Salem Reporter

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Salem Reporter
TypeDigital news service
Owner(s)Salem Reporter LLC
EditorLes Zaitz
Founded2018
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersSalem, Oregon
Circulation digital-only
Website salemreporter.com

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. [1] [2] [3] Its primary revenue source is from reader subscriptions, which cost $10/month. [2] The site aims to distinguish itself from its competitors with the quality and credibility of its reporting. [2] 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. [4]

Shortly after its launch, the Salem Reporter joined the Pamplin Media Group and the EO Media Group in a partnership named the Oregon Capital Bureau. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The bureau was formed by the original partners 2014, to provide its constituent newspapers with reporting on state government; [10] it produces a newsletter called the Oregon Capital Insider. [11] [12] Zaitz leads the bureau's team of three reporters. [9]

Zaitz, a renowned investigative reporter for The Oregonian who, upon his retirement, bought and revitalized the Malheur Enterprise several years prior, saying he was motivated by a desire to create "a new financial paradigm for the newspaper that can be replicated and scaled up." [1] In speeches in 2018, Zaitz emphasized restoring trust in media as a top priority for the journalism industry. [13] [14]

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