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Joseph Rose (born May 6, 1969, in Wenatchee, Washington, United States) is an American journalist and Episcopal priest formerly based in Portland, Oregon. He currently lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, where he is associate rector of St. James's Episcopal Church. Rose was on the staff of The Oregonian as a writer, columnist and multimedia producer from 1999 until 2016. He has written about crime, prisons, government, Portland's world-famous bicycle scene, religion, popular culture, music, film, Oregon's methamphetamine epidemic and transportation. He is also a former freelance writer for Wired.com . As of January 2017, he described himself as retired from The Oregonian in order to go into ministry. [1]

In 2004, he was a reporter on the newspaper's Pulitzer-nominated series on the costs of Oregon's methamphetamine epidemic. Rose's "Faces of Meth" story [2] was turned into billboards and posters as well as replicated by other American media outlets, including PBS's Frontline . [3] He was part of the team of reporters that pursued the federal government's case against Brandon Mayfield, a Portland area attorney who, in the wake of the 9/11 terrorism attacks, was wrongfully arrested for involvement in the 2004 Madrid Train Bombings. He has also written about the childhood and family of Portland-native Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons . [4]

Rose's articles on a Gulf War war veteran secretly living in the wilderness of Portland's Forest Park with his young daughter helped inspire the 2018 film "Leave No Trace." [5]

In 2008, Rose became The Oregonian's chief reporter covering and investigating transportation issues, with a daily blog and a weekly Metro column. [6]

He is a graduate of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. Rose graduated from Yale University with a Master of Divinity [7] before being ordained.

When he was living in Oregon, Rose was also a leader of the "alternative liturgy" worship movement in the U.S. Episcopal Church. [8] The movement creates worship services based on the music of popular contemporary musicians such as U2, Radiohead, Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen. A March 2012 story in Willamette Week called Rose "the King of Hymns". In the article, Rose describes the spirit of the events: "We get a lot of folks who come but really aren’t connected to a church. They’re part of the very secular Oregon. But they feel a spiritual connection to popular music." [8]

Rose's journalism awards include several by the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting and his writing on religion, government, the justice system and culture; one for breaking news in the 2011 C.B. Blethen Awards [9] ; and a 2013 National Headliner Award in the category of special or feature column. [10]

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  1. ↑ 'Tweet' by Joseph Rose on Jan. 10, 2017 from his official Twitter account.
  2. ↑ Rose, Joseph (December 28, 2004). "The Faces of Meth". The Oregonian . Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ "News Video". OregonLive.com. 2006-02-14. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  4. ↑ Rose, Joseph (August 3, 2007). "The real people behind Homer Simpson and family". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
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  8. 1 2 Jarman, Casey (March 14, 2012). "The King of Hymns". Willamette Week . Retrieved April 15, 2013.
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