1/ Help us shape the future of journalism in Oregon and Southwest Washington by joining the SPJ board!!! It’s never been tougher to be a journalist, but you CAN make a difference in the PNW. Email us a 150- to 200-word statement of why you should be elected to spjoregon @ gmail . com (no spaces)

Wildfires are one of the defining issues of our time. But from a practical perspective, how do you cover them? We got advice from the Oregon Department of Forestry and journalist @aprilehrlich.bsky.social. www.spjoregon.com/news/tips-fo...

We are disappointed but undeterred. www.spjoregon.com/news/our-sta...

The narrow failure of Senate Bill 686, the bill that would require fair compensation for Big Tech’s AI "plagiarism machine," is bad news for Oregonians. We’re proud of our coalition’s hard work and progress toward achieving a solution.

This week, per @spjoregon.bsky.social‬, Oregon Business took home four 2024 Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards, which reward outstanding work from among hundreds of entries submitted by journalists in five states: oregonbusiness.com/oregon-busin...

So freaking excited the little paper that could comes through again! @eugeneweekly.com with 6 wins in the @spjoregon.bsky.social awards! So proud of all the folks who keep Eugene Weekly going and the @uosojc.bsky.social students who write professional stories with impact. www.spjoregon.com/contest

Congratulations to all the winners! I'm glad there are still so many great journalists in Oregon doing their thing.

A bunch of my pals won journalism awards for being very smart and excellent at journalism. Being a journalist is very hard as it is, being excellent at it has got to be like 5-10x harder at least. Great job being smart and excellent pals!

Our @oregoncapitalchronicle.com senior reporter @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social swept the investigative category in the five-state Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest and took second in hard news features for small outlets. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/03/o...

BIG NEWS! 📰 We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024 SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest. Congratulations to all who took home a prize and check out the full list of winners here: www.spjoregon.com/contest

Our fundraiser is TONIGHT at 6 at the Oakshire Beer Hall in Portland. Come join all the best journalists and journalism supporters you know for fun, raffle prizes and a sneak peek at who won this year's Northwest Excellence in Journalism awards. www.eventbrite.com/e/sunshine-i...

Want to join fellow journalists at tomorrow's Sunshine in 2025 event but money's tight? We get it. A generous donor bought some extra tickets to make sure more folks can join — reach out here or through [email protected] to let us know if you need one. www.eventbrite.com/e/sunshine-i...

This year, we're also holding an online and on-site raffle, with all proceeds going toward the SPJ cause. You can buy tickets early here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Just two days to go until our spring fundraiser! One of many reasons you should come: You'll get a sneak peek into who won the five-state Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest. www.eventbrite.com/e/sunshine-i...

Our work at the #orleg paid off: Committee members rewrote this bill to get rid of a provision giving lawyers nearly six weeks to draft bad-faith demands and threaten lawsuits.

Just two weeks to go until our #SunshineIn2025 get-together! Do you have your tickets yet? www.eventbrite.com/e/sunshine-i...

SB 686, the journalism funding bill we're supporting in the #orleg, has many upsides and few downsides, columnist Randy Stapilus writes in the @oregoncapitalchronicle.com. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/15/s...

"If SB 686 becomes law, Oregon would be the first state to address unfair competition between tech platforms and news organizations since a federal judge, on April 17, found Google guilty of illegal conduct harming news publishers." www.seattletimes.com/opinion/oreg...

We've been hard at work at the #orleg, including by marshaling opposition last week to this proposal that could chill public service journalism by giving people and their lawyers more time to make frivolous demands to retract news articles. Read more from @opb.org: www.opb.org/article/2025...

Hi, Bluesky! 👋 We're the Greater Oregon chapter of @spj-posts.bsky.social, training journalists and advocating for press freedom and open government in Oregon and southwest Washington. Looking forward to sharing exciting updates on awards and our work at the #orleg on this platform.