Oct. 27, 2016, New York Times: Armed antigovernment protesters led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy were acquitted Thursday of federal conspiracy and weapons charges stemming from the takeover of a federally owned wildlife sanctuary in Oregon last winter.
The surprise acquittals of all seven defendants in Federal District Court…
Nov. 11, 2014, Science online: After a two-and-a-half year ocean journey, radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan has drifted to within 160 kilometers of the California coast …
Oct. 9, 2014, Reuters: Record drought on the U.S. West Coast has exposed the ruins of an Oregon hamlet once submerged under the waters of a man-made reservoir, allowing a rare opportunity for…
April 13, 2014, The Columbian: Marijuana may be legal now in Colorado, but I felt like a criminal the first time I visited an adult recreational vendor of the drug. To find a store, I …
March 27, 2014, Oregon Business magazine: It’s a damp, chilly afternoon in Portland’s South Waterfront district, and the doctors, nurses and students who swarm Oregon Health & Science University each morning are…
Guess who drafted a holiday letter, yet never managed to send it out? I’m sharing it here, with some names redacted to protect friends’ privacy. Dear Friends and Family, A lot has changed in my life over the past year. Perhaps it’s time for an update and a bit of a review? More than 15 years after we started dating and after 11 years of marriage, Ben and I are pursuing a divorce. We expect it will be final in spring 2018. We are selling the condo we lived in. […]
My past five years as a freelance journalist have been amazing. But my professional life is about to enter a new phase. Starting Monday, I’ll be The Lund Report‘s second-ever editor-in-chief, taking the helm of small Oregon news organization that punches above its weight class. I’ll still be doing plenty of reporting in this role, but I’ll also be guiding a team and setting strategy. Stay tuned in the months ahead to see just how The Lund Report evolves. I look forward to leading this healthcare-focused publication as it continues […]
“If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” – Journalism truism. Mom, I know you love me. Everyone else: I’m reading a document published by Buzzfeed which some people claim is a leaked CIA assessment of Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. I urge you: please don’t let your political biases persuade you that this is true, or that it is a lie. I would not vote, protest, or legislate based on this until more verification emerges, because — at least based on the first few pages — it […]