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Willamette Week's Jaquiss Is Finalist for Loeb Business Journalism Award
Pulitzer-winning journalist Nigel Jaquiss is in the running for a 2006 Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, it was announced today. Jaquiss' investigation into the planned sale of Portland General Electric is a finalist in the "Small Newspapers" category (for newspapers with circulation of less than 150,000). Winners will be announced June 26.
05-15-2006 2:30 pm |
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Save the Date: Portland in 2007
The 2006 convention is still more than a month away, but plans are already being made for next year. Keep June 14-16, 2007 clear on your calendar -- host paper Willamette Week is promising sunshine, pinot noir, and "a vigorous
discussion about the future of independent journalism."
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Amy Gill |
05-02-2006 11:49 am |
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County Chair Says Timing of Willamette Week Story is Suspectnew
KATU-TV |
05-01-2006 3:53 pm |
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Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Cyclist Hit by On-the-Job Willamette Week Employee Wins $550,000new
The Oregonian |
05-01-2006 2:13 pm |
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Willamette Week Pokes Fun at 'Cover-Up' Accusationsnew
Willamette Week |
04-19-2006 8:07 am |
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Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Willamette Week Editor Calls Cover-Up Accusations 'Laughable'new
Portland Mercury |
04-18-2006 7:03 am |
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Westword and Willamette Week Nab IRE Awards
WW's Nigel Jaquiss won the Local Circulation Weeklies certificate for exposing a secret deal to sell Portland General Electric. "Jaquiss' reporting is widely credited with scuttling the deal," according to the judges' comments. L.A. Weekly, Fort Worth Weekly, and City Pages (Twin Cities) were also finalists. In the Student Work category, J. David McShane won for his undercover work that revealed U.S. Army recruiters were using improper tactics. McShane initially wrote the piece for his high school newspaper but subsequently expanded it for publication in Westword. The annual awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., recognize outstanding investigative work.
03-29-2006 12:20 pm |
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Oregonian M.E.: Willamette Week Story Is 'Sloppy Reporting'new
Angela Valdez penned this week's WW cover story alleging that The Oregonian "manufactured" a meth epidemic by devoting at least 261 stories to methamphetamine abuse over the past 18 months, and by relying "on bad statistics and a rhetoric of crisis, ultimately misleading its readers into believing they face a far greater scourge than the facts support." Steve Engelberg, managing editor/enterprise for The Oregonian, fired back in a strongly-worded letter on Romenesko that disparaged Valdez's reporting as "one-sided," "intellectually dishonest," "built on anecdotal comments that ignore the facts" and meeting "no acceptable journalistic standard." The fundamental disagreement between the papers seems to be whether the number of meth users is increasing, and how that number should be measured.
Romenesko Letters |
03-24-2006 8:48 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Hospital Loses Medicare Money Following Willamette Week Story
Nigel Jaquiss' Oct. 19, 2005 cover story described a number of irregularities at Physicians' Hospital in Northeast Portland. According to an Associated Press update, the story led to a federal investigation, at the conclusion of which the hospital was notified it will no longer qualify for Medicare reimbursements. Physicians' has until March 19 to meet federal guidelines or lose its provider contract, which, according to a Web-only WW update, could cost the hospital 30 to 50 percent of its revenue.
03-08-2006 11:52 am |
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Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Reactions Mixed to Explicit Willamette Week Cover Storynew
KOIN-TV |
02-14-2006 8:03 am |
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Pulitzer Board Changes Rules, Cites Willamette Week's Winning Entry as Factor
Amendments to the Pulitzer rules announced Wednesday will allow newspapers to submit online-only material for consideration in all 14 journalism categories. In a Washington Post article, Pulitzer administrator Sig Gissler pointed to last year's prize-winning entry from Willamette Week in the investigative reporting category as a factor in the board's decision to make the changes. The old rules forbid Willamette Week from submitting the story that was published on its Web site the day before its award-winning article appeared in print.
12-08-2005 10:11 am |
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Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Willamette Week Article Prompts Tax Investigationnew
In a Nov. 30 cover story, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Nigel Jaquiss exposed the involvement of the local management of Portland General Electric in "tax dodges and financial machinations that cost Oregonians nearly $1 billion over the past eight years." Jaquiss supported his claim with financial records and copies of internal e-mails. As a result, the Portland City Commissioner launched a criminal investigation into PGE, the state's largest utility. The investigation was written up (with due credit to Willamette Week) in The Oregonian and several other outlets. In addition, in November a public defender resigned after WW revealed his indecency convictions and a fire official was fined as a result of wrongdoing exposed by the paper.
The Oregonian |
12-02-2005 4:08 pm |
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Willamette Week Investigation Leads to $6000 Fine for Fire Official
Back in April, Willamette Week asked the city of Portland about $85,000 in contracts that Fire Bureau manager Michael Speck awarded to a company owned by his son. The city then launched an investigation and, after the paper published the story, suspended Speck for a month without pay. According to a story this week in the Oregonian, Speck has been ordered to pay a $6,000 penalty because investigators found that he had broken ethics laws.
11-29-2005 1:16 pm |
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Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Willamette Week Columnist Defends Salty Side Business
Restaurant Reviewer Jim Dixon is under fire for his negative review of Portland's Castagna. Dixon summarized his own review thusly: "So what's my problem? In a word: salt." The restaurant owners then sent a 50-pound salt lick and a letter to the editor drawing attention to Dixon's side business importing and selling sea salt. Willamette Week's Nov. 2 issue contains two letters slamming Dixon and editor Kelly Clarke, as well as a lengthy response from Dixon in which he announces that a disclaimer will be added to future reviews. The commotion has been sufficient to draw the attention of the Portland Tribune.
11-03-2005 1:31 pm |
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Potential Conflict of Interest Creates Problems at Willamette Weeknew
Portland Tribune |
11-03-2005 1:28 pm |
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