Willamette Week Story Leads to Pulitzer-Winning Reporter's Suspension

march 7, 2007  10:20 am
Last week, the Portland alt-weekly revealed that The Oregonian's Tom Hallman Jr. was parking for free in a spot owned by a felon he once profiled. This week, Willamette Week reports that Hallman has been suspended for two weeks without pay, must undergo ethics training, cannot represent the Oregonian in public forums, and has been demoted from his current enterprise beat to a still-to-be-determined assignment.