This was true before, but the coronavirus has laid it bare: Oregonians will get the amount of fact-based news they’re willing to pay for.

Here’s the type of work you champion when you spend $120/year to support The @Oregonian. A thread.

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6/ Remember that weird press conference discussing Oregon& #39;s forthcoming "stay-home" order? @EvertonBailey didn& #39;t let the state& #39;s top leaders deflect. He kept politely asking the same Q: How can you tell someone to stay home when they& #39;re homeless?
9/ Our language for talking about the coronavirus is dehumanizing. We& #39;re left talking about cases & numbers. Not people. @shanedkavanaugh wrote this reminder of the human toll -- at the same time revealing flaws in the response. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/oregons-first-coronavirus-death-occurred-3-weeks-ago-lynn-bryan-was-a-dancer-a-friend-a-cowboy-at-heart.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavir...
12/ That& #39;s just a small sample of 100s of stories we& #39;ve told. Our sports & entertainment reporters have jumped in. Our editors have worked insanely long days making sure we do our best. Our visuals team has produced haunting, unforgettable images. Like this from @abrookeherbert:
13/ And this from @bethnakamura, I mean, just look at it. It& #39;s Edward Hopper in the age of pandemic.
14/ Newspapers have struggled with the transition to digital. (Understatement, I know.) But the most heartened I& #39;ve been in years was when the @Oregonian gave readers a way to subscribe digitally.

Ten bucks a month. 4 cups of coffee. 2 MAX day passes. https://www.oregonlive.com/digitalsubscription/">https://www.oregonlive.com/digitalsu...
15/ Our pay got cut today and we got a week furlough. It could be worse and for now it isn& #39;t.

So, here it is Oregon. The real deal. If you want to support the @Oregonian asking hard Qs, informing policy, informing YOU, you have the option. https://www.oregonlive.com/digitalsubscription/">https://www.oregonlive.com/digitalsu...
16/ We are not the only journalists in town: @OPB, @wweek, @portlandmercury, @ThePortlandTrib, @salemreporter and others have all been doing vital work, asking smart, hugely important Qs.

They also need your help.

The more journalists Oregon has, the better Oregon will be.
/// My late mentor, Jay Pace, once told me: "I just want to make sure we give the community the critical info it needs to make intelligent decisions."

That is our north star.

The community must want that, too.

It& #39;s in your hands, Oregon. Don& #39;t delay.

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And a P.S.: Since the @Oregonian gave people the option to support us, more than 2,000 of you have. We have further to go, but it& #39;s a good start.

Thank you.
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