She said as “my little Bunky” — and Award for Distinguished Service she came home to find a stranger the nickname stuck. The name in Journalism. At the time, The in one of the bedrooms, cleaning memorialized a military buddy Register-Guard was the first the carpet. She learned that the who served with the senior Baker small-city newspaper outside man’s son had died and that her in France during World War I. Missouri to win the honor, joining father, upon learning that the man As an adult, Baker succeeded Bill past winners such as The New could not afford to send his son’s Tugman, a journalistic icon in York Times, The Washington body back home to California, his own right, as the newspaper’s Post and The Christian Science stepped in and covered the cost. managing editor. Monitor. The grieving father insisted Where Tugman was more of a Bunky Baker accepted the award that he be allowed to clean the seat-of-the-pants boss, Baker was in Columbia, Mo. He closed Baker family’s carpets as return methodical: Each day’s paper was his acceptance speech with a payment. planned. Copy and desk editors, reminder that he hadn’t forgotten McDonald said she remembers whom Tugman had little use for, the reason for the newspaper’s that her father “took stands on became key cogs in the process. tradition of excellence. “I would issues that were very unpopular The copy desk grew from two to like to accept it on behalf of my with other people in the almost a dozen. late father, Alton F. Baker, who community. But he stood by In September 1952, the paper for nearly 35 years gave direction them. built and moved to a new and established the principles building at East 10th Avenue that have brought The Register-

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Guard to this milestone of sports editor. Under Newnham’s of the paper and went on to win achievement.” leadership, the sports section two national “photographer of For the first time in the paper’s would soon be named the top the year” awards while at The history, Bunky Baker also started section in the country for papers Register-Guard. casting a wider net for newsroom with 50,000 circulation or more. — Team Editor Mark Baker hires. He hired former Oakland Then Baker added Pulitzer Prize- and former columnist Tribune sportswriter Blaine winning photographer Brian Bob Welch contributed to Newnham as the newspaper’s Lanker, who redesigned the look this report

A publisher with integrity Editorial — The Register-Guard Eugene Alton ‘Bunky’ Baker was a newspaperman to the core Every newspaper is different, but in general they can be kicked into two piles: The ones that become the mouthpiece of their communities’ power structure, and the ones that don’t. Which pile a newspaper lands in depends on the character of the person in charge. Alton “Bunky” Baker Jr., editor and publisher of The Register-Guard for two decades ending in 1982, and editor for another four years beyond that, made sure his newspaper was in the latter group. Baker, who died Sunday at age 94, was born to the newspaper business. He was the eldest son of the senior Alton Baker, who purchased The Guard in 1927 and The Register in 1930. Baker joined The Register- Guard as a reporter in 1946, became managing editor in 1950 and succeeded his father as publisher in 1961. Together with his brother Ted, who became publisher in 1982, Baker led The Register-Guard through an era of prominence, prosperity and change. Having an owner sitting in the publisher’s office can be a great advantage to a newspaper’s employees, and to its readers. For Baker, Eugene was not a rung on a corporate ladder. It was the city where he grew up, which gave Baker a feel for what his readers wanted and needed from their newspaper — including an understanding that what readers want and what they need are not always the same thing. And a publisher whose family owns his newspaper can take the long view, looking not just at the next quarter’s profits but tending to the next generation’s interests. But running and owning a newspaper at the same time is hard. The advertisers who pay the bills may think they should have something to say about what’s in the news columns. Civic organizations may expect support rather than coverage. It takes backbone and a firm commitment to professional standards for any publisher to resist the slide into boosterism. The pressures become eve more intense in the absence of the distance and insulation provided by corporate ownership. Baker had what it took to stay true to his newspaper’s readers. Baker’s strengths came to be widely recognized, as when The Register-Guard won the University of Missouri Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism in 1966. Baker’s acceptance remarks remain on point: “I’m sorry to say this, but I believe the most glaring weakness on too many papers is the abdication of editorial responsibility. The easy way is to sit back and not take sides — not ruffle feathers. There is no anonymity in the smaller community. It is hard to kick hell out of an acquaintance in the paper one day and hobnob with him at a social function that evening. I know from experience. But then, no one ever told me that journalism was going to be easy.” Baker proved that a newspaper can fulfill its editorial responsibility, for the benefit of both the newspaper and its community.

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Newspapers and Baseball:

Two great American institutions evolving

By CAROLINE LITTLE, NAA president & CEO There are few aspects of American life that are the same today as they were 100 years ago. Two of them are newspapers and baseball.

While spring officially starts in March, it doesn’t truly begin for many until Open- ing Day rolls around and ceremonial first pitches are thrown. Whether it’s at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park or your local minor league stadium, it’s been that way for over a century and I imagine it will continue for at least another century.

For the duration of baseball’s history, fans have turned to their local newspaper to keep tabs on their favorite teams and players. This has remained unchanged and con- tinues today, as newspapers deliver special sections to preview the upcoming season, post daily box scores and deluge fans with coverage on a daily basis.

But baseball and newspapers have more in common than merely being a part of every- day American life. For both institutions, the reports of their demise have been greatly exaggerated. Baseball has been besieged with the notion that the sport is fading, overtaken by foot- ball and ignored by today’s youth. Quite the opposite is true – commissioner Bud Selig predicted his league would surpass $9 billion in revenue for 2014.

If that sounds familiar, it’s because the newspaper industry has dealt with a similar perception problem, with the idea that the younger generation would completely es- chew newspapers. This, of course, is not true. Of young adults ages 18 to 34, more than half – 56 percent – read newspaper content in print or online during a typical week.

Newspapers and baseball do not look like they did in 1914 and that’s why they remain essential in 2014. In 1914, it took only 19 home runs to lead the league – needless to say, that wouldn’t lead the league this year. Though the sport has the same rules, it has evolved and transformed.

In 1914, you would read a newspaper in print and that was it. Today, you can read the newspaper in multiple platforms, choosing what works best for you. There are 161

8 million Americans that read newspaper content in print or online in any given month. Of those, 43 million read content on mobile devices. As the newspaper industry guides the way forward, it is based upon a perfect blend of print, digital and mobile platforms to better serve our readers and our advertisers.

It is worth noting that social media wasn’t an issue in 1914, or even 2004. But in the past decade, its influence has skyrocketed and changed how our world operates. Base- ball has used this to engage fans, giving them a forum to connect directly with their favorite players. For newspapers, it means access for readers to follow their favorite newspaper or reporter. And there is confluence of the two, when a fan can follow his or her favorite baseball team by following the team’s newspaper beat writer.

Despite facing the perception that baseball is a sport for the older generation, a new generation of talent has infused MLB with excitement, whether that’s Mike Trout in Anaheim or Bryce Harper in Washington, D.C. The newspaper industry, likewise, has an excited, engaged group of college students and young reporters ready to make their mark. I saw this firsthand at NAA mediaXchange 2014, when we enlisted five talented college reporters to cover and report on the news-making conference.

The youth movement for baseball is not limited to the diamond, just as it’s not lim- ited to the newsroom for newspapers. Theo Epstein, at 28, was the youngest general manger in history when the Boston Red Sox hired him in 2002 and, two years later, the team had its first World Series in 86 years.

Likewise, newspapers have become an incubator for innovation and change. At NAA mediaXchange, our inaugural Accelerator Pitch program featured eight startup com- panies with revolutionary ideas, from new mobile apps to improved social media use to re-defining how to sell classified ads. It opened my eyes to the limitless possibili- ties that exist for our industry as we move forward and expand our offerings across all platforms.

Spring is a time for limitless possibilities, especially after this past brutal winter that battered much of the country with ice, snow and endless gray days. The clouds are parting, the temperature is rising and the sun is shining.

By the time October rolls around, we will be crowning a new World Series champion. We will also be looking at a newspaper industry that has continued its evolution and growth, with new initiatives and ideas that will ensure its relevance for another 100 years.

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The following are stories Christian Anderson III, who on PERS. and editorials from member oversees the editorial staff. “In The newsroom gathered Monday publications which give a its most basic form, it’s about afternoon to celebrate the synopsis of what’s happening funding schools.” editorial staff’s prize and Zaitz’s in Oregon newspapers. Some Pulitzer organizers praised finalist honor. Zaitz was also a have been edited to be more The Oregonian for “its lucid finalist for a 2007 Pulitzer along concise, others are published editorials that explain the urgent with two other reporters. in their entirety. but complex issue of rising Zaitz, reached by phone at his pension costs, notably engaging John Day ranch, said the honor The Oregonian wins readers and driving home the link “was kind of a shock” and he’s Pulitzer Prize between necessary solutions and not disappointed to not win. The Oregonian their impact on everyday lives.” “The recognition at the national The The Oregon Legislature last year level that your work was among Oregonian reduced cost-of-living increases the best last year is satisfying,” has won and approved other changes to he said. the Pulitzer the Public Employees Retirement Prize for System. Lawmakers said the $5 Headlight Herald editorial billion in long-term savings is names new publisher writing for needed to better fund schools Headlight Herald, Tillamook a series and other services. The Oregon Tillamook native Adam Schwend about Supreme Court could overturn has been named publisher of the efforts Les Zaitz the changes. Headlight Herald. to curb “I thought the editorials were Schwend was hired in August rising costs in the state’s public spot-on, they led to action, they 2013 as a salesman at the pensions system. held the governor accountable, newspaper, quickly working his Investigative reporter Les Zaitz and they were smartly reported way up to was also named a finalist for and written,” Editor Peter Bhatia director of explanatory reporting for a series said. “At a time when they sales. detailing the lethal infiltration of were going through significant As publisher Mexican drug cartels in Oregon. transition, it really is a deserved effective Jan. The Pulitzer is the eighth in the and wonderful tribute. It’s 13, he now paper’s history and the first since important to remember it’s all oversees all the Oregonian Media Group about the journalism.” departments launched in October with four- Erik Lukens, The Oregonian’s of the company, day-a-week home delivery and an editorial and commentary Adam Schwend emphasis on digital journalism. editor, said he was on the phone including Monday’s award highlights The Monday when excited-looking news, production, sales, Oregonian’s continued focus on colleagues started tapping on his circulation and administration, quality journalism regardless of office window. said Steve Hungerford, CEO of the medium, editors said. “I was pretty stunned,” he said. the Headlight Herald’s parent “The really good thing about “I wasn’t expecting it and was organization, Country Media Inc. these editorials is that it kept just happy for everybody.” “The Headlight Herald was a in the forefront an issue that Lukens also credited huge part of my connection to was and is important to all investigative reporter Ted Oregonians,” said Publisher N. Sickinger’s extensive reporting See MEMBER page 12

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Member news & views, continued from page 10 the community growing up,” “we’re also moving towards Schwend replaces former said Schwend. “I think my giving added value to our readers publisher Samantha Swindler, grandmother has clippings of by working to provide them with who has joined The Oregonian’s every time my name has ever a ‘membership’ rather than a organization in Forest Grove. been mentioned in it. ‘subscription’ to the newspaper.” “It’s actually very humbling. Schwend said a membership What a difference Being at the helm of a business offers a growing variety of ways a year makes that has been an institution in this to read the Headlight Herald’s By NANCY McCARTHY community for 125 years isn’t content, participate in online The Daily Astorian (and Cannon something I take lightly.” forums, enjoy access to special Beach Gazette, ) Schwend said his family has been events and receive other offers It was just a year ago today that active in the community for four available only to members. I didn’t know how much life for generations as farmers, business “It isn’t just a change in some of us on the south side of owners, laborers and community terminology,” he said. “It’s a Clatsop County was about to leaders. completely different way to view change. “I’ve been to college and I’ve us as an organization. And a A year ago today, I was happily gotten degrees,” said Schwend, completely different way to “but knowing the history of the approach the unique service that See MEMBER page 13 people, the government, the we provide to the community.” families and the businesses of this community is something you have to learn by being part of this community.” He said the Headlight Herald is in the midst of reinventing itself to meet the information and marketing needs of a changing population. “The way people are getting information is changing, and Tillamook County isn’t immune to that,” he said. “We need to continue our work to diversify the way we deliver content to our readers, as well as diversify ways to provide advertising opportunities to our advertisers.” Schwend noted that the Headlight Herald’s website gets hundreds of thousands of page views each month. He said he’ll continue to develop additional ways for advertisers to take advantage of that visibility. “In the same way,” he added,

12 Member news & views, continued from page 12 humming along, working as a comprehensive look at South editor and congratulated me. They reporter, covering the news of County issues as well as cover the seemed to be truly happy about Cannon Beach, Seaside and events and personalities in each the change, and they continue to Gearhart for The Daily Astorian. town. be supportive. Then, on March 8, 2013, I was With the new acquisitions, sales • I have enjoyed being able appointed editor of the Cannon reps Wendy Richardson and to work with Louie and Erick Beach Gazette and the Seaside Michael Ficker have been able in exploring issues in greater Signal. to provide a greater variety of depth than I was able to do as My business card belies my split publications and websites for an individual reporter. When the personality. local businesses to promote their Seaside School District proposed On one side, the logos for the goods and services. a $128 million bond measure to Gazette and the Signal are side In addition, Rebecca Herren puts build a K-12 campus, we were by side. Underneath them is my together the calendars for the able to look at all of the measure’s name. Underneath my name is Gazette, the Signal, the Coast nuances, including the benefits of “Editor,” in all caps. Weekend and the Coast Weekend the proposed site, other schools On the other side of the card is the website; answers phones; assists designed by the architectural logo for The Daily Astorian. Next those who come to the office firm, the measure’s financial to that, is my name, with the title, requesting everything from new implications, the deteriorating “South Clatsop County Reporter.” subscriptions to classified ads; condition of the district’s schools The two new titles, the helps Wendy and Michael with and the potential threat of a business card, the much greater advertising tasks; and even takes tsunami. responsibility all came about the trash to the curb. Recently, we took an in-depth because the EO Media Group, We’re a full-service office and a look at the proposed Cannon which operates The Daily pretty cohesive group. Beach Academy charter proposal, Astorian, the Chinook Observer Hectic and we have followed the journey and other newspapers in Oregon, The year has been hectic, and of Phil Simmons and his charter bought the Gazette, Signal and the that’s an understatement. We school committee as they plan a Coast River Business Journal on have had our share of surprises, new school in Cannon Beach. March 1, 2013. challenges and exhausting days. Other news Ever since the announcement of Once, during the first few months Following the January fires in the purchase, life has been busy. of the reorganization, a friend Arch Cape and Falcon Cove, The Seaside office moved out asked me if I was having any fun. Louie and Erick asked how of its smaller location next to It’s a question I ask myself now prepared local fire crews are Seaside Health Foods to a larger quite often. And, usually, the to fight wildland fires, what site a mile to the north. answer is yes. regulations timber companies Expanded Here’s what I have enjoyed about must follow and what role the With an expanded office came an the past year: state Department of Forestry expanded news staff: Louie Opatz • I have a big desk and a quiet plays in fighting fires. was hired to cover Seaside and office. OK, that’s a personal thing, • I enjoy working with the Gearhart, and Erick Bengel covers but I had to mention it. My office local columnists who fill a Cannon Beach. Together, we is no longer a storage room, as it page or two every week with write stories and take photos for was in the previous location. news about tourism efforts, art The Daily Astorian, the Gazette • So many people came up to exhibits, library activities and and the Signal. With additional me after hearing the news about manpower, we can take a more the sale and my appointment as See MEMBER page 14

13 Member news & views, continued from page 13 everyday life in the communities. teaching position at the Cronkite Bhatia, 60, has worked in Freelance photographer Jeff School of Journalism and Mass journalism since his graduation Ter Har has helped to enrich Communication at State from college in 1975. During the papers with his photos of University. his tenure in Portland, The sports events, local festivals and Bhatia has Oregonian’s newsroom won four parades, and, of course, the local served for Pulitzer prizes. Newsrooms he elk herd. 20 years as helped lead in Sacramento and Finally, I enjoy receiving emails managing in San Francisco won three other and visits from people I have editor, Pulitzers. come to know during the past executive seven years that I have been a editor and, Shannon named ops, South County reporter and, now, since 2010, circulation director editor. Sometimes they contact editor of Peter Bhatia and News me to complain. Sometimes The Oregonian. Last October, he Falls they come to praise. Often, they became vice president/content The has named want something to be covered. of the new digitally focused Bill Shannon as its operations We strive to please: And with so Oregonian Media Group. and circulation director, many outlets we have now, it’s “It’s been a great honor to lead a overseeing circulation, press and easier to find just the right niche. superb group of journalists and mailroom operations. I’m not saying that there haven’t to help position our company for Shannon, 58, most recently was been challenges, and they will the digital future,” he said. “I will the circulation director at the continue. We can’t always cover leave with the greatest respect Fort Bend Herald in Rosenberg, everything we want to; there for my colleagues and optimism Texas, owned by Hartman aren’t enough hours in the day to for what can be accomplished Newspapers. be at every event. here as the company continues He began his community But we want to continue hearing to grow its digital sophistication newspaper career as a circulation from you, to make The Daily and audience.” district manager for , the Seaside Signal and “Peter has done a terrific job Pantagraph in Bloomington, Ill. the Cannon Beach Gazette (and of leading our journalists in 1977. all their websites) your source of through the difficult transition His first circulation director hometown news. to a digitally focused news position was at The Gazette in A year ago, I had no idea how organization,” said N. Christian Janesville, Wis. — 7 1/2 years my life would “explode.” But it Anderson III, president and before moving to the Pacific was a good thing, even with two publisher of The Oregonian and Northwest where he held various titles added to my name. Oregonian Media Group. “We circulation, sales and director Happy first anniversary! will miss him. Still, we recognize positions with both Gannett that this new opportunity means and Lee Enterprises newspaper Peter Bhatia to take he will be helping develop the chains in Washington state and teaching job newsrooms of the future. I can’t Missoula, Mont. The Oregonian think of a better person to lend Shannon and his wife of 35 Peter Bhatia, editor of The his experience and values to years, Jean, have four grown Oregonian and vice president/ students who want to be part children and two grandchildren content of Oregonian Media of this exciting profession.” who live in the area. Group, announced Thursday Anderson said Oregonian Media Shannon and his wife enjoy the that he would be leaving the Group will do a national search company later this year to take a for Bhatia’s replacement. See MEMBER page 16

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Member news & views, continued from page 14 outdoors, hiking and camping, around that consistently provides and are thrilled to be living in local news and information like and . Klamath Falls with all that it has the Herald and News.” Johnston to offer. was Shannon grew up in Father Johnston chief ops previously Flanagan’s Boys Town, and officer for Pioneer the attended the University of Family-owned media company is publisher of . comprised of 26 small, medium- the Modesto “I am honored to be joining sized community newspapers Bee with Eric Johnston the Herald and News team and SEATTLE — Eric Johnston oversight grateful to have been given the has been named chief operating responsibilities for the Merced opportunity to live and work in officer for , Sun and four weekly newspapers the Klamath Falls area,” he said. which operates the Herald and in California’s Central Valley “The Herald and News, both in News and more than two dozen owned by the McClatchy print and online, is extremely other community newspapers, Company. He held key online vibrant in presentation of daily according to a news release. and interactive positions with local news and information, and Pioneer News Group is a family- and Modesto Bee it shows in its loyal and strong owned media company based before being named publisher readership and audience base,” he out of Seattle and is comprised in 2009. While at McClatchy, said. “I am so enthusiastic about of 26 small and medium-sized Johnston earned two McClatchy getting the word out that there is community newspapers in absolutely no other media source Washington, , Oregon, See MEMBER page 17

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16 Member news & views, continued from page 17 President’s Awards and two for the Arts and Stanislaus Pat started out, just as his Newspaper Association of Community Foundation. older brother had, in the sports America “Digital Edge” Awards. Johnston is a graduate of department of his hometown “We’re very excited to have California State University, newspaper, , in Eric join Pioneer, “said Mike Fresno with a Bachelor of Arts in 1991. Gugliotto, president and CEO Journalism. Bob Caldwell’s longtime of Pioneer News Group. “He newspaper career took him to was the first publisher in the Caldwell joins Baker The Oregonian, where he served McClatchy Company to come City Herald staff for many years as the editorial from the digital ranks and brings By CHRIS COLLINS page editor before his death in with him unique and invaluable WesCom News Service 2012 at the age of 63. experience of both the print and BAKER CITY — Pat Caldwell’s Pat’s career path also parallels digital side of the business. He’s job hunting days serendipitously that of his second oldest brother, been involved with a number of coincided with the Baker City Mike, 16 years his senior. Mike industry-changing initiatives, Herald’s search for a new Caldwell retired in July as a fits our culture well and will be reporter. brigadier general after 40 years a great match with Pioneer’s Caldwell, 46, started his new with the Oregon National Guard. management team to help lead job with the Herald on Jan 6. (His brother, Pete, lives in La our company.” He will cover city and county Grande and works for the Oregon “I am proud to be joining Pioneer government as well as business Department of Transportation. News Group, a company that and agriculture, said Jayson And his brother, Kevin, is not only has a strong family Jacoby, editor. employed in the timber industry legacy and commitment, but is Caldwell replaces Terri Harber, in Salem.) also dedicated to community who joined the Herald staff in Pat Caldwell has served in the journalism for the benefit of each February of 2011 and left last National Guard for 22 years, and every reader — whether month to take a position with the including full-time work for delivered to their mobile device, Moscow-Pullman Daily News at the past three years as a combat their desktop or their doorstep,” Moscow, Idaho. correspondent. That job took him said Johnston. “I have worked Caldwell, the youngest of five to Iraq for more than a year. in this industry for more than brothers, is no stranger to Eastern “I always wanted to be a war 20 years, and believe in the Oregon or to the newspaper correspondent, but I probably mission of the community business. He grew up in La could have done without it,” newspaper. I share Pioneer’s Grande and is a 1986 La Grande he says now, reflecting on the desire to strengthen the industry, High School graduate. He shoulder and ankle injuries and to develop new business graduated from Eastern Oregon other health issues he’s been opportunities and to solidify the University in 1991 with a degree plagued with since returning foundation of journalism for in history. from Iraq. generations to come.” Caldwell says he was naturally “It’s hard on your body,” he said Johnston is an Eagle Scout and a inclined toward a career in of the seven-day-a week stress member of the board of directors journalism, following in the of war with no time off. “I saw for the California Newspaper footsteps of his oldest brother, a lot of Iraq and I was shot at, Publishers Association. He’s Bob, 18 years his senior. mortared and rocketed.” also a board member for the “I like to write. I was good at it On the other hand, Caldwell education foundation for and I got paid for it,” he said of his desire to work as a journalist. Stanislaus County, Gallo Center See MEMBER page 18

17 Member news & views, continued from page 17 is proud to have shared the a combat correspondent until to working in Baker County experience with people who he September 2013 when the and already has ties to the says, for the most part, were “the position was cut for lack of community through family and best Americans I’ve ever seen or funding. Since then he’s been friends. been around.” working as a freelance writer. “I know a lot of people here Stories about some of those A staff sergeant in the National because of the Guard,” he said. soldiers, including Baker City Guard, Caldwell will continue “Mom knows a lot of people and La Grande residents, have his part-time service as a public here because of the nurses been published in the Baker information officer in addition to corps.” City Herald and the La Grande his position with the Baker City Caldwell also has combined Observer over the past few Herald. his writing skill and his years. The divorced father of four lives wartime experiences in a nearly Caldwell’s military service also in New Plymouth, Idaho, but he completed novel titled “Sine includes working as a public plans to move to Baker City as Mora: A Year in Iraq With the information officer out of the soon as possible, pending the Volunteer Cavalry.” war zone and being part of the sale of his home in Idaho. Guard’s reintegration program His oldest daughter, Madison, News Media, Siuslaw designed to help soldiers 20, is a student at Carroll News promotions returning home after their College in Helena, Mont. His By THERESA BAER deployments. two sons, Connell, 17, and 10- Caldwell’s journalism career year-old Kiernan will move Three has taken him to stints at to Baker City with their dad. changes in several Oregon newspapers And his daughter, Kennedy, 4, management as a sports reporter, including lives with her mother in New at the The Observer, the Argus Plymouth. Siuslaw Observer in Ontario and the Until he moves, Caldwell will News were at Salem. He commute from La Grande, made last also worked for the Meridian where he’ll stay during the week week, Valley Times, a twice-weekly with his 88-year-old mother, meaning newspaper in Meridian, Idaho, Barbara (Joyce) Caldwell. three John Bartlett which is no longer in business, His mother grew up at Juntura promotions for key staff. from November 1997 to June between Ontario and Burns. She has 1998. attended Baker High School named Siuslaw News Publisher From Meridian, he was hired and was enrolled in the Cadet John Bartlett as division manager as news editor at The Argus Nurse Corps training here during for several offices and plants on Observer. He worked in that World War II. the West Coast. Bartlett, who position for about three years Pat’s father, Don Caldwell, who is 61, maintains the position of before taking over as editor in died in 1986, came to Baker publisher for Siuslaw News and October 2001. County with his family from will also lead 11 publications in He left in Utah when his father took a job California, which include papers January 2010 to prepare for at Lime. Pat’s parents met at in Paso Robles, Watsonville and deployment to Iraq with the Radium Hot Springs near Haines King City. Eastern Oregon 3rd Battalion after his dad returned home after For now, Bartlett will divide 116th Cavalry Regiment. World War II. Caldwell worked full time as Pat says he’s looking forward See MEMBER page 20

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Member news & views, continued from page 18 his time between Florence and Jenna has been working for atmosphere California, where he began his newspapers for about 18 years, and at this career with News Media in 1998. previously as publisher at Tucson pivotal “I am very excited to assume (Ariz.) West Publishing. She is the moment,” responsibility for the paper where oldest daughter of John Bartlett. Forrester I started my newspaper career,” Longtime staff member Susan said. Bartlett said of the Watsonville Gutierrez has been promoted Describing Register-Pajaronian. to advertising director. She has her career “I look forward to working with been the Siuslaw News sales in Astoria Laura Sellers the other locations in California,” manager for about 15 years, and and the he added. “It does mean I will not takes on additional administrative company’s digital operations, be in Florence as much, but I am responsibilities as the director. Sellers said: “I’ve come full circle happy to keep Florence as part of John, who announced the changes by rejoining this newsroom, my group and intend to continue Friday, March 31, said, “I am which played such a pivotal role being a part of this wonderful so proud of the Siuslaw News in my journalism career. After community.” staff and the example they set for 22 years with this company, it’s News Media’s Chief Operating community newspapers. It is this more exciting than ever to be back Officer, Mike Tompkins, said awesome staff that has allowed in the trenches and guiding this of Bartlett’s move within the me to take on these additional team of talented journalists, while organization, “Continuity and responsibilities.” we report the news that reflects family are very important to us, our communities and impacts our and to be able to leave both the New managing editor lives.” Siuslaw News and our California named at Daily Astorian During her tenure, the newspaper weeklies, where both John and Daily Astorian received its first two Oregon Jenna began their careers with the The Daily Astorian and general excellence awards. In company, in the hands of the very dailyastorian.com have a new 2000, she became the Astorian’s capable Bartlett family is just a newsroom leader. Today, Editor parent company’s first Internet terrific opportunity.” and Publisher Steve Forrester editor, overseeing its transition Tompkins and News Media announced Laura Sellers is the to the then-new world of digital headquarters are located in newspaper’s managing editor. publishing. Over the years, she has Rochelle, Ill. The corporation owns She succeeds Patrick Webb, who held a succession of titles while about 75 newspapers across the held the position for 13 years. The leading the digital team; most country. managing editor is responsible for recently as digital development Jenna Bartlett, 36, formerly directing the newspaper’s reporting director. She is on the board of the Siuslaw News social media and manages newsroom personnel. Associated Press Media Editors, manager in the sales department, This is Sellers’ second term as and in 2017, will become the has been promoted general managing editor. In 1995, she national organization’s president. manager. She will oversee all became the first woman to lead the Sellers will talk more about the operations at the Florence paper. newspaper’s editors and reporters road ahead in an upcoming Editor’s She has lived in Florence since and built the Astorian’s first website Notebook. 2010 and has been employed at with her husband. She and husband Carl Earl have the paper for almost three years. “With Laura’s keen news sense and lived in the Astoria area since 1992 She has been with News Media her deep involvement in the digital when he became the newspaper’s in a number of capacities for nine frontier, she is ideally suited to lead years. our news operation in this dynamic See MEMBER page 21

20 Member news & views, continued from page 20 production manager and she was an The paper had been owned by last time the publication was advertising designer. Earl is now the his wife, Lori, and daughter-in- printed. corporate systems manager. law Sinneme Baney. When Lori “Bill loved working on (the The Daily Astorian is owned by passed, Foster said he was glad to paper),” Downer said. “He EO Media Group. The company let the Downers take it over. enjoyed working on the publishes 11 newspapers and “I’m an ex-logger so I have no community events. He was the 18 websites. Learn more at concept of newspapers. To me mayor in Mill City in 1996 and he eomediagroup.com. you read it, then burn it. That’s all was on the planning commission I knew how to do,” he said. for a number of years before Mill City Press ends After Bill Downer’s death, that so he had a pretty good idea publication in April wife Judy found producing the what should be happening at City Statesman Journal paper increasingly difficult. She Hall.” The Mill City Independent Press wrote in her final column: “It “I found that while Bill Downer has stopped the presses. The last is with heavy heart that I must was alive, he was very responsive issue published by owner Judy make this my final edition of the to the canyon’s issues and his Downer rolled out on April 30. Independent Press. It has been a editorials reflected his strong Previously called the Enterprise, fun ride ...We appreciated all of opinions about local government the paper was officially our contributors and we valued waste and mismanagement,” Ken established as the Independent each of our advertisers and Cartwright, of Mill City, said. Press in 1998. Bill and Judy subscribers. Unfortunately, due “Bill’s editorials were left of Downer of Mill City purchased to the higher costs of postage and center, and he never apologized the publication from Phil Foster supplies, I have been placed in a for that.” of Gates, “Oh, about five years no win situation financially.” ago,” he estimates. Volume #17, Issue #18 was the See MEMBER page 22

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News-Review turns Invective Was Infectious.” as to give their friends a poke in 147 years old “Actually, all the western states the ribs and their enemies a knee The News-Review had editors who wrote in this libel- in the groin,” Loftus wrote. There’s more to the newspaper’s be-damned fachion, but Oregon Everybody survived, but neither history than gunplay had the jump on most of htem,” Gale nor Thompson were long for The News-Review traces its Karolevitz wrote. Roseburg. Both papers were sold origins to the spring of 1867 and The period’s most notorious in 1872. The Ensign was renamed a statement signed by brothers episode between warring editors The Pantagraph, while the Thomas Gale and Henry Gale. occurred in Roseburg, four years Plaindealer became the Umpqua “On or before the first day of May after the Gales started the Ensign. Valley News. 1867, the undersign propose to By then, The Ensign had The Pantagraph went through commence the publication of a competition, the Roseburg another name change before weekly newspaper at Roseburg, Plaindealer, which was edited by becoming the Roseburg Review Douglas County, Oregon, to be a roaming newspaper man, Col in 1887. The weekly newspaper entitled The Roseburg Ensign,” William Thompson. became a daily newspaper the the brothers wrote. Looking back decades later, following year. The Gales beat their deadline by Thompson said he was taking Some 53 years after the shootout one day, publishing on April 30 business away from the Gale between Thompson and the Gales, — 147 years ago today. brothers, who responded “by the Roseburg Review, descendent The Ensign was sold and renamed indulging in abuse of the coarsest of The Ensign, merged with the more than once and eventually king.” Umpqua Valley News, descendent merged with the Umpqua Valley “I paid no further attention to their of The Plaindealer. News to form the Roseburg News- attacks than to occasionally poke Frank Jenkins and his associates Review, later shortened to News- fun at them,” Thompson recalled in the Southern Oregon Publishing Review. in his 1912 memoir, “Reminisces Co. bought The News-Review But the paper’s history begins of Pioneer.” in 1930 and sold it to Scripps with the Gales, whose rough- The bitter feud climaxed June 11, League of Seattle in 1960. Jenkins and-tumble ways contributed to 1871. Thompson and the Gale served as war correspondent on a no-holds-barred approach to brothers, all three men in their 20s, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s staff journalism that was known as “the were wounded in a shootout in a during World War II and was an Oregon Style.” public street on a Sunday morning. original inductee into the Oregon Oregon’s first newspaper preceded The reminiscing Thompson Newspaper Hall of Fame. The Ensign by two decades, portrayed the Gales as In 1975, Phil Swift acquired according to “Newspapering in the bushwhackers who shot him five The News-Review. Swift Old West,” a 1965 pictorial history times, while he fired a single shot Communications retains The of frontier journalism by Robert from a pistol. News-Review today. F. Karolevtz. Pioneer editors News-Review reporter David Successive editors and publishers created a style characterized by Loftus gave a more balanced of The News-Review haven’t vituperative editorials, personal account in a special section of resorted to gunplay, but they did attacks (often against rival editor) the newspaper published in 1988. inherit the Gale brothers’ original and “a free-swinging brand of Thompson responede in kind to purpose in starting a newspaper. personal journalism,”” Karolevitz the Gales vitriol, according to “The interests and importance of wrote. Loftus. the Umpqua Valley demand the His chapter on Oregon’s early “Newspapers in that era were not newspaper history is titled “The always meant to inform, so much See MEMBER page 23

22 Member news & views, continued from page 22 services of a local organ, devoted Register as an editor and designer our efforts to make this a better to the various development of the on both daily and community place by serving as its premier varied resources of this state,” products. He began his career as news source.” the brothers wrote. “To make a reporter, and later city editor, at Gordon Black, president of Western The Ensign a faithful and reliable the Hollister Freelance, a small- Communications, the Bend, Ore.- advocate of these interests shall be town daily in Central California. based company that owns the our earnest and constant aim. “For any city, having a sense of Triplicate, said he was happy to “We shall at all times endeavor to community is important,” Roney make in-house promotions that furnish our readers with a correct said. “A large part of a local keep veteran employees in top record of local events.” paper’s duty is to help foster spots at the Triplicate. At the start of the 148th year, the that by telling the stories of the Vosburg and Durkee are filling mission hasn’t changed. community. It’s a duty I take positions vacated by former editor seriously.” and publisher Richard Wiens, who Luke Roney brings a A native of Southern California, has taken a job with Civil Beat, decade of experience Roney moved to Oregon last year an online news organization in , Wilsonville with his wife, two young sons Honolulu. Spokesman and cats, Mr. Weiss and Spot. Born and raised in the San Luke Roney brings a decade of “It was my wife’s idea, and I ran Francisco Bay area, Vosburg experience with it — best decision we’ve moved to the Manteca area of to the ever made,” he said. California’s Central Valley in the Tidings mid-1970s and started her first Luke Wescom promotes two newspaper job at the Manteca Roney has staff members News as an outside advertising joined the Wescom News salesperson and later at The West Linn Longtime staffers Vosburg and . In 1986 she Tidings Durkee fill vacancies went to work for The McClatchy and the Familiar faces will take on Corporation at The Modesto Bee, Wilsonville Luke Roney new positions at the Del Norte working her way through various Spokesman Triplicate. sales and management positions staffs as editor. Cindy Vosburg, the Triplicate’s in the advertising department over Roney, who brings a decade regional advertising director since the next 22 years. Vosburg came of news experience to the 2007, will also be its publisher, it to Del Norte County in 2007 for newspapers, said he will focus was announced Monday. the position of regional advertising on continuing and growing the “I am eager to continue the director for the Triplicate in paper’s role as the preeminent Triplicate’s mission of delivering Crescent City and the Curry news source for residents. local news and information to the Coastal Pilot in Brookings. Roney’s background in community,” Vosburg said. “I grew up spending summers community journalism is strong. Matthew Durkee, who has worked here visiting my aunt, uncle Before signing on with the at the Triplicate since 2007 and and cousins. My uncle was a Tidings and Spokesman, Roney served as assistant editor since commercial fisherman, and in the launched and ran a local news 2008, has been named editor. off-seasons worked at the Smith site in Newport Beach, Calif., for “Speaking about what matters to River lumber mill. The happiest AOL’s Patch network. those who live and work in Del moments of my childhood were Prior to that, he spent several Norte County is our pride and joy, years at the Orange County and we look forward to furthering See MEMBER page 26

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spent here with my family, so when proud to call it home,” he said. never expected to like it. When I the position came open for ad Durkee has been married for 16 was transferred down here from director, I applied,” Vosburg said. years to his wife, Lynn Durkee, and Seaside I told myself I’d give it a After 31 years in the business, they have three children attending year and then move on. Vosburg says she still loves the Del Norte schools. Well, it’s been a year and I am newspaper business and coming to He can be reached at mdurkee@ moving on. But, back then I meant work everyday. triplicate.com. I would move on from Tillamook, While she will continue to serve as and now nothing could be further the Triplicate’s advertising director, Saying goodbye to the from the truth. I cannot thank she will relinquish her role as Headlight Herald the Headlight Herald enough for advertising director for the Curry By SAYDE MOSER introducing me to this community Coastal Pilot in Brookings. In case you haven’t heard the because it is here I have found my She is married to her husband of 39 news, I will be moving on and home. years, Rick Vosburg, and has two no longer serving as editor of the So, I won’t be leaving Tillamook. grown children, Brandy Ringham Headlight Herald, effective next I’ve accepted a job writing for of Sherman Oaks and Richard week. Tillamook Design. This means Vosburg of Placerville. This is a bittersweet decision for you’ll still see me out and about. Vosburg can be reached at me, for a lot of reasons. I will probably still show up at [email protected]. I love this newspaper. I think it city council meetings, because Durkee marks his 10th anniversary does great things in the community I’ll miss them and also because in the newspaper business next and has the potential to do even it’s important for citizens to be month. greater things. I’ve enjoyed my involved. I might even show up to The son of an Air Force officer, time here thoroughly. county commissioner meetings, Durkee was born at Mather Air I’ll never forget one of my first because let’s face it, Tillamook, Force Base near Sacramento and days on the job, a certain city you have three of the best grew up in Nebraska, Washington councilor said I would be gone in commissioners you could ever ask state, England and ultimately six months. I set a personal goal for. Southern California’s Mojave right there to prove him wrong. I’ll definitely keep writing for the Desert, where he got his first This issue marks my one-year paper, in forms of freelance articles full-time job at the Daily Press in anniversary. I wanted to make it and letters to the editor. Because Victorville. He began there in 2004 even longer (only partially out as editor, I know how important as a copy editor and later filled of spite), but the truth is I have community involvement is. This positions as reporter and city editor. been managing, reporting and is a community newspaper after Durkee is a 2003 graduate of BYU. editing newspapers for over five all, and without the community we In 2007 he was thrilled at the years now. (And I’m only 24). I would be nothing. opportunity to move closer to think I’m ready to try something While I hate quitting anything and the Pacific Northwest, where his different. am certainly hesitant about leaving family is from, and enjoy the great My ultimate goal in life is to write the paper, I’m excited for the new outdoors of Del Norte County with books and I’ve made a deal with challenges ahead. And mostly, I’m his family. He took a position as myself to quit putting that off. excited to get my book finished. features editor at the Del Norte It’s a little amazing how life works I’ve met so many amazing people Triplicate and a year later was out. I’ve known since I was a child since I’ve taken on this role, and promoted to assistant editor. I wanted to live on the coast, but I they’ve all helped me shape my “I admire the can-do attitude would never have expected to land evident in this community and am in Tillamook, and what’s more, I See MEMBER page 27

26 Member news & views, continued from page 26 life in one way or another. It’s I was born in Portland and attended on stories for the . these people that are the reason Marshall High School. I earned Gallivan has a particular interest in I’m staying in Tillamook, because a journalism degree from the the industries that drive Portland: I can’t imagine wanting to live University of Oregon in Eugene, software, apparel, tourism and light anywhere else. where I also met a girl from manufacturing. However, he will I also have absolute faith that Newport who is now my wife. also shine a light on the forgotten whoever they find to replace me We live in Beaverton. We have two companies that make up the fabric will do an amazing job, and you kids, Maggie and Joe, and a dog, of the metro area, those based in the community will help he or she Max, a standard dachshund with an dark factories and unconverted feel welcome. appetite that lacks an off switch. warehouses, staffed by regular And to that certain city councilor, I I have mostly fond memories of my people. As part of our Digital First say touché. previous job where I was privileged strategy he will be contributing to To the rest of you, I say thank you. to travel the country and have a @PortlandBizTrib, the Business This has been the best year of my seat on press row for some amazing Tribune’s new Twitter feed. life; it’s been a pleasure getting to events, including: Gallivan covered the rise of the serve as editor and I couldn’t have • The Trail Blazers’ monumental Internet and the Dot Com Crash asked for a better experience or collapse against the Lakers in as a Business Reporter at the New a better place to settle down and Game 7 of the 2000 NBA Western York Post form 1998 to 2001, and write my book. Conference Finals. was the Portland Tribune’s lead I can be reached on my personal • Oregon State’s 3-2 victory Feature Writer from 2002 to 2008. email at [email protected]. over North Carolina to clinch A graduate of the University of Take care. the 2006 College World Series Oxford in England, he began his championship. journalism career at the London New sports editor joins • The Beavers’ 39-38 come-from- Independent where he covered Pioneer team behind win over Missouri at the the British music scene. He lives 2006 Sun Bowl. in Portland with his two perfect Three weeks ago, the Molalla Making the jump to a community children. Pioneer needed to find a newspaper has presented several replacement for sports editor Cory new challenges, but the transition Our next chapter Mimms, who was leaving to pursue has been smooth so far. The Oregonian an opportunity with the New York The best part? I have another A recent Tuesday night at The Film Academy at Universal Studios opportunity to do what I enjoy Oregonian’s press plant was in California. doing most — covering local sports historic. The transition from The process moved quickly, and teams and telling as many of their to a compact format I’m now beginning a new chapter stories as possible. was complete with the following in a newspaper career that was Enough about me. Wednesday’s edition. The 163- interrupted last August after I spent From now on, I’ll stick to writing year-old news organization more than 30 years as a sportswriter about you. And, thanks for being a announced the format changed for The Oregonian. Pioneer reader. in January, but the project has Since, I was doing freelance writing been in the work for four years. for several outlets, including the Business Tribune hires The presses — in operation since Associated Press and other Oregon new reporter 1974 — are at a plant across from newspapers, but I jumped at the Portland Business Tribune Providence Park, where they chance to talk about joining the The Portland Tribune has hired Pioneer. reporter Joseph Gallivan to focus See MEMBER page 28

27 Member news & views, continued from page 27 were extensively re-engineered. — installed last summer “Amy’s transfer is a huge loss to The Oregonian now boasts the — created many challenges as the newsroom at Siuslaw News. only press configuration in the well as opportunities, and Bob In many ways she has become country to utilize eight stapling was there to keep our production the face of this newspaper. machines. department moving forward. But we congratulate Amy on We’ll miss Bob’s good humor, her promotion. Her drive and FINAL EDITION wisdom and knowledge of the intelligence have proved that she The Independent Press newspaper industry. He is one is well qualified for this exciting Mill City of those people who creates a promotion,” said Siuslaw News It is with heavy heart that I positive atmosphere wherever he Editor Theresa Baer. must make this my final edition goes, and for that we are grateful. Amy follows her husband John of the Independent Press. It Bartlett in his recent promotion has been a fun ride. Bill and I Staff changes in to West Coast division manager, met loads of great people and Siuslaw News leading numerous publications in had a lot of fun publishing the newsroom California and Oregon. John is paper. We appreciated all of By THERESA BAER the publisher of Siuslaw News. Siuslaw News our contributors and we valued Jack Davis, who has held the Siuslaw News reporter Amy each of our advertisers and position of advertising sales Bartlett transferred this week subscribers. Unfortunately, due representative at the Siuslaw to a new job in California. Jack to the high cost of postage and News since 2012, filled in part Davis, who has been working supplies, I have been placed in time for Amy for a few weeks with the newsroom in recent a no win situation financially. then was appointed to the weeks, has taken over Bartlett’s As with many things these days, position full time. costs seem to keep jumping assignments and beats. Bartlett recently accepted a Davis has been with newspapers higher and higher and income for about seven years, and wrote lower and lower. promotion to general manager at the Register Pajaronian, a regularly for the Newport News I wish you all the best. Times, as well as being an Judy Downer Watsonville, Calif., newspaper. She will also see the Capitola advertising sales representative. Davis, a native Oregonian, holds Tip of the hat Life and Aptos Life monthly tabloids. The Register Pajaronian, a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and now Pendleton which publishes three times a A tip of the hat to Bob Carruth, week for 6,000 readers, and the returns to his roots in writing. who has been general manager tabloids are owned by News Davis will cover Dunes City, and associate publisher of the Media Corporation, which also the Port of Siuslaw, the school East Oregonian and Hermiston owns the Siuslaw News. district, environmental news, and Herald since February 2012. Bob Amy has worked for the Siuslaw other topics and special features. is heading off to North Dakota News in a number of positions The newsroom welcomes Jack for new adventures after today. since 2007. She also has a sales Davis. He has made a positive mark on background and was a co-owner “Jack is a good fit for our the operations of our newspapers of a marketing company. newsroom. He is easy-going and in a number of ways, including a In her new position in has a good sense of humor, both streamlining of many processes Watsonville, she leads the imperative in this job,” said Baer. and modernizing our advertising Register Pajaronian both “We know his first passion is ticket system. Our new printing editorially and in advertising writing and we’re lucky to have press and inserting equipment sales. him.” 28 Member news & views, continued from page 28

EO hires new experience to the East Oregonian town life in Southern Oregon. ad director and Hermiston Herald,” said Pluses: More restaurants, more East Oregonian Publisher Kathryn Brown. “She movies, more entertainment, Pendleton has a lot of great ideas about how more shopping, more choices. The East Oregonian’s new to help businesses succeed and Minuses: More driving, more advertising director discovered maximize their potential through traffic, more people, more rain something advertising.” and, interestingly, more feelings surprising Perkinson replaces Bob Carruth, of isolation. when she who was general manager based in In these past 13-plus years, there started the Pendleton office since 2012. have been a number of changes: selling • Our older daughter Jessica was classified And now it’s married; ads at time to say... • Jessica and her husband Tyler Ontario’s By MARTIN FORBES became parents to our two Argus grandchildren. In the process, West Linn Tidings Observer in because of a number of health Jennine Perkinson It was 4,435 days ago that I 1983. concerns, we almost lost our became the managing editor for “I discovered I loved selling,” said daughter; the Lake Oswego Review and Jennine Perkinson. “It was so much • Our younger daughter Kristen West Linn Tidings. fun — every day was a blast.” graduated from both college It was a heady time for me, In the years following, that (Emerson College in Boston) and joining a chain of newspapers revelation led her to sales and graduate school (Antioch College back in 2001 that was launched management jobs with several news in Southern California) and wrote by Lake Oswego’s Bob Pamplin. organizations — Morris Newspaper a book; I remember Corporation, Media News Group, • My mother, my father and my that first the Gannett Company and now the mother-in-law all passed away week I was East Oregonian. Perkinson said she (two of them in December); touched will lead the advertising division • My wife Carolyn and I — and with a light, but involved touch. celebrated 40 years of marriage surprised “I’m not a micromanager, but Professionally, changes came to — by the I do like to work with the sales the job in a variety of ways: delivery of team,” Perkinson said. “I like to be • The , a beautiful out with them in the community, which includes the Portland arrangement Martin Forbes meeting potential customers and Tribune, grew to include 20 from R Blooms of Lake Oswego. getting a sense of the business weeklies and four monthlies with Early on, my wife and I were climate.” the and forced to live apart for five The Joseph native said she King City Record Courier added months, me up here in charge of especially revels in the successes of into our Lake Oswego office; the two community newspapers, advertising and figuring out how to • The way we design our papers she down there in Klamath replicate the same magic for other changed dramatically several Falls, working on selling businesses. years ago when we switched our home. After we got back “My favorite part of what we do is to a Central Design Desk and together we strived to get used affecting someone’s business in a removed that enjoyable task positive way,” she said. to all the differences between “Jennine brings a wealth of the metro area and rural small- See MEMBER page 30

29 Member news & views, continued from page 29 from the individual editors in the our printer (one page required among the hardest working company; three overlapping tiles and full and lowest paid professionals I • We suffered through some hard color pages required extra printed know. We hear so much about financial times that brought us pages) and drove them to the the decline of newspapers in this layoffs, furloughs and pay freezes; company headquarters (then country. And obviously, we just • We morphed from no newspaper near the intersection of I-5 and have to look at our neighbor, websites to a website for each Highway 217 in Tigard). There The Oregonian, to see how true paper in the company — pages were pasted up by our that is. But community papers newspaper Facebook pages were graphics crew, then trucked down have a continuing purpose, do an added as was a Twitter presence; to Eagle Web Press in Salem, amazing job and the Lake Oswego • We continually were pushed to printed overnight and returned Review and West Linn Tidings do more with less in an effort to in time Thursday morning to be are two of the best. These papers maintain our place in the metro’s delivered by the post offices in deserve your support. journalism world. Lake Oswego and West Linn. A I am going to miss many of my Changes. Changes. Changes. strange process but functional. peers, many of you. But I am And today I announce what for Today the entire procedure is done ready, believe me, beyond ready, me is the biggest change of all: electronically except for the part to spend time on the home front, Friday (May 9, my birthday) will where the papers are brought to traveling, kayaking and hanging be my last day at the Review, my Lake Oswego and West Linn in out with one very special lady. last day working in newspapers. time to be delivered in Thursday’s Thank you Lake Oswego and I am retiring and looking forward mail. West Linn. to the next phase of my life, our You can’t survive in journalism And goodbye. lives. I am going to miss many for 38 years like I have without things about the Review and its having people to thank. I have Gary Stein named amazing staff of co-workers past been blessed by always having editor of the Review and present. I am going to miss some good people guarding my By BRIAN MONIHAN so many of the wonderful local back and inspiring my brain. Lake Oswego Review residents who took the time to We have earned bucket loads of Gary M. Stein, whose 36-year get to know me, interact with the awards in my time. I am very career in print journalism has led paper, have conversations and just appreciative. him to positions of increasing demonstrate a passion about living Especially here in Lake Oswego, responsibility and creativity large locally. but before that in Klamath Falls, at major I am not going to miss the Gardnerville and Reno, Nev., and metropolitan computer problems, the few of Amarillo, Texas, I have developed newspapers you who felt it was your duty a number of quality journalism in three to try to beat us up or drag the and community friends who states, has newspaper down or the never- have helped me on my journey. been named ending push to push for more. Because of space considerations editor of When I started here back in March and fear of leaving someone out, the Lake of 2001, our office was located I am not going to type out my list Oswego Review. at 101 A Ave. in Lake Oswego. though the names on it continually Gary Stein We didn’t have email per se. We percolate within my little mind. The job, had one jerry-rigged computer in But here’s what I can say: Stein says, is “an incredible the office that allowed Internet Journalists, especially at access. We printed our pages on Community Newspapers, are See MEMBER page 31

30 Member news & views, continued from page 30 opportunity to do what I have publications. He also assisted businesses, assisting them with always loved.” with promotional campaigns, their advertising and promotions. “I knew that I wanted to be a corporate partnerships and the Her career experience has been journalist when I was 16 years newspaper’s use of social media in advertising, marketing and old. It’s all I’ve ever wanted outlets such as Facebook and promotions, primarily working to do, and I’ve been fortunate Twitter. with small retail and service enough to have built a career Stein also has worked as an businesses. around writing, editing and editor, writer and designer for In her teens, Newton started design,” Stein says. “I’ve always the Orange County Register working in retail in a small believed that everyone has a in Southern California and town in Southeastern Idaho. story to tell as long as you’re the Dallas Times Herald in After moving her family to the willing to listen, and I’m thrilled Texas; as a writer and editor Portland area she worked in sales to be joining a talented staff that for the Northwest Credit Union for the Columbian newspaper in shares my passion for telling Association, he was responsible Vancouver, Washington. those stories — in print and for reporting credit union news After the Columbian, Newton online — in a compelling way on the Association’s digital was the that catches readers’ attention.” platforms, including the Anthem advertising Stein takes over for longtime newsletter and social media sites. director for Lake Oswego Review editor Stein shares his love of a national Martin Forbes, who retired this storytelling with aspiring furniture month. journalists by volunteering company, “I feel very fortunate to have as a newspaper adviser and GranTree Gary joining our team,” said Capstone mentor at the Arts Furniture. Lake Oswego Review publisher & Communication Magnet Moving to

J. Brian Monihan. “His strong Academy in Beaverton. He Canby 30 Georgia Newton background in newspapers, also volunteers as an adoption years ago, combined with his friendly and counselor and a member of she worked with her husband outgoing personality, makes him the board of directors for Cat in the family business, Gene’s an excellent fit for Lake Oswego. Adoption Team in Sherwood. Home Electronics, for 14 years. Best of all, he understands Stein has three grown children After spending six years in sales the value and importance of and two grandchildren. A self- at the , Newton community journalism.” proclaimed vagabond, he lived moved to Lincoln City, where Stein joins the Review after in seven states across the country she was publisher of the Lincoln 26 years at The Oregonian in before settling in Beaverton in City News Guard. Portland. Most recently, he was 1987, where he and his two cats Over the years, Newton was the newspaper’s managing editor currently reside. actively involved in the chamber for custom publications and of commerce in Lincoln City editor of its Explore The Pearl Pioneer welcomes new and Canby, served on various magazine. He supervised every sales manager committees and boards in Canby, facet of publication — from By PEGGY SAVAGE including the Canby Utility story conception and assignment Molalla Pioneer Board and city council. to writing, editing, and design Georgia Newton has joined the “Being able to work with small — for a wide variety of targeted- Molalla Pioneer family and will audience and custom vendor be working with the community See MEMBER page 32

31 Member news & views, continued from page 31 business owners and help them achieve their goals is so much fun Don’t miss out on the chance for me,” she said. “I get to meet interesting people and my clients to connect with other turn out to be great friends. I’m looking forward to making more new friends and learning more advertising about Molalla and the area.” and news New assistant editor joins Argus professionals The Argus Observer Ontario Leslie Thompson is The Argus in the newspaper Observer’s new assistant editor. Thompson has spent several years in the newspaper industry. business, including about two years working at the Malheur Register for the Enterprise in Vale. She also worked for the Wood River Journal in Hailey, Idaho, and Summer ONPA most recently, as editor and production manager at The Weekly Convention Sun in Hailey. “We’re July 17-18 excited to have at the Leslie on staff at the Salem Argus,” Leslie Thompson editor Kristi Albertson said. “Her editing and production Conference Center experience make her a great fit for the position.” See schedule in front. Thompson went to college at Register at www.orenews.com, click on the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, where she studied members and scroll down to events. computer graphic design with an emphasis in photography and See you there!! typography.

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