The Oregon Capital Bureau is a website that covers news of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon.
The bureau was launched in 2014 by the Pamplin Media Group, which owned 25 newspapers in the Portland Metropolitan Area and Central Oregon, and the EO Media Group, which owned 15 newspapers and two magazines in Eastern and Central Oregon and on the Oregon Coast. [1] [2]
In 2015, the bureau launched the newsletter Oregon Capital Insider. [3] [4] One of the leading advocates of establishing the bureau was Steve Forrester, president of the EO Media Group, and then publisher of the Daily Astorian . [5]
The Salem Reporter was an original partner in the bureau. Former Oregonian investigative reporter Les Zaitz directed the bureau from September 2018 [6] [7] to early 2020.
In spring 2020, the Salem Reporter and Zaitz departed. EO Media and Pamplin Media continued to contribute stories from their capital bureau staff.
The content is now drawn from veteran Salem journalist Dick Hughes, along with articles from Carpenter Media, which purchased both EO Media Group and Pamplin Media in the past two years. [8]
The East Oregonian is a weekly newspaper published in Pendleton, Oregon, United States and covering Umatilla and Morrow counties. EO is owned by EO Media Group and is the newspaper of record for Umatilla County.
The Wilsonville Spokesman is the local weekly newspaper in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Published on Wednesdays, the paper is owned by Pamplin Media Group, which owns other local newspapers in Oregon such as The Newberg Graphic and The Canby Herald.
The Miss Oregon competition is a regional scholarship competition that selects the representative for the US state of Oregon in the Miss America pageant. The annual event includes contestants from across the state and awards scholarships to the participants.
The Newberg Graphic is the weekly newspaper of Newberg, Oregon, United States.
The Pamplin Media Group (PMG) is a media conglomerate owned by Carpenter Media Group and operating primarily in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. founded the company in 2001 and sold it to Carpenter in 2024. As of 2019, the company owns 25 newspapers and employs 200 people.
The Lake Oswego Review is an American newspaper published in Lake Oswego, Oregon, within the Portland metropolitan area. The paper began as the Western Clackamas Review, was later known as the Oswego Review from 1929 through 1961, and then adopted its present name when the city of Oswego annexed Lake Grove and the lake. It has been owned by Pamplin Media Group since 2000.
The West Linn Tidings is a weekly newspaper published in West Linn, Oregon, United States, a suburb of Portland. It is owned by the Pamplin Media Group. A 2014 Daily Beast story noted the amusing crime blotter stories in the Tidings as well as the neighboring Lake Oswego Review. As of 2017, the Tidings had a partnership with KOIN, a local television station.
The Bulletin is a newspaper in Bend, Oregon, United States. The Bulletin is owned by EO Media Group.
The Central Oregonian is a twice-weekly newspaper published in Prineville in the U.S. state of Oregon. Tracing its roots to 1881, the paper covers Central Oregon where it is the newspaper of record for Crook County.
The Woodburn Independent is a weekly paper published in Woodburn, Oregon, United States, and also covering the cities of Hubbard, Aurora, Donald, Gervais, St. Paul and Mt. Angel, and the surrounding area of Marion County. The Independent was founded in 1888. It is published on Wednesdays by Pamplin Media Group.
The Herald-Pioneer is a weekly newspaper published in Canby, Oregon, United States. It dates back to 1906 and is owned by Pamplin Media Group. The paper also serves the cities of Aurora and Molalla. The Herald-Pioneer was formed in 2020 through the merger of the Canby Herald and Molalla Pioneer.
The Madras Pioneer is a weekly paper published Wednesday in Madras, Oregon, United States. It is published on Wednesdays. It is the newspaper of record for Jefferson County.
The Hillsboro Tribune was a weekly newspaper that covered the city of Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon and was published from 2012 to 2019. It was replaced in 2019 by a Hillsboro edition of the Forest Grove News-Times, a sister publication.
The News-Times is a weekly newspaper covering the cities of Forest Grove and Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1886 and with coverage focused on Forest Grove for most of its history, the paper only recently added equivalent coverage of the much larger city of Hillsboro, when, in August 2019, publisher Pamplin Media Group launched a separate Hillsboro edition of the News-Times, to replace Pamplin's Hillsboro Tribune. The paper is published on Wednesdays. It is owned by Pamplin Media Group, which owns other community newspapers in the Portland metropolitan area.
The Columbia County Spotlight, previously known as the Scappoose Spotlight and the South County Spotlight, is a weekly newspaper in Columbia County, Oregon, United States, established in 1961. The paper serves Scappoose and St. Helens, and covers communities along Highway 30 from Linnton and Sauvie Island to Clatskanie. The editorial staff is based in Scappoose, while some administration and creative services are based in Milwaukie at the headquarters of Pamplin Media Group, which owns the newspaper. The Spotlight is one of a number of community newspapers in the group, including the Forest Grove News-Times and the Hillsboro Tribune. It is a general member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and its coverage has been cited by other newspapers in the area, including The Oregonian. The paper it is part of the Northwest News Partnership, along with Daily Astorian and the EO Media Group.
Nichole Renee Mead Zahner is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Newport, Oregon. She was crowned Miss Oregon 2012 after pageant officials discovered that the original winner did not meet state residency requirements. Mead competed at the Miss America 2013 pageant in January 2013 but was not a semi-finalist for the national title.
The Blue Mountain Eagle is a weekly newspaper published on Wednesdays in John Day, Oregon. It is a newspaper of record for Grant County.
The EO Media Group, formerly known as the East Oregonian Publishing Company, is a newspaper publishing company based in the U.S. state of Oregon. It publishes 17 newspapers in the state and in southwestern Washington.
Journalism in the U.S. state of Oregon had its origins from the American settlers of the Oregon Country in the 1840s. This was decades after explorers like Robert Gray and Lewis and Clark first arrived in the region, several months before the first newspaper was issued in neighboring California, and several years before the United States formally asserted control of the region by establishing the Oregon Territory.
Salem Reporter is a digital news service based in Salem, Oregon. It was launched in September 2018 by longtime investigative journalist Les Zaitz, with investment from businessman Larry Tokarski, president of a real estate development firm. Its primary revenue source is from reader subscriptions, which cost $10/month. The site aims to distinguish itself from its competitors with the quality and credibility of its reporting. According to local news scholar Damian Radcliffe, the Reporter's freedom from the legacy costs that a traditional newspaper like the Statesman Journal has allowed it to enter the field with unusual agility.