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The city had sued in January to block the release of certain documents. -
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Across the Northwest and the country, citizens are facing longer wait times, steep fees and other obstacles to obtaining government records the law says they deserve. -
The city of Portland has filed a lawsuit against a local journalist and news outlet in an attempt to block the public release of information about which businesses were required to pay into a voter-approved climate program, records show. -
In a fundraising break during our Fall Fund Drive, JPR News Director Erik Neumann and I got to talking about the role JPR plays in mentoring and developing early-career journalists. Erik reminded me that I once described this role as being similar to that of a teaching hospital, albeit in a different field. I鈥檝e been thinking about this lately because we鈥檙e in the midst of recruiting and hiring a new regional reporter for our news team. -
Staff members of the Bend Bulletin and Redmond Spokesman newspapers said low wages were one of the main reasons behind their union effort. -
A federal court has struck down an Oregon law which made most secret recordings illegal. -
Assembly member Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) said her proposal that would require large social media companies to pay a monthly 鈥渏ournalism usage fee鈥� to news outlets will be delayed until 2024. -
An email from NPR this week announced that NPR is 鈥渁ctively engaged in developing a framework and set of principles to guide its decision-making on all aspects of AI (Artificial Intelligence) investment and usage.鈥� The email went on to say that NPR would be consulting with experts across a wide range of areas, including editorial, legal, security and data governance, to evaluate how AI might be used at NPR and across the NPR Network. -
Local news is critical for democracy and needs state support to continue, supporters of a legislative proposal told the Oregon House Rules Committee on Thursday. -
There will be a new news outlet in Medford starting in February. On Friday, Oregon-based EO Media Group announced it will open a news outlet that serves Medford and Ashland after the closure of the Mail Tribune.
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A trial date has been set in the fall for April Ehrlich鈥檚 case against the City of Medford stemming from her arrest during the sweep of a homeless camp in 2020. -
In October, before the election, I covered a story about election deniers and claims of voting irregularities in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
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The City of Medford has formally responded to a lawsuit filed by an Oregon Public Broadcasting journalist.
