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The Columbian bargaining committee was back at the table today, still working on a first contract to make a better workplace for our talented newsroom workers.
We haven’t highlighted their hard work documenting the pandemic and wildfires lately. Take a look.
We haven’t highlighted their hard work documenting the pandemic and wildfires lately. Take a look.
Small cities and county government reporter @JackTHeffernan, with photojournalist @alishajucevic, documented how local horses and other livestock had to be transported as some of North Clark County faced evacuation orders: https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/13/as-fires-rage-in-northwest-clark-county-becomes-a-horse-haven/
Clark County education reporter @newsladykatie hasn’t missed a beat documenting how local schools are faring in the pandemic: https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/15/8-virus-cases-linked-to-clark-county-schools/
How have the local courts been operating during a pandemic? @jerzyms gives us the details: https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/16/clark-county-seeks-fair-jury-during-pandemic/
Let’s not forget that we are in a pandemic, and health and environment reporter @WStayner has kept our community up to date on the latest we need to know about COVID-19 and its dangers: https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/16/chiropractic-covid-19-exposure-might-have-spread-virus-to-over-300-people/
Politics didn’t come to a halt in the pandemic, so neither did @CalleyNHair our federal and city politics reporter: https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/16/your-questions-sought-for-3rd-district-debate/
Meanwhile, business reporter @anthonymacuk tirelessly documents the ever-changing infrastructure of Southwest Washington. https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/14/bnsf-completes-drano-lake-bridge-replacement-installation/
Features reporter Scott Hewitt keeps us in tune with our art community: https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/10/vancouver-symphony-orchestra-goes-live-with-a-strings-only-online-concert/
And Monika Spykerman delights with her weekly food stories: https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/16/too-many-tomatoes/
Our sports department has also been hard at work. @JTHart23 and @MegWochnick are documenting stories about athletes even if they can’t play right now: https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/04/skyview-grad-overcomes-brain-on-fire-with-hyperbaric-chamber-iv-treatment/
More from the sports team: https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/aug/15/vancouvers-cooper-chun-is-one-of-regions-top-junior-drag-racers/
And news coordinator/reporter @lyndsey_hewitt continues to tell stories of Clark County workers in the Working in Clark County feature: https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/05/working-in-clark-county-roy-flores-clark-county-grounds-maintenance-specialist
Our journalists deserve a good contract, and the bargaining committee is proud to work on their behalf to ensure we can continue to serve this community in the years to come. /THREAD
Hi! In our post-bargaining exhaustion yesterday, we somehow forgot the incredible @PattyHastings, whose role as our social services reporter has been critical in covering those most severely impacted by the pandemic. https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/13/clark-county-food-bank-partners-plan-to-help-hungry-kids/
Here’s a bonus, and important, story from Patty. https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/12/displaced-oregon-seniors-evacuated-to-vancouver/
