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I’m actually a reporter at the Times, not an editor. Just finished week three, so my influence at this organization of 2,000 journalists is minimal.

Thanks, brother.

Emerging from a brief social media disengagement - which I highly recommend - with some professional news:

I've started a new job as the Pacific Northwest bureau chief for The New York Times. Looking for story ideas, news alerts, background info, pet theories, restaurant recs, travel tips etc.

Time is weird, Alex.

Lost Patients is a stupendous piece of reporting. And I edited Salmon Wars, so … oh hey, wow, that’s so cool! Yay us!

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Happy opening day to all who celebrate. If you need me over the next seven months, you can find me worshiping at the Church of Baseball.

Trump’s firing of Forest Service workers raises concerns about wildfires in Oregon, the West Some recently fired Forest Service employees were part of a backup team of certified firefighters.

"In interviews with OPB, almost a dozen current and former Forest Service employees said they feared this loss of workers will be catastrophic for the fire season ahead."

Dizzying changes: 20 shifts to education in the Trump administration’s first month The Trump administration has unleashed a flurry of cuts and changes to government programs. Here’s a summary of just how the changes are affecting education - and how the Northwest has responded.

How much news has been happening during the Trump administration? OPB's Tiffany Camhi takes a look at just one area: education.

20 major policy changes in the first 30 days.

Have information you think the public should know about the Census Bureau or other parts of the federal government?

I'm a @npr.org correspondent who's available via the encrypted messaging app Signal at hansi.01

The best thing about the Super Bowl is that it means baseball is near.

(So no, not in poor taste?)

I think you meant to say “Dan Salt-man.”

Crook County school board ousts superintendent after 6 months The school board put Melissa Skinner on paid administrative leave Monday.

Right now summed up in one story: www.opb.org/article/2025...

Good morning, fellow travelers. You did not need that decaf mango dragonfruit oatmilk cortado with extra foam and browned butter. Just order coffee. The correct order is PLAIN COFFEE.

I would like to read a scientific study analyzing the strange phenomenon in which people get in line at an airport Starbucks and completely forget how to order coffee.

Joking aside, I kinda think this is exactly how you want important votes over leadership to go with the new-and-maybe-improved-who-actually-knows-for-sure Portland City Council. Messy but mostly in the open? With the political and philosophical lines clear to everyone paying attention?

I like to imagine Ted Wheeler, Charlie Hales, Sam Adams, Tom Potter and the ghost of Vera Katz are sitting in a bar somewhere watching this together. And laughing. So hard.

Are you like me, and you're feeling very, very tired headed into the end of the year, and then you edited this smart rundown of all the big PNW news from 2024, and then you felt even more very, very tired but at least remembered why?

Outgoing Portland commissioner threatens to sue the city over slow arson investigation Days before leaving office, Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez threatened to sue the city – accusing its police force of failing to fully investigate an alleged arson at his home.

Rene Gonzalez, who came into office as a city commissioner largely on a platform of being supportive of Portland police, has now threatened to sue the city because police have not made an arrest in an arson case involving his father's car.

Would not was, of course. I am both fired up and incredibly sleepy.

NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump (Gift Article) Republicans in Congress have tried to defund public media for decades. With the help of Elon Musk, could they finally make good on their threat?

This would hurt us at OPB, but it was absolutely decimate smaller public media orgs in rural areas. If I was a cynic, I’d say that is maybe part of the plan: remove anything that isn’t non-mainstream propagandist media in places that already tilt right.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/b...

For kids who feel left out, Bend’s ‘Sandra Claus is a hit’ A lesser-known member of the Claus family has lately been spotted far from the North Pole in Central Oregon.

This story is the best thing I've edited all week.

“I just hope everybody’s kind to me next year and nobody is bullying me,” wished 9-year-old Crosby.

A fight over Oregon’s laws on homeless camping looms in 2025 City leaders around the state want more authority to remove encampments they deem problematic. Homeless advocates say it's a distraction from real solutions.

"City officials throughout Oregon say they need more leeway to clear homeless camps as the state grapples with a housing crisis that shows no signs of abating.

Now they’re taking aim at a 2021 law they say stands in their way."

Awwwwww thanks. People should sound like themselves. Diversity almost always makes us better, including diverse voices and accents on the air. This is what the world sounds like.

OK, so he got one thing right.

Weird day to be a Tar Heel.

AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism The Ashland Daily Tidings — established as a newspaper in 1876 — ceased operations in 2023, but if you were a local reader, you may not have known because of an elaborate scam using artificial intelli...

If you missed it, here's the OPB story www.opb.org/article/2024...

Also, if you care about REAL local news and journalism, you should support the outlets you care about. bikeportland.org/support

OPB: Hush Hush

This is your reminder to listen to Hush — the best show you've never heard because, well, @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I are lower class podcasters: www.opb.org/show/hush/

This is the worst Terminator sequel yet.

Mother Foucault’s Bookshop Needs Your Help Moving

With Literary Arts and Mother Foucault’s both moving to locations across the street from each other on SE Grand, we’re close to seeing a bookstore district emerge www.wweek.com/arts/books/2...