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Taking it's name from the [[Willamette River]] that runs through Portland, Willamette Week is the older of Portland's two current general-audience alternative weekly newspapers. In editorial content it stands apart from its closest competitor, the [[Portland Mercury]], by its heavier focus on investigative reporting, education and business. The Willamette Week has been publishing since November of 1974. | Taking it's name from the [[Willamette River]] that runs through Portland, Willamette Week is the older of Portland's two current general-audience alternative weekly newspapers. In editorial content it stands apart from its closest competitor, the [[Portland Mercury]], by its heavier focus on investigative reporting, education and business. The Willamette Week has been publishing since November of 1974, when it was founded by [[Ron Buel]]. | ||
==Notable Employees== | ==Notable Employees== | ||
*[[John Callahan]], quadriplegic cartoonist.<br> | * Ron Buel - founder | ||
*[[Nigel Jaquiss]], Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.<br> | * [[John Callahan]], quadriplegic cartoonist.<br> | ||
*[[Richard Meeker]], publisher. | * [[Nigel Jaquiss]], Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.<br> | ||
* [[Richard Meeker]], publisher. | |||
Revision as of 19:32, 27 December 2009
Taking it's name from the Willamette River that runs through Portland, Willamette Week is the older of Portland's two current general-audience alternative weekly newspapers. In editorial content it stands apart from its closest competitor, the Portland Mercury, by its heavier focus on investigative reporting, education and business. The Willamette Week has been publishing since November of 1974, when it was founded by Ron Buel.
Notable Employees
- Ron Buel - founder
- John Callahan, quadriplegic cartoonist.
- Nigel Jaquiss, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.
- Richard Meeker, publisher.