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{{short description|Daily newspaper published in Portland, Oregon}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Oregonian
| logo = [[File:The Oregonian logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| image = The Oregonian front page.jpg
| caption = 
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| owners = [[Advance Publications]]<ref name=hunsberger2013jun/>
| publisher = Oregonian Media Group<ref>{{cite web |title=About Oregonian Media Group (FAQ) |date=June 20, 2013 |work=OregonLive.com |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/06/about-oregonian-media-group.html |access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Oregonian Media Group |publisher=Oregonian Media Group |url=http://www.oregonianmediagroup.com/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112231354/http://www.oregonianmediagroup.com/about/ |archive-date=November 12, 2017 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 23, 2017}}</ref>
| editor = Therese Bottomly (to be succeeded by Laura Gunderson on August 1, 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-06-13 |title=Laura Gunderson named editor of The Oregonian/OregonLive |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/06/laura-gunderson-named-editor-of-the-oregonianoregonlive.html |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}</ref>
| staff_writers = 288/75 (full-time/part-time)<ref name="eandp"/>
| founded = {{Start date and age|1850}}
| headquarters = 1500 SW First Avenue<ref name="move 2014"/><br />[[Portland, Oregon]]<br />97201
| circulation = Sunday 156,184, 
Saturday 77,035
Wed and Fri 91,827
| ISSN = 8750-1317
| oclc = 985410693
| website = {{URL|OregonLive.com}}
}}
'''''The Oregonian''''' is a daily newspaper based in [[Portland, Oregon]], United States, owned by [[Advance Publications]]. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the [[West Coast of the United States|U.S. West Coast]],<ref name="orpubhist"/> founded as a weekly by [[Thomas J. Dryer]] on December 4, 1850, and published daily since 1861. It is the largest newspaper in [[Oregon]] and the second largest in the [[Pacific Northwest]] by circulation. It is one of the few newspapers with a statewide focus in the United States.<ref name="orpubhist" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Our History |publisher=Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association |url=http://www.orenews.com/history |access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref> The Sunday edition is published under the title '''''The Sunday Oregonian'''''. The regular edition was published under the title '''''The Morning Oregonian''''' from 1861 until 1937.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861–1937 |url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/ |website=Historic Oregon Newspapers |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>

''The Oregonian'' received the 2001 [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]], the only gold medal annually awarded by the organization.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2019 |title=The Oregonian and the Pulitzer Prize |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/editors/2013/04/the_oregonian_and_the_pulitzer.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817010539/https://www.oregonlive.com/editors/2013/04/the_oregonian_and_the_pulitzer.html |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |access-date=August 16, 2021 |website=OregonLive}}</ref> The paper's staff or individual writers have received seven other Pulitzer Prizes, most recently the award for [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing|Editorial Writing]] in 2014.<ref name="pulitzer2014">{{cite web |title=The 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Editorial Writing |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2014-Editorial-Writing |access-date=2014-04-14 |date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>

In late 2013, home delivery has been reduced to Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday while retaining print copies daily through news stands/[[newspaper vending machine|newsracks]]. In January 2024, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday print edition were discontinued. {{TOC limit|3}}

==History==
[[File:Ramage press used to print the first Oregonian.png|thumb|Ramage press used to print the first ''Oregonian'']]
[[File:First steam press used by the Oregonian.png|thumb|First steam press used by the ''Oregonian'', installed in 1862 (more than a year after the advent of a daily edition), and used until 1871. Subsequently, used by the ''Hillsboro Argus'' until at least 1911.<ref>{{cite news |title=[[:file:The Oregonian, February 4, 1911, Section Two, Page 3.png|First presses used by the Oregonian still exist]] |work=The Oregonian |date=February 4, 1911}}</ref> ]]

===Establishment===
One year prior to the incorporation of the tiny town of Portland, Oregon, in 1851, prospective leaders of the new community determined to establish a local newspaper—an institution which was seen as a prerequisite for urban growth.<ref name=Scott413>H.W. Scott, [https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfPortlandOregon ''History of Portland, Oregon: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers.''] Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1890; pg. 413.</ref> Chief among these pioneer community organizers seeking establishment of a Portland press were Col. W.W. Chapman and prominent local businessman [[Henry W. Corbett]].<ref name=Scott413 /> In the fall of 1850, Chapman and Corbett traveled to [[San Francisco]], at the time far and away the largest city on the west coast of the United States, in search of an editor interested in and capable of producing a weekly newspaper in Portland.<ref name=Scott413 /> There the pair met [[Thomas J. Dryer]], a transplanted New Yorker who was an energetic writer with both printing equipment and previous experience in the production of a small circulation community newspaper in his native [[Ulster County, New York]].<ref name=Scott413 />

====First weekly issues====
[[File:The Weekly Oregonian 1859.jpg|thumb|alt=''The Weekly Oregonian'' front page on March 19, 1859|''The Weekly Oregonian'' front page on March 19, 1859]]
Dryer's press was transported to Portland and it was there on December 4, 1850, that the first issue of ''The Weekly Oregonian'' found its readers.<ref name=Scott414>Scott, ''History of Portland, Oregon,'' pg. 414.</ref> Each weekly issue consisted of four pages, printed six columns wide.<ref name=Scott414 /> Little attention was paid to current news events, with the bulk of the paper's content devoted to political themes and biographical commentary.<ref name=Scott414 /> The paper took a staunch political line supportive of the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]]—an orientation which soon brought it into conflict with ''The Statesman,'' a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] paper launched at [[Oregon City]] not long after ''The Weekly Oregonian''{{'s}} debut.<ref name=Scott414 /> A loud and bitter rivalry between the competing news organs ensued.<ref name=Scott414 />

===1860s–1870s===

====Pittock era====
[[Henry Pittock]] became the owner in 1861 as compensation for unpaid wages, and he began publishing the paper daily, except Sundays.<ref name="Scott History">{{cite book |last=Scott |first=H. W. |author-link=Harvey W. Scott |chapter=The Press |title=History of Portland, Oregon |location=Syracuse, New York |publisher=D. Mason & Co. |year=1890 |oclc=14569544 |chapter-url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/oregon/multnomah/press.htm |access-date=2006-12-23 |via=AccessGenealogy.com}}</ref> Pittock's goal was to focus more on news than the [[bully pulpit]] established by Dryer.<ref name="establishment">{{Cite book |last=MacColl |first=E. Kimbark |title=The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon 1915–1950 |year=1979 |publisher=The Georgian Press |location=Portland, Oregon |isbn=0-9603408-1-5}}</ref> He ordered a new press in December 1860 and also arranged for the news to be sent by telegraph to [[Redding, California]], then by stagecoach to [[Jacksonville, Oregon]], and then by [[Pony express (newspapers)|pony express]] to Portland.<ref name="establishment" />

====Scott era====
[[File:Harvey Whitefield Scott by Buchtel & Stolte - Original (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|upright|Harvey W. Scott as he appeared in the 1870s]]

From 1866 to 1872 [[Harvey W. Scott]] was the editor.<ref>Notson, Robert C., "Making the Day Begin", Oregonian Publishing Company, 1976, p.8.</ref> [[Henry W. Corbett]] bought the paper from a cash-poor Pittock in October 1872 and placed [[William Lair Hill]] as editor.<ref name="establishment" /> Scott, fired by Corbett for supporting [[Ben Holladay]]'s candidates, became editor of Holladay's rival ''[[Portland Daily Bulletin]]''.<ref name="establishment" /> The paper went out of print in 1876, Holladay having lost $200,000 in the process.<ref name="establishment" /> Corbett sold ''The Oregonian'' back to Pittock in 1877, marking a return of Scott to the paper's editorial helm.<ref name="establishment" /> A part-owner of the paper, Scott would remain as editor-in-chief until shortly before his death in 1910.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nash |first=Lee |date=April 7, 2021 |title=Harvey Scott (1838–1910) |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/scott_harvey_1838_1910_/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817011414if_/https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/scott_harvey_1838_1910_/ |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |access-date=August 16, 2021 |website=[[The Oregon Encyclopedia]]}}</ref>

===1880s–1890s===
One of the journalists who began his career on ''The Oregonian'' during this time period was [[James J. Montague]] who took over and wrote the column "Slings & Arrows" until he was hired away by [[William Randolph Hearst]] in 1902.<ref>James J. Montague, collected papers, Ithaca, New York</ref> In this time period Governor [[Sylvester Pennoyer]] prominently criticized the ''Oregonian'' for calling for vigilante "justice" against Chinese Americans (Pennoyer favored running people of Chinese descent out of the state by "legal" means).<ref>{{cite news |title=Pennoyer's Letter! The Famous Anti-Chinese Letter. Read! Read! Read! |work=[[The Register-Guard|The Eugene City Guard]] |url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn84022653/1886-05-22/ed-1/seq-1/ |date=May 22, 1886 |at=Front page}}</ref> The ''[[West Shore (magazine)|West Shore]]'' criticized the ''Oregonian'' for its sensationalized coverage of the English monarchy.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Duty of a True Journalist [editorial] |date=December 1, 1886 |magazine=West Shore |page=395 |url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/2012260361/1886-12-01/ed-1/seq-43/}}</ref>

====''Sunday Oregonian''====
In 1881, the first ''Sunday Oregonian'' was published.<ref name="sunday">Notson, Robert C. (December 6, 1981). "100 Years of Sunday Reading". ''The Sunday Oregonian'', pp. NW4-NW11.</ref> The paper became known as the voice of business-oriented Republicans, as evidenced by consistent endorsement of [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] candidates for [[President of the United States|president]] in every federal election before 1992.

====New location====
[[File:The Oregonian Building circa 1900.png|thumb|upright|[[The Oregonian Building]] of 1892 was the paper's home until 1948. It was demolished in 1950.]]
The paper's offices and presses were originally housed in a two-story building at the intersection of First Street (now First Avenue) and Morrison Street, but in 1892 the paper moved into a new nine-story building at 6th and Alder streets.<ref name="sunday"/> The new building was, the same as its predecessor (and successor), called [[the Oregonian Building]].  It included a clock tower at one corner, and the building's overall height of 194<ref name="oreg-1947oct5">"Oregonian Building Said Most Fireproof On Coast, Ahead of Its Time, When Built". (October 5, 1947). ''The Sunday Oregonian'', p. 16.</ref> to 196<ref name="oreg-1910feb6">"Yeon Skyscraper Starts March 10". (February 6, 1910). ''The Sunday Oregonian'', Section 4, p. 12.</ref>&nbsp;feet (around 59&nbsp;m) made it the tallest structure in Portland, a distinction it retained until the completion of the [[Yeon Building]] in 1911.<ref name="oreg-1910feb6"/>  It contained about {{convert|100,000|ft2|m2}} of floor space, including the [[basement]] but not the tower.<ref name="oreg-1947oct5"/> The newspaper did not move again until 1948.  The 1892 building was demolished in 1950.<ref name="building gone">"Building Gone From Old Site". (November 19, 1950). ''The Sunday Oregonian'', p. 18.</ref>

===1900s–1940s===

{{See also|Ben Hur Lampman}}
[[File:Morning oregonian.jpg|thumb|''The Morning Oregonian'', January 22, 1912]]

Following the death of Harvey Scott in 1910, the paper's editor-in-chief was Edgar B. Piper, who had previously been managing editor.<ref name="E&P-Pittock-obit">{{cite magazine |title=Henry L. Pittock, Leader in Pacific Coast Journalism, Dies at Age of 83 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7xNAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA7 |magazine=[[Editor & Publisher]] |date=February 1, 1919 |pages=7–8}}</ref> Piper remained editor until his death in 1928.

The Oregonian's first female journalist, [[Louise Bryant]], joined the paper around 1909.<ref name="murder">{{cite book |last=Chandler |first=J. D. |title=Murder & scandal in prohibition Portland : sex, vice & misdeeds in Mayor Baker's reign |publisher=The History Press |publication-place=Charleston, SC |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4671-1953-5 |oclc=928581539 |page=41}}</ref>

====The ''Morning Oregonian'' and KGW====
In 1922, the ''Oregonian'' discontinued its weekly edition,<ref>[[wikisource:en:Oregon Exchanges/Volume 5/Number 3#4|Weekly Oregonian is Discontinued]], ''Oregon Exchanges'', April 1922.</ref> and launched [[KGW (radio)|KGW]], Oregon's first commercial radio station. Five years later, KGW affiliated with [[NBC]] (1927). The newspaper purchased a second station, [[KEX (AM)|KEX]], in 1933,<ref name="Acquires KEX">"Oregonian Acquires Radio Station KEX". (September 1, 1933). ''The Morning Oregonian'', p. 1.</ref> from NBC [[subsidiary]] Northwest Broadcasting Co. In 1944, KEX was sold to [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886)|Westinghouse]] Radio Stations, Inc. ''The Oregonian'' launched KGW-FM, the Northwest's first FM station,<ref>Notson, Robert C., "Making the Day Begin", Oregonian Publishing Company, 1976, p.22.</ref> in 1946 (acclaimed by "The Oregonian" May 8, 1946), known today as [[KKRZ]]. KGW and KGW-FM were sold to King Broadcasting Co in 1953.

In 1937, ''The Morning Oregonian'' shortened its name to ''The Oregonian''. Two years later, associate editor Ronald G. Callvert received a [[1939 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] for [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing|editorial reporting]] for "distinguished editorial writing...as exemplified by the editorial entitled "[[s:My Country 'Tis of Thee (editorial)|My Country 'Tis of Thee]]".<ref name="pp1939">{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1939 |title=The Pulitzer Prizes 1939 Winners |access-date=2009-04-03}}</ref>

A 20-year trust under which the ''Oregonian'' was conducted expired in 1939. O. L. Price, who managed the newspaper under the trust, retired at age 61 upon its expiration. Ownership reverted to the heirs of Pittock and H. W. Scott.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paper Reverts to Heirs |work=The New York Times |date=January 29, 1939 |page=20}}</ref>

====Move in 1948====
[[File:New home of The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Pacific Northwest's largest newspaper (80087).jpg|thumb|left|Postcard of the new home of ''The Oregonian'', corner of 6th & Jefferson]]

In 1948, the paper moved to a new location within downtown, where its headquarters ultimately would remain for the next 66 years, on SW Broadway between Jefferson Street and Columbia Street. The new building was designed by [[Pietro Belluschi]] and again was named the Oregonian Building.<ref name="sunday"/> The block was previously home to the [[William S. Ladd]] mansion, which had been demolished around 1925.<ref name="establishment"/> Circa 1946, ''The Oregonian'' purchased the block for $100,000, which led to complaints from paper editor [[Leslie M. Scott]] because of the outrageous price.<ref name="establishment"/> Three years later, Scott purchased a nearby block for the state at $300,000 while holding the office of [[Oregon State Treasurer]].<ref name="establishment"/>

The new ''Oregonian'' building was to contain the [[KGW]] radio station and a television studio, as well as a large and opulent dining room.<ref name="establishment"/> The contractor was [[Hoffman Construction Company|L. H. Hoffman]], who was under a very profitable [[cost-plus contract]].<ref name="establishment"/> Aside from the "extravagance of design", construction materials were in short supply, the nation was under heavy inflation, and Belluschi's plans were never ready, leading to massive costs.<ref name="establishment"/> ''The Oregonian'' had to borrow from banks, the first time in over 50 years.<ref name="establishment"/> New company president [[Ernest Boyd MacNaughton|E. B. MacNaughton]] was forced to exhaust the company's loan limits at [[First National Bank (Portland, Oregon)|First National Bank]], then turn to the [[Bank of America]].<ref name="establishment"/> MacNaughton then eliminated an extra elevator, the dining room, and KGW's radio and television studios.<ref name="establishment"/> The building still cost $4 million, twice the original estimate.<ref name="establishment"/>

The building opened in 1948, but ''The Oregonian'' had to sell it to [[Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company]] for $3.6 million in a [[leaseback]] arrangement.<ref name="establishment"/> Further financial issues led to the 1950 sale to Samuel Newhouse.<ref name="establishment"/>

===1950s–1960s===

In 1950, [[Advance Publications]] founder [[Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr.|S. I. "Si" Newhouse]] purchased the paper.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2017 |title=Newhouse family |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Newhouse-family |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817012351/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Newhouse-family |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |access-date=August 16, 2021 |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref> At that time, the sale price of $5.6 million was the largest for a single newspaper.<ref>Notson, Robert C. "Making the Day Begin" Oregonian Publishing Company, 1976, p.27.</ref> The sale was announced on December 11, 1950.<ref name="establishment"/> In 1954, Newhouse bought 50% of Mount Hood Radio & Television Broadcasting Corp, which broadcasts [[KOIN]]-TV, Portland's first VHF television station, KOIN AM (now [[KUFO (AM)|KUFO]]), and KOIN-FM (now [[KXL-FM]]).  ''The Oregonian''{{'s}} circulation in 1950 was 214,916; that of the rival ''Oregon Journal'' was 190,844.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Press: Snap the Whip |date=January 23, 1950 |work=Time magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858588,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131132539/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858588,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2011}}</ref>

In 1957, staff writers [[William Lambert (journalist)|William Lambert]] and [[Wallace Turner]] were awarded [[1957 Pulitzer Prize|that year's Pulitzer Prize]] for [[Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting - No Edition time]].<ref name="pp1957">{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1957 |title=The Pulitzer Prizes 1957 Winners |access-date=2009-04-03}}</ref>  Their prize cited "their expose of vice and  [[political corruption|corruption]] in Portland involving some municipal officials and officers of the [[Teamsters|International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America]], Western Conference" and noted that "they fulfilled their assignments despite great handicaps and the risk of reprisal from lawless elements."<ref name="pp1957"/>

====The ''Oregon Journal''====
What was to become a long and heated strike began against both ''The Oregonian'' and ''[[The Oregon Journal]]'' began in November 1959.<ref name="nwlab030603"/>  The strike was called by Stereotypers Local 49 over various contract issues, particularly the introduction of more automated plate-casting machinery;<ref name="time630308"/> the new-to-American-publishing German-made equipment required one operator instead of the four that operated the existing equipment.<ref name="nwlab030603"/>  Wallace Turner and many other writers and photographers refused to cross the picket lines and never returned.<ref name="cfmc"/>  The two newspapers published a "joint, typo-marred paper" for six months until they had hired enough nonunion help to resume separate operations.<ref name="time630308"/> Starting in February 1960, striking union workers published a daily newspaper, ''[[Portland Reporter|The (Portland) Reporter]]'';<ref name="orpubhist"/> its circulation peaked at 78,000, but was shut down in October 1964.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Diehl |first=Caleb |date=November 23, 2015 |title=The Portland Newspaper Wars of the 1960s |work=[[Portland Monthly]] |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2015/11/the-portland-newspaper-wars-of-the-1960s |access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref>

In 1961, Newhouse bought ''The Oregon Journal'', Portland's afternoon daily newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butts |first=Jeannette |date=January 29, 2017 |title=Portland's Newspaper Wars {{!}} How The Oregonian became a Monopoly |url=http://publichistorypdx.org/2017/01/29/portlands-newspaper-wars-oregonian-became-monopoly/ |access-date=August 16, 2021 |website=Public History PDX}}</ref> Production and business operations of the two newspapers were consolidated in ''The Oregonian''{{'s}} building, while their editorial staffs remained separate.<ref>Notson, Robert C. "Making the Day Begin". Oregonian Publishing Company, 1976, p.51.</ref> The [[National Labor Relations Board]] ruled the strike illegal in November 1963.<ref name="orpubhist"/>  Strikers continued to picket until April 4, 1965,<ref name="cfmc"/> at which point the two newspapers became [[open shop]]s.

===Late 1960s–early 1980s===

In 1967, [[Fred Stickel]] came to ''The Oregonian'' from New Jersey to become general manager of the paper; he became president in 1972 and publisher in 1975.<ref name="stickel">{{cite news |title=At 87, 'Oregonian' Publisher Stickel to Retire |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Departments/Top%20Stories/at-87-oregonian-publisher-stickel-to-retire-28556-.aspx |agency=Associated Press |magazine=[[Editor & Publisher]] |date=September 10, 2009 |access-date=2009-09-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501050254/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Departments/Top%20Stories/at-87-oregonian-publisher-stickel-to-retire-28556-.aspx |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

As part of a larger corporate plan to exit broadcasting, ''The Oregonian'' sold KOIN-TV to newspaper owner [[Lee Enterprises]] in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 24, 2016 |title=KOIN TV |url=http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/kointv.html |access-date=August 16, 2021 |website=PdxHistory.com}}</ref> At the same time, KOIN-AM and -FM were sold to Gaylord Broadcasting Co. Since S. I. Newhouse died in 1979, [[Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr.|S.I. Jr.]] has managed the [[magazine]]s, and [[Donald Newhouse|Donald]] oversees the newspapers.

''The Oregonian'' lost its primary "competitor" and Portland became a one-daily-newspaper city in 1982, when Advance/Newhouse shut down the ''Journal'', citing declining [[advertising]] revenues.<ref name="ends">Crick, Rolla J. (September 4, 1982). "Journal ends 80 years of service". ''Oregon Journal''.</ref>

===1985===
The Oregonian published a twenty-part series on the [[Rajneeshpuram]], a religious community that established itself in [[Antelope, Oregon]].<ref name="Butler 2018">{{cite web |last=Butler |first=Grant |title=Read The Oregonian's original 20-part investigative series on Rajneeshees |website=oregonlive |date=March 21, 2018 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2018/03/read_the_oregonians_original_2.html |access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref>

===Late 1980s===

====Hilliard era====
[[William A. Hilliard]] was named editor in 1987, and was the paper's first [[African-American]] editor.<ref name="or-encyclopedia">{{cite web |last=Sarasohn |first=David |author-link=David Sarasohn |title=William A. Hilliard (1927–) |publisher=[[The Oregon Encyclopedia]] |url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/hilliard_william_a_1927_/ |access-date=May 14, 2012}}</ref>  A resident of Oregon since the age of 8, Hilliard had already worked at ''The Oregonian'' for 35 years; he had been [[city editor]] starting in 1971 and executive editor since 1982.<ref name=oreg-1994may15>{{cite news |last=Hallman |first=Tom Jr. |title=William A. Hilliard, Editor Emeritus |date=May 15, 1994 |newspaper=The Oregonian |page=L1}}</ref>

====1989====
''The Oregonian'' established an Asia bureau in [[Tokyo, Japan]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynne |first=Palombo |date=2015-12-03 |title=Throwback Thursday: Happy 165th birthday, Oregonian! |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2015/12/oregonian_history_1850_-_prese.html |access-date=2020-09-30 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref>

Also in 1989, ''The Oregonian'' endorsed a [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate for president for the first time in its history when it supported [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992.<ref name="NYT-oct92">{{cite web |title=The 1992 Campaign; Newspapers Publish Endorsements |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 19, 1992 |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10611F7395C0C7A8DDDA90994DA494D81 |access-date=2006-11-22}}</ref>

===1990s===
The year 1993 was an eventful year for ''The Oregonian''. Robert M. Landauer, then editorial page editor, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing for "a bold campaign to defuse myths and prejudice promoted by an anti-homosexual constitutional amendment, which was subsequently defeated", according to the Pulitzer judges. The integrity of ''The Oregonian'' became the subject of national coverage when ''[[The Washington Post]]'' broke the story of inappropriate sexual advances which led to the resignation of Oregon [[United States Senate|senator]] [[Bob Packwood]] four years later. This prompted some to joke, "If it matters to Oregonians, it's in the ''Washington Post''" (a twist on the ''Oregonian''{{'s}} slogan "If it matters to Oregonians, it's in ''The Oregonian'').<ref>{{Cite news |last=Koberstein |first=Paul |title=Dubious Achievements: The Oregonian 1974–1999 (The Oregonian's Big Oh's) |url=http://www.wweek.com/html/25-oh.html |work=Willamette Week |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502041450/http://www.wweek.com/html/25-oh.html |archive-date=May 2, 2007 |year=1999 |access-date=2007-06-15}}</ref> Finally, Newhouse appointed a new editor for the paper, [[Sandra Mims Rowe|Sandra Rowe]], who relocated from ''[[The Virginian-Pilot]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lisheron |first=Mark |date=March 2000 |title=Riding High |url=https://ajrarchive.org/Article.asp?id=554 |access-date=August 16, 2021 |website=[[American Journalism Review]]}}</ref>
{{Rquote|right|Business has everything—power, influence, sex, drama—and our job is to pull back the curtain: That bank merger last week? Who got screwed? Who came out on top? This is what really happened. Business news should be handled as finely crafted drama; it's got substance and great meaning. Business should be the backbone of the newspaper.|Sandy Rowe|from ''[[American Journalism Review|AJR]]'' in 1999<ref>{{Cite news |title=Continuation of Follow the Money |url=http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3171 |first=Lewis M. |last=Simons |work=[[American Journalism Review]] |date=November 1999 |access-date=2008-03-17}}</ref>}}

====Rowe era====
Sandra Rowe joined the paper as executive editor in June 1993.<ref name=oreg-1993jun15>{{cite news |last=Nicholas |first=Jonathan |title=Some like it hot ... and this newspaper's getting warmer |date=June 15, 1993 |newspaper=The Oregonian |page=D1}}</ref>  She formally became editor in 1994 with the retirement of William Hilliard, but Hilliard had effectively already given her control of the editor's reins in 1993 as he focused his attention on his duties as the newly elected president of the [[American Society of Newspaper Editors]] for 1993–94, in his final year before retirement.<ref name=oreg-1994may15/>

According to ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'', soon after Rowe's arrival, she introduced organizational changes to the newsroom.  Instead of having a large number of general assignment reporters, she organized them around teams, many of which often develop "subject expertise" that "reflect[s] the interests of readers, not traditional newsroom boundaries."<ref name="eandp"/>  Examples (over the years) include "Northwest Issues and Environment", "Living In the '90s"/"How We Live",  "Politics and Accountability", "Health, Science, and Medicine", "Sustainability and Growth", and "Higher Education".<ref name="eandp"/><ref>[http://biz.oregonian.com/newsRoster/ Newsroom Roster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316234801/http://biz.oregonian.com/newsRoster/ |date=March 16, 2008 }} from the paper's website</ref> Accompanying the reorganization was a more bottom-up approach to identifying stories: "instead of having an [[Assignment editor|assignment-driven]] newspaper, you have the beat reporters coming to editors with what is going on", with the team editors responsible for deciding what stories were covered by their teams.<ref name="eandp"/>

The position of [[Public Editor|public editor]] was established at ''The Oregonian'' in 1993, and Robert Caldwell was appointed.<ref>[http://biz.oregonian.com/newsroom/?act=cntc Robert Caldwell, Editorial Page Editor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226193814/http://biz.oregonian.com/newsroom/?act=cntc |date=February 26, 2008 }} from the paper's website</ref> Michele McLellan assumed the role three years later, and was delegated the authority to decide whether or not a newspaper error should result in the publication of a correction.<ref>[http://www.asne.org/credibilityhandbook/detailsmatter.htm Details Matter: Accuracy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423214955/http://www.asne.org/credibilityhandbook/detailsmatter.htm |date=April 23, 2008 }}, a July 23, 2002 article written by Michele McLellan for the "Newspaper Credibility Handbook" at the [[American Society of Newspaper Editors]] website</ref>

===Pulitzer Prize===
Staff writer [[Richard Read]] won the 1999 [[Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting]], for a series, "The French Fry Connection".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/6877 |title=Richard Read of The Oregonian, Portland, Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref> The articles illustrated the impact of the [[1997 Asian financial crisis]] by following a case of [[french fries]] from a Washington-state farm to a McDonald's in Singapore, ending in Indonesia during riots that led to the [[Fall of Suharto]]. The newsroom celebrated ''The Oregonian''{{'s}} first Pulitzer in 42 years with champagne, McDonald's french fries and a brass band. The series also received the [[Overseas Press Club]] award for best business reporting from abroad, the Scripps Howard Foundation award for business reporting and the Blethen award for enterprise reporting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scripps.com/foundation/news/releases/99mar9.html |title=Foundation Announces National Journalism Awards Winners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002252/http://www.scripps.com/foundation/news/releases/99mar9.html |archive-date=December 31, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19991112/2994832/times-reporters-land-swap-series-wins-blethen-award |title=Times' Reporters land-swap series wins Blethen award}}</ref>

Co-worker Tom Hallman Jr. was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing, for his "unique profile of a man struggling to recover from a brain injury". Reporter Mark O'Keefe won an Overseas Press Club award for human rights reporting. The editors of ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'' recognized ''The Oregonian'' as number twelve on its list of "America's Best Newspapers", and the best newspaper owned by the Newhouse family.

===2000s===
In 2000, ''The Oregonian'' was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for its coverage of an environmental disaster created when the ''[[New Carissa]]'', a freighter that carried nearly 400,000 gallons of heavy fuel, ran aground February 4, 1999, north of [[Coos Bay, Oregon]]. The articles detailed "how fumbling efforts of official agencies failed to contain the far-reaching damage", according to the Pulitzer jury.  That same year reporters Brent Walth<ref name="journalism.uoregon.edu">{{cite web |url=http://journalism.uoregon.edu/member/walth-brent/ |title=Brent Walth-School of Journalism and Communication|work=School of Journalism and Communication }}</ref> and Alex Pulaski<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osba.org/Member%20Databases/OSBA_Staff/Alex%20Pulaski.aspx |title=Alex Pulaski |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306001845/http://www.osba.org/Member%20Databases/OSBA_Staff/Alex%20Pulaski.aspx |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Writing for their series on political influences in pesticide regulation.

====Pulitzer Prize for Public Service====
''The Oregonian'' and news staff were acknowledged with two Pulitzer Prizes in 2001. The paper was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/6932 |title=The Oregonian, Portland, The Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref> for its "detailed and unflinching examination of systematic problems within the U.S. [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]], including harsh treatment of foreign nationals and other widespread abuses, which prompted various reforms." The series was reported and written by Kim Christensen,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-kim-christensen-staff.html |title=Kim Christensen-LA Times |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 29, 2022 }}</ref> [[Richard Read]], Julie Sullivan-Springhetti<ref>{{cite web |url=https://multco.us/communications/julie-sullivan-springhetti |title=Julie Sullivan Springhetti |date=July 27, 2015}}</ref> and Brent Walth,<ref name="journalism.uoregon.edu"/> with editorials by the editorial board.

Staff writer [[Tom Hallman Jr.]] received the 2001 [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/6922 |title=Tom Hallman Jr. of The Oregonian, Portland, Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref> for his series, "The Boy Behind the Mask", on a teen with a facial deformity.

In 2003, music critic [[David Stabler]] was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for "his sensitive, sometimes surprising chronicle of a teenage prodigy's struggle with a musical talent that proved to be both a gift and a problem".  Michael Arrieta-Walden became public editor in 2003; when he ended his three-year term in the position, no successor was named.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Thanks to all for sharing your wisdom |last=Arrieta-Walden |first=Michael |newspaper=The Oregonian |publisher=[[Organization of News Ombudsmen]] |url=http://www.newsombudsmen.org/cgi-bin/ono_article.pl?mode=view&article_id=1144122399 |date=March 26, 2006 |access-date=April 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415084108/http://www.newsombudsmen.org/cgi-bin/ono_article.pl?mode=view&article_id=1144122399 |archive-date=April 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[File:The Oregonian building.JPG|thumb|The Oregonian Building of 1948, which occupies a full city block in downtown Portland, housed the paper's headquarters from 1948 to 2014.]]

====2004 criticism====
In 2004 the paper faced criticism after a headline characterized a 1970s sexual relationship between then-mayor [[Neil Goldschmidt]] and a 14-year-old girl as an "[[affair]]", rather than [[statutory rape]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Jill |last=Rosen |title=The Story Behind the Story |work=American Journalism Review |url=http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3706 |access-date=2006-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111091513/http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3706 |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The 30-Year Secret |newspaper=[[Willamette Week]] |first=Nigel |last=Jaquiss |author-link=Nigel Jaquiss |date=November 22, 2006 |url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3198-the_30_year_secret.html |access-date=2006-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Christopher |last=Vetter |title=We are Dealing with a Child Molestor |work=Inside Portland |url=http://insideportland.com/affair.htm |access-date=2006-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125195441/http://insideportland.com/affair.htm |archive-date=November 25, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The paper endorsed a Democrat for president for the second time in its 150-year history when it backed [[John Kerry]] for president in 2004.<ref name="NYT-oct92" />

====2005–2006====
In 2005, staff reporters Steve Suo and Erin Hoover Barnett were finalists for the [[Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting]] for "their groundbreaking reports on the failure to curtail the growing illicit use of [[methamphetamine]]s". That same year, Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights published two reports on ''The Oregonian'', claiming the paper under-reported Palestinian deaths in its news stories of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and excluded the Palestinian narrative in its Opinion Pages.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Oregonian: A News Coverage Report May–October 2004 |publisher=Accuracy in Israel/Palestine Reporting |date=March 2005 |url=http://www.auphr.org/docs/Oregonian_Report_04072005.pdf |access-date=2006-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Excluded Voices: A study of Palestine/Israel in the Opinion Pages of The Oregonian Newspaper |date=March 21, 2006 |publisher=Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights |url=http://www.auphr.org/docs/OregonianEditorialReport.pdf |access-date=2006-11-22}}</ref>

Editorial writers Doug Bates and [[Rick Attig]] were awarded the 2006 [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing]] for their editorials on the conditions at the [[Oregon State Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Pulitzer Board Presents The Pulitzer Prize Winners 2006 |website=Pulitzer.org |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/editorial-writing/works/oregonian01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223091823/http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/editorial-writing/works/oregonian01.html |archive-date=2008-02-23}}</ref>  As of late 2006 and early 2007, the paper's circulation averaged 319,625 for the daily edition and 375,913 for the Sunday edition, giving ''The Oregonian'' the 22nd-largest circulation among all major newspapers in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation, 2007 |publisher=[[BurrellesLuce]] |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2007_Top_100List.pdf |access-date=2016-07-31 |date=2007}}</ref>

====2007====
In 2007, ''The Oregonian'' and its journalists were recognized with several awards. Sports columnist [[John Canzano]] was selected as the nation's No. 2 sports columnist in the annual [[Associated Press Sports Editors Awards]]. Three ''Oregonian'' reporters—[[Jeff Kosseff]], [[Bryan Denson]], and [[Les Zaitz]]—were awarded the [[George Polk Awards|George Polk Award for national reporting]], for their series about the failure of a decades-old, multibillion-dollar, federal program established by the [[Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act]] intended to help people with severe disabilities find employment. Instead it "awarded executives handsomely but left disabled workers in segregated jobs often paying less than minimum wage."<ref>{{cite news |title=Polk Awards Announced—Honor 8 Papers From New York To Oregon |magazine=[[Editor & Publisher]] |date=February 2007 |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Departments/Top%20Stories/polk-awards-announced-honor-8-papers-from-new-york-to-oregon-37750-.aspx |access-date=2007-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501050241/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Departments/Top%20Stories/polk-awards-announced-honor-8-papers-from-new-york-to-oregon-37750-.aspx |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Long Island University Announces Winners of 2006 George Polk Awards |publisher=[[Long Island University]] |year=2007 |url=http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/press/2006.html |access-date=2007-02-20 |archive-date=February 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222185602/http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/press/2006.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On April 16, 2007, it was announced that the staff of ''The Oregonian'' was awarded a [[Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting]] for their "skillful and tenacious coverage of a [[James Kim#Snowbound with family|family missing]] in the [[Klamath Mountains|Oregon mountains]], telling the tragic story both in print and online."<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/breaking-news-reporting/ 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winners&nbsp;– BREAKING NEWS REPORTING, Citation<!-- Bot generated title -->] from the Pulitzer Prize website</ref> In addition, the paper's reporters were finalists in two other categories. Les Zaitz, Jeff Kosseff and Bryan Denson were finalists for the Pulitzer for National Reporting for the same series that also won the George Polk Award noted above. Inara Verzemnieks was nominated for the Pulitzer for Feature Writing for "her witty and perceptive portfolio of features on an array of everyday topics", according to the Pulitzer judges.

====2008====
[[File:Wildfire gear prepared for reporters in The Oregonian newsroom in Portland.jpg|thumb|Go-bins in The Oregonian newsroom are filled with boots, hardhats, gear, and jackets for reporters covering wildfires at a moment's notice.]]
In February 2008, ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'' named editor Sandra Mims Rowe and executive editor [[Peter Bhatia]] as "Editors of the Year". The [[trade journal]] noted that since Rowe and Bhatia arrived in 1993, the paper and its journalists had won five Pulitzer Prizes and had been finalists a further nine times.<ref name="eandp"/>  ''E&P'' also cited "an increased focus on specialized reporting; a reorganized newsroom that promotes "team reporting" concepts over traditional beats; and regular training sessions and seminars that most staffers credit for encouraging fresh ideas and competitive approaches."<ref name="eandp"/> Pulitzer Board member [[Richard Oppel]], the editor of the ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]'', called the paper "one of the finest newspapers in the country, easily in the top 10."<ref name="eandp"/>

On September 28, 2008, the paper distributed a DVD of ''[[Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West]]'' as an advertising supplement for that day's edition,<ref name="eandpdvd">{{cite web |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Departments/Top%20Stories/oregonian-distributes-muslim-terror-dvd-after-mayor-asks-it-to-refrain-32114-.aspx |title='Oregonian' Distributes 'Muslim Terror' DVD—After Mayor Asks It to Refrain |work=[[Editor & Publisher]] |date=September 28, 2008 |access-date=2008-10-01 |author=E&P Staff |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501050246/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Departments/Top%20Stories/oregonian-distributes-muslim-terror-dvd-after-mayor-asks-it-to-refrain-32114-.aspx |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> two weeks after ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Charlotte Observer]]'' and ''[[The Miami Herald]]'' had done the same thing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Departments/Top%20Stories/update-newspapers-deliver-millions-of-terror-dvds-to-subscribers-in-swing-states-31982-.aspx |title=Newspapers Deliver Millions of 'Terror' DVDs to Subscribers&nbsp;– In 'Swing States' |work=[[Editor & Publisher]] |date=September 13, 2008 |access-date=2008-09-14 |author=Greg Mitchell |author2=Joe Strupp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501050250/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Departments/Top%20Stories/update-newspapers-deliver-millions-of-terror-dvds-to-subscribers-in-swing-states-31982-.aspx |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>  ''The Oregonian'' did so despite Portland mayor [[Tom Potter]]'s personal request that publisher Fred Stickel not distribute it because the "tenor of the video contributes towards a climate of distrust towards Muslims", and because the paper's willingness to distribute the DVD bestows upon it "an impression of objectivity and legitimacy it does not deserve."<ref name="eandpdvd"/> Stickel cited "[[freedom of speech]]", and an "obligation to keep our advertising columns as open as possible" as reasons for not rejecting the DVD.<ref name="eandpdvd"/>

Newsroom staff in 2008 was about the same size as it was in 1993, though there were fifty fewer full-time staff members than there were in 2002; about half of those positions were eliminated after a [[buyout]] in late 2007.<ref name="eandp"/> The paper's outside [[news bureau]]s grew from four to six during her tenure.<ref name="eandp"/>

====2009====
In 2009, ''The Oregonian'' was scooped for a third time on a story of an Oregon politician's sex scandal, this time involving Mayor [[Sam Adams (Oregon politician)|Sam Adams]] about what ''[[Newsweek]]'' called his "public deception and private bad judgment" about his past relationship with a teenage legislative intern.<ref name="nw2009">{{cite news |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/183028/output/print |title=The Paper Chase |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |author=Winston Ross |date=February 3, 2009 |access-date=2009-02-16}}</ref>  [[Nigel Jaquiss]] of ''[[Willamette Week]]'' broke the story after 18 months of investigations; Jaquiss's reporting on another sex scandal involving [[Neil Goldschmidt]] earned Jaquiss a [[2005 Pulitzer Prize]].  Jaquiss thinks ''The Oregonian''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s failure to follow up on leads that both he and ''Oregonian'' reporters had received was a case of "one-newspaper towns being a little too cozy with local [[power broker (term)|power brokers]]."<ref name="nw2009"/> A [[media ethics]] teacher and consultant for [[The Poynter Institute for Media Studies]] suggests that the pattern of failure to cover such stories "may have more to do with the culture at ''The Oregonian'', which has recently "built its reputation on thoughtful, narrative coverage ...[that] doesn't lend itself well to digging up sex scandals."<ref name="nw2009"/>

In August 2009, the paper's owners announced the end of a policy that protected full-time employees from layoffs for economic or technological reasons;<ref name="stickel"/> the change took effect the following February.<ref name="layoffs">{{Cite news |title=Oregonian lays off 37 |newspaper=[[Portland Business Journal]] |date=February 24, 2010 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/02/22/daily29.html |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> In September 2009, publisher Fred Stickel announced his retirement, effective September 18, ending 34 years in the position; his son Patrick, president of the paper, was appointed interim publisher but was not a candidate to succeed his father,<ref name="stickel"/> and Patrick Stickel retired on December 30, 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gunderson |first=Laura |title=Patrick Stickel, president of The Oregonian, retires from paper |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=December 30, 2009 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/post_35.html |access-date=2010-01-11}}</ref>
N. Christian Anderson III was named as the new publisher in October,<ref name="andersonnamed">{{cite news |title=Chris Anderson named The Oregonian's new publisher |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=October 26, 2009 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/chris_anderson_named_as_new_pu.html |access-date=2009-11-26}}</ref> and began work in the position at the beginning of November 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stern |first=Henry |title=The Daily Show: Can a new publisher reverse the slide at The Oregonian? |newspaper=[[Willamette Week]] |date=November 4, 2009 |url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-11262-the_daily_show.html |access-date=2009-11-26}}</ref> After more than 16 years as editor, [[Sandra Mims Rowe|Sandra Rowe]] retired at the end of 2009.<ref name="rowe-retiring">{{Cite news |title=Oregonian Editor Rowe retiring, Bhatia named successor |newspaper=[[Portland Business Journal]] |date=December 7, 2009 |url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/12/07/daily10.html |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bottomly |first=Therese |title=ASNE honors former editor of The Oregonian, Sandy Rowe |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=April 13, 2010 |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianeditors/2010/04/asne_honors_former_editor_for.html |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref>  Peter Bhatia, then executive editor, succeeded her as editor.<ref name="rowe-retiring"/>

===2010s===
Layoffs of 37 in February 2010 left the paper with a total of about 750 employees, including more than 200 in the news department.<ref name="layoffs"/>  In September, the newspaper announced that its "TV Click" was to be replaced by ''TV Weekly'', a publication from the [[Troy, Michigan]]-based [[NTVB Media]].<ref name="tvclick10">{{cite news |title=In four weeks, TV Click will be replaced by TV Weekly: Questions and answers |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/09/in_four_weeks_tv_click_will_be.html |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=September 12, 2010 |access-date=2010-09-13}}</ref> Unlike "TV Click", ''TV Weekly'' requires a separate subscription fee; ''The Oregonian'' is following the example of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=The Chronicle Bids Adieu To The Free Weekly TV Section |date=April 12, 2010 |url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/04/tv_weekly_chronicle.php |newspaper=[[Houston Press]] |access-date=2010-09-13}}</ref> and other major newspapers and switching to "some form of 'opt in and pay' TV sections (rather than dropping the sections) and have found only about 10 percent to 20 percent of subscribers use the sections."<ref name="tvclick10"/>

====2013====
In 2013, publisher N. Christian Anderson announced the paper was restructuring and that beginning October 1, the Oregonian Publishing Company would be dissolved.<ref name=hunsberger2013jun>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/06/the_oregonian_will_go_to_four-.html |title=The Oregonian will go to four-day home delivery |last=Hunsberger |first=Brett |date=June 20, 2013 |access-date=October 6, 2013 |newspaper=The Oregonian}}</ref> Two new companies would be formed: the Oregonian Media Group, which will focus on providing content on its online news site, [[OregonLive.com]] though it would continue to publish a daily print edition of the paper; and Advance Central Services Oregon, which would provide production, packaging, and distribution support for the new company.  Ownership remained with [[Advance Publications]]. Though printed seven days a week, home delivery has been reduced to Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.<ref name=hunsberger2013jun/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Natalie |date=2023-08-01 |title=The Oregonian Will Reduce Print Editions to Four Days a Week |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2023/08/01/the-oregonian-will-cease-printing-three-of-its-seven-editions/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |language=en |newspaper=[[Willamette Week]]}}</ref> These changes were put into effect, as scheduled, on October 1.<ref name=bhatia-2013oct1>{{cite news |last=Bhatia |first=Peter |title=Oregonian Media Group debuts with changes to The Oregonian, OregonLive.com |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=October 1, 2013 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian-media-group/index.ssf/2013/10/oregonian_media_group_debuts_w.html |access-date=October 6, 2013}}</ref> The paper also announced that "significant" layoffs were expected.<ref name=hunsberger2013jun/> In addition, Anderson announced that the new company would likely move from its downtown Portland building.<ref name=manning>{{cite news |url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/qa-big-changes-coming-for-the-oregonian/ |title=Q&A: Big Changes Coming For The Oregonian |last=Manning |first=Rob |date=June 20, 2013 |access-date=June 21, 2013 |publisher=[[Oregon Public Broadcasting]]}}</ref>

====2014–2015====
[[File:The Oregonian street vending box (new tabloid format) with The Portland Tribune.JPG|thumb|A newly redesigned and installed street vending box for ''The Oregonian'' (black) after the paper became a tabloid on April 2, 2014, along with a ''Portland Tribune'' box (green)]]
[[File:Oregonian printing plant at SW 17th & Yamhill with eastbound Providence Park MAX stn (2015).jpg|thumb|The paper's longtime printing plant, in the [[Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon|Goose Hollow]] neighborhood west of downtown, closed in 2015 after the paper's printing was outsourced. The smaller of the complex's two buildings (pictured) was demolished in late 2018.]]
On April 2, 2014, the paper switched from [[broadsheet]] format to the smaller [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] format.<ref>{{cite news |last=Giegerich |first=Andy |title=Keeping tabs on the Oregonian's new format |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/04/keeping-tabs-on-the-oregonians-new-format.html |access-date=2014-04-03 |newspaper=Portland Business Journal |date=April 2, 2014}}</ref>

On April 14, 2014, it was announced that the paper's editorial staff—consisting of Mark Hester, Erik Lukens, Susan Nielsen, and Len Reed<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/editorial-staff-oregonian |title=The 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Editorial Writing |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=2016-06-23}}</ref>—had won the 2014 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing|Editorial Writing]], for their coverage of the state of Oregon's public employee retirement system. Reporter Les Zaitz was named as a finalist for [[Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting|Explanatory Reporting]] for his work on Mexican drug cartels.<ref name="pulitzer2014"/>

Editor Peter Bhatia left the paper in May 2014 to take a teaching position at [[Arizona State University]]. In July 2014, it was announced that Mark Katches had been hired as the paper's editor, and would also be the Oregonian Media Group's vice president of content.<ref name="katches named editor">{{cite news |title=Mark Katches named new editor of The Oregonian and VP of Oregonian Media Group |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/07/mark_katches_named_new_editor.html |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=July 1, 2014 |access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref>  Also in July 2014, the newspaper moved its headquarters from the building at 1320 SW Broadway that it had occupied since 1948 to a smaller space elsewhere in downtown Portland.<ref name=WW-2014jul>{{cite news |last1=Mesh |first1=Aaron |title=Two Veteran Staffers Are Leaving The Oregonian |url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-31930-two_veteran_staffers_are_leaving_the_oregonian.html |work=[[Willamette Week]] |date=July 25, 2014 |access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref> The new headquarters takes up around {{convert|40,000|ft2|m2|abbr=on}} of space in the Crown Plaza office building, at 1500 SW First Avenue.<ref name="move 2014">{{cite news |last1=Njus |first1=Elliott |title=Oregonian Media Group to move into new downtown offices |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/07/oregonian_media_group_to_move.html |access-date=2014-09-12 |work=The Oregonian |date=July 24, 2014}}</ref>

N. Christian Anderson left the Oregonian Media Group in May 2015, to become editor and publisher of ''[[The Register-Guard]]'', in [[Eugene, Oregon]].<ref name="anderson leaving">{{cite news |last1=Staff report |title=Chris Anderson leaving Oregonian Media Group for new role at The Register-Guard |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/05/chris_anderson_leaving_oregoni.html |access-date=July 6, 2015 |work=The Oregonian |date=May 5, 2015}}</ref>  Anderson became publisher of ''The Oregonian'' in 2009, subsequently being named president of the Oregonian Media Group when that new company replaced the Oregonian Publishing Company in October 2013, with the title of ''publisher'' thereafter no longer being used, and in turn was appointed to the new position of chairman of the group in September 2014.<ref name="anderson leaving"/>  Steve Moss succeeded Anderson as Oregonian Media Group president,<ref name=oreg-2015mar19>{{cite news |last1=Staff report |title=Steve Moss named president of Oregonian Media Group, which includes The Oregonian/OregonLive |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/03/post_223.html |access-date=July 6, 2015 |work=The Oregonian |date=March 19, 2015}}</ref> and the chairman position was to go unfilled.<ref name="anderson leaving"/>

In June 2015, Advance signed a contract with Signature Graphics to take over printing and distribution of the paper from Advance Central Services Oregon, and announced that it was considering selling its longtime printing plant located near [[Providence Park]].<ref name="will outsource">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Advance Central Services Oregon will outsource printing of The Oregonian and will explore sale of existing print facility |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2015/06/advance_central_services_orego.html |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=June 30, 2015}}</ref><ref name="WW-2015jul7">{{cite news |last=Mesh |first=Aaron |title=Shop the Presses: The Oregonian is selling its printing press—and advancing deeper into the web. |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2015/06/advance_central_services_orego.html |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=Willamette Week |date=July 7, 2015<!--(print edition of July 8, p. 11)--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013082052/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-25048-shop-the-presses.html |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Layoffs of printing-press workers were due to be implemented in August.<ref name="WW-2015jul7"/>  In February 2017, the Oregonian Publishing Company sold the {{convert|41,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} building for $20&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=20000000|start_year=2017}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to a development partnership which said it planned to tear it down and build a 23-story apartment building on the site,<ref name="press site sold">{{cite news |last=Njus |first=Elliot |title=Former Oregonian press site sold for $20 million |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2017/02/former_oregonian_press_site_so.html |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> now known as the Press Blocks.<ref name="close press blocks deal">{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Jon |title=Developers close $20M 'Press Blocks' deal, look to begin demo by year's end |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/02/02/developers-close-20m-press-blocks-deal-look-to.html |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=Portland Business Journal |date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> Demolition of the former printing complex began in fall 2018.<ref name="oreg-2018oct5">{{cite news |last=Njus |first=Elliot |title=Seattle developer to start construction on 'Press Blocks' office building |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/10/48d08868919607/seattle-developer-to-start-con.html |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=October 5, 2018<!--(print edition of October 10, p. B14)-->}}</ref><ref name="DJC-2018nov6">{{cite news |last=Tenney |first=Sam |title=Redevelopment starts with demolition |url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2018/11/06/redevelopment-starts-with-demolition/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=[[Daily Journal of Commerce]] |date=November 6, 2018}}</ref>

====2016====
Moss announced in July 2016 that he would depart at the end of August.<ref name=oreg-2016jul25>{{Cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/editors/index.ssf/2016/07/steve_moss_stepping_down_as_pr.html |title=Steve Moss stepping down as president of Oregonian Media Group |date=July 25, 2016 |newspaper=The Oregonian |access-date=2016-07-31}}</ref> In the article about Moss's impending departure, it was disclosed that the newspaper's Sunday circulation was at that time approximately 170,000.<ref name=oreg-2016jul25/>

On October 24, 2016, the paper's editorial board announced that it would once again decline to endorse a candidate for President of the United States, a practice it first abandoned in 2012. This decision was criticized by some readers, who wondered why the board would offer endorsements in state elections without also taking a position on the presidential race. The board justified its decision by citing the paper's general focus on local issues, writing "Our goal as an editorial board is to have an impact in our community. And we don't think an endorsement for president would move the needle. So that's why we focus our endorsement energy where voters may not have made up their minds and need help with the decision."<ref>Laura Gunderson (October 14, 2016). [http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/10/why_we_wont_endorse_a_presiden.html "Why we won't endorse a presidential candidate: Editorial Endorsement 2016"]. ''OregonLive''. Retrieved 2017-12-25.</ref>

====2018====
Editor Mark Katches left the company in August 2018, to become editor of the ''[[Tampa Bay Times]]'', owned by the non-profit Poynter Institute for Media Studies. 
Therese Bottomly, who had worked ''The Oregonian'' since 1983, was named editor and vice president of content in September 2018.<ref name="bottomly-named-editor">{{cite news |last=Manning |first=Jeff |title=Therese Bottomly named editor |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2018/09/therese_bottomly_named_editor.html |access-date=2018-10-18 |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=September 8, 2018 |orig-year=online date September 7 |page=A2}}</ref><ref name="WW-2018sep7">{{cite news |last=Jaquiss |first=Nigel |author-link=Nigel Jaquiss |title=The Oregonian Names Therese Bottomly Its Top Editor |newspaper=Willamette Week |date=September 7, 2018 |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/09/07/the-oregonian-names-therese-bottomly-its-top-editor/ |access-date=2018-10-18}}</ref>

=== 2020s ===
==== Comments section elimination ====
On January 2, 2020, ''The Oregonian'' eliminated the comments section of Oregonlive.com. The paper said it was following the trend of other papers in the past decade and said most readers don't utilize the comments feature. The paper also said uncivil comments were taking up too many resources to moderate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-29 |title=Oregonian newspaper to end comments section on website |url=https://apnews.com/article/44aa0eebbd7f425d1a7c5fccf3beed00 |access-date=2020-09-30 |website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

==== Paywall ====
In mid-June 2020, the paper started rolling out stories tagged "Exclusive", marking the announcement of upcoming paywall.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mesh |first=Aaron |date=June 21, 2020 |title=The Oregonian Is Launching Its Web Paywall Next Month |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2020/06/21/the-oregonian-is-launching-its-web-paywall-next-month/ |access-date=2020-09-30 |website=Willamette Week |language=en-US}}</ref> These "exclusive" contents, usually front-page stories, were made subscribers-only partway through July and starting on July 27, 2020, it has been switched over to [[paywall]] and restricted to paid subscribers only.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Therese |first=Bottomly |date=2020-07-26 |title=Letter from the Editor: Exclusive stories reserved for subscribers, starting Monday |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2020/07/letter-from-the-editor-exclusive-stories-reserved-for-subscribers-starting-monday.html |access-date=2020-09-30 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}</ref>

==== Print edition ====
In August 2023, ''The Oregonian'' announced that the printed version of the paper will be offered only on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, effective January 1, 2024. It will continue publishing daily news online.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manning |first=Jeff |date=2023-08-01 |title=The Oregonian to cut print days to 4 a week |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/08/the-oregonian-to-cut-print-days-to-4-a-week.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

In late October 2024, the paper announced it would switch its print edition page format from a [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] style to [[broadsheet]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jaquiss |first=Nigel |author-link=Nigel Jaquiss |date=2024-10-31 |title=As a Sister Paper Ceases Print Publication, The Oregonian Announces Return to Broadsheet Style |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/10/31/as-a-sister-paper-ceases-print-publication-the-oregonian-announces-return-to-broadsheet-style/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}}</ref> The change went into effect in mid-January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bottomly |first=Therese |date=2025-01-19 |title=Letter from the Editor: Return to broadsheet format means new features, puzzles, comics |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025/01/letter-from-the-editor-new-format-means-new-features-puzzles.html |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=OregonLive |language=en}}</ref>

==Targeted publications==
The staff of ''The Oregonian'' also produces three "targeted publications"—[[glossy magazine]]s distributed free of charge to 40,000–45,000 wealthy residents of the [[Portland metropolitan area]], and sold on newsstands to 5,000 others.  A fourth glossy magazine, ''Explore the Pearl'', is produced in conjunction with the [[Pearl District, Portland, Oregon|Pearl District]] Business Association, and mailed to "high-income Portland Metro households" within [[Lake Oswego, Oregon|Lake Oswego]], [[West Linn, Oregon|West Linn]], Mountain Park, Lakeridge, Forest Heights, [[Raleigh Hills, Oregon|Raleigh Hills]], [[Oak Hills, Oregon|Oak Hills]], [[West Hills, Portland, Oregon|West Hills]], [[Dunthorpe, Oregon|Dunthorpe]], and [[Clark County, Washington|Clark County]].<ref name="xpearl"/>
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Magazine
! Description
! Copies<br />delivered
! Target<br />household income
! Website
|-
| ''Explore the Pearl''
| A look at "all of the hot spots—retailers, restaurants and galleries—the Pearl has to offer."<ref name="xpearl">{{cite web |url=http://biz.oregonian.com/pdf/explorethepearl.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-09-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430041622/http://biz.oregonian.com/pdf/explorethepearl.pdf |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 61,000<ref name="xpearl"/>
| style="text-align:center;" |
| [http://www.explorethepearl.com/ www.explorethepearl.com]
|-
| ''Homes+Gardens Northwest''
| "Take[s] you inside real Northwest homes and gardens, where residents and professionals have created spaces perfect for the finest Northwest living"<ref name="hgnw">{{cite web |url=http://biz.oregonian.com/pdf/homesgardenssaleskit.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625014114/http://biz.oregonian.com/pdf/homesgardenssaleskit.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2008 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 40,000<ref name="hgnw"/>
| style="text-align:center;" | $120,000 ([[median]])<ref name="hgnw"/>
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080108192355/http://hgnorthwest.com/ hgnorthwest.com]
|-
| ''Mix''
| "Celebrates our fascination with fine food and the casual entertaining that marks the Northwest lifestyle"<ref name="mix">{{cite web |url=http://biz.oregonian.com/pdf/mixsaleskit.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625014146/http://biz.oregonian.com/pdf/mixsaleskit.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2008 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 40,000<ref name="mix"/>
| style="text-align:center;" | $95,000 (median)<ref name="mix"/>
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080518045008/http://mixpdx.com/ mixpdx.com]
|-
| ''Ultimate<br />Northwest''
| Captures the "experience of living the good life here in Oregon and the Northwest"<ref name="ultnw">{{cite web |url=http://biz.oregonian.com/pdf/ultimatenw.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625014129/http://biz.oregonian.com/pdf/ultimatenw.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2008 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 45,000<ref name="ultnw"/>
| style="text-align:center;" | $164,000 (average)<ref name="ultnw"/>
|
|}

== Website ==
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = OregonLive.com
| italic_title = no
| image = 
| caption = 
| type = Website
| format = [[Web portal]]
| founded = 1997
| owners = [[Advance Publications]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Hunsberger |first=Brent |title=The Oregonian will go to four-day home delivery |work=OregonLive.com |date=June 20, 2013 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/06/the_oregonian_will_go_to_four-.html |access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref>
| publisher = Oregonian Media Group<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Mission |publisher=Oregonian Media Group |url=http://www.oregonianmediagroup.com/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112231354/http://www.oregonianmediagroup.com/about/ |archive-date=November 12, 2017 |access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Oregonian Media Group (FAQ) |date=June 20, 2013 |work=OregonLive.com |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/06/about-oregonian-media-group.html |access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref>
| editor = Therese Bottomly (Editor and vice president of content)<ref name="bottomly-named-editor" />
| staff_writers = 9/26 (editorial/marketing){{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
| headquarters = 921 SW Washington<br />[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] 97205<br />United States
| website = {{URL|https://www.oregonlive.com|OregonLive.com}}
}}

'''OregonLive.com''' is a website covering local news in Oregon and Southwest Washington.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonianmediagroup.com/about/brands/oregonlive/ |url-status=live |title=OREGONLIVE |publisher=Oregonian Media Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613025535/http://www.oregonianmediagroup.com/about/brands/oregonlive/ |archive-date=June 13, 2017 |access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> The website serves as the online home of ''The Oregonian''.<ref name="eandp" /> Started in 1997, it is owned by [[Advance Publications]], which also owns ''The Oregonian''.<ref name="pbj">{{cite news |last=Earnshaw |first=Aliza |title=Newspapering on the web remains tricky |date=August 5, 2001 |work=[[Portland Business Journal]] |url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/08/06/focus3.html |access-date=May 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020615093134/http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/08/06/focus3.html |archive-date=June 15, 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Betsy Richter was the original editor of the website, and served through 1998 when Kevin Cosgrove took over as [[editor-in-chief]].<ref name="pbj"/>

Oregonian Media Group also publishes the website Here is Oregon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hereisoregon.com/ |title=Main Page |website=Here is Oregon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315062745/https://www.hereisoregon.com/ |archive-date=15 March 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to content from the affiliated newspapers, OregonLive also uses content from the [[Associated Press]].<ref name="pbj"/>

== See also ==
* [[The Oregonian Printing Press Park|''The Oregonian'' Printing Press Park]]
{{Portal bar|Oregon|Journalism}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="eandp">{{cite news |title=Editors of the Year 2008: Sandy Rowe & Peter Bhatia |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/Editors-of-the-Year-2008-Sandy-Rowe-amp-Peter-Bhatia |date=February 2008 |magazine=[[Editor & Publisher]] |access-date=January 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906225321/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/Editors-of-the-Year-2008-Sandy-Rowe-amp-Peter-Bhatia |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
<ref name="orpubhist">{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Heinzkill |title=A Brief History of Newspaper Publishing in Oregon |publisher=University of Oregon Libraries |date=August 1993 |url=http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/indexing/newspaperhistory.html |access-date=2006-11-22}}</ref>
<ref name="time630308">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,896595,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204154347/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,896595,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |title=The Press: Portland: How Good Is a Strike? |date=March 8, 1963 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=2010-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="nwlab030603">{{cite web |last=Klare |first=Gene |publisher=[[Northwest Labor Press]] |url=http://www.nwlaborpress.org/opinion/060603.html |date=November 1, 2002 |title=Let me say this about that |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030906090911/http://www.nwlaborpress.org/opinion/060603.html |archive-date=2003-09-06 |access-date=2010-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="cfmc">{{cite web |url=http://www.cfm-online.com/pu_Tipprintable.cfm?TipID=288 |title=1959–1965: Portland's Newspaper Strike |date=June 21, 2010 |last=Babb |first=Doug |publisher=Conkling Fiskum & McCormick |access-date=2010-09-13}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060925134450/http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Thomas-Jefferson-Dryer.cfm "Oregon Biographies: Thomas Jefferson Dryer,"] Oregon History Project, [[Oregon Historical Society]], 2002.

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{official website}}
* {{Oregon Encyclopedia|oregonian}}

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