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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.
https://www.oregonlive.com/digitalsubscription/
Here’s the type of work you champion when you spend $120/year to support The @Oregonian. A thread.
https://www.oregonlive.com/digitalsubscription/
1/ My colleagues and I pushed @OregonGovBrown to release essential info about the genders, races, ethnicities, ages of positive COVID cases, along w hospitalization status, ICU/hospital/ventilator capacity.
She listened. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/after-media-pressure-oregon-begins-disclosing-key-numbers-on-coronavirus-cases-readiness.html
She listened. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/after-media-pressure-oregon-begins-disclosing-key-numbers-on-coronavirus-cases-readiness.html
2/ @rogoway and @hborrud exposed Oregon's failure to modernize obsolete computer systems that date to the Reagan era. How much could that cost unemployed Oregonians, right when they need it most?
Oh, just $100 *million* dollars. https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/04/oregons-antiquated-computers-could-cost-laid-off-workers-100-million-in-benefits.html
Oh, just $100 *million* dollars. https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/04/oregons-antiquated-computers-could-cost-laid-off-workers-100-million-in-benefits.html
3/ Twenty percent of Oregon's deaths happened in the same nursing home. Did the state health department tell the public -- or even state lawmakers? No. It was @FedorZarkhin. https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/04/10-residents-from-southeast-portland-nursing-home-dead-from-coronavirus-employees-say.html
4/ @_Brad_Schmidt has been an absolute force of nature, holding the governor and state officials accountable for their vague promises about improving testing capacity, exposing overly optimistic claims -- again and again. Here's one example. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/oregon-got-half-the-20000-coronavirus-tests-the-governor-touted-theyre-not-being-put-to-use-either.html
5/ Personally, I was reassured to know someone with @_Brad_Schmidt's tenacity was asking hard Qs back when Oregon's state epidemiologist estimated 100s of cases were spreading but said it was too early (!!) for aggressive containment. Srsly, read this: https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/hundreds-of-oregonians-likely-infected-with-coronavirus-state-health-officer-says.html
6/ Remember that weird press conference discussing Oregon's forthcoming "stay-home" order? @EvertonBailey didn't let the state's top leaders deflect. He kept politely asking the same Q: How can you tell someone to stay home when they're homeless?
7/ In the days that followed, @EvertonBailey and @MollyHarbarger didn't let up. Eventually, @OregonGovBrown clarified her stay-home order: The homeless population was not subject to enforcement after all. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/homeless-people-social-service-agencies-safe-from-coronavirus-stay-home-citations-governor-clarifies.html
8/ We can have all the hospital beds in the world, but it won't matter if we don't have healthy healthcare workers to staff them. @JeffmanningOre has been *all over* that, telling the public what's happening to hospital workers. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregon-coronavirus-quarantines-dozens-of-hillsboro-hospital-staff.html
9/ Our language for talking about the coronavirus is dehumanizing. We'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
10/ @noellecrombie and @mfriesen teamed up to show an Oregon county had one of the nation's highest testing rates, raising all sorts of questions about the equitable distribution of scarce testing. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/oregon-countys-coronavirus-test-rate-tops-the-state-among-highest-per-capita-in-country.html
12/ That's just a small sample of 100s of stories we'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'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'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/
Ten bucks a month. 4 cups of coffee. 2 MAX day passes. https://www.oregonlive.com/digitalsubscription/
15/ Our pay got cut today and we got a week furlough. It could be worse and for now it isn'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/
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/
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.
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's in your hands, Oregon. Don't delay.
https://www.oregonlive.com/digitalsubscription/
That is our north star.
The community must want that, too.
It's in your hands, Oregon. Don't delay.
https://www.oregonlive.com/digitalsubscription/
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's a good start.
Thank you.
Thank you.
