Wikipedia:WikiProject Newspapers/States/Oregon

Map of newspapers in Oregon based on Wikidata items

Relevant Wikipedia articles & collaboration pages

• Journalism in Oregon
• List of newspapers in Oregon
• WikiProject Oregon/Reference desk

Resources

• History of Oregon Newspapers: Considered the "most authentic source on newspapering in the state" (per Register-Guard, 1950). This is in the public domain; the preceding link is to a transcription.
  • <ref name=turnbull39>{{cite book |title=[[wikisource:en:History of Oregon Newspapers|History of Oregon Newspapers]] |first= George S. |last=Turnbull |year=1939 |publisher=[[Binfords & Mort]] | chapter=[[wikisource:en:History of Oregon Newspapers/|]] }}</ref>
• Brief overview of newspaper history in 1940 WPA book "Oregon: End of the Trail"
• Some newspaper history in Gaston's 1911 history: wikisource:en:Portland, Oregon: Its History and Builders/Volume 1/Chapter 14
• The University of Oregon lists newspapers of record for 33 of the state's 36 counties.
• Book listing a little info about Vernonia Eagle, Bend Press, Milton Eagle, and Pilot Rock Record.
• Pacific states newspaper directory : containing a carefully prepared list of all the newspapers and periodicals published in California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexcio, Texas, British Columbia, Utah, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and the Hawaiian Islands : arranged alphabetically by towns, and also by counties, with a brief description of each state, territory and county, making an invaluable guide to those who wish to place advertising to the best possible advantage (1894, sixth edition. Oregon section begins on p. 78. Also alphabetically by city name, starting on p. 606.)
• Oregon Blue Book, produced by the Oregon Secretary of State. Volumes from the 1920s available on Google Books, containing newspaper directories.
• {{cite book |last1=Bagwell |first1=Steve |last2=Stapilus |first2=Randy |year=2013 |title=New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be |publisher=Ridenbaugh Press |location=Carlton, Oregon |isbn=978-0-945648-10-9 |oclc=861618089}}
  • Histories and basic information on newspapers in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

Oregon Historical Quarterly:

• History of the Press of Oregon, 1839–1850 by George Himes, 1902
• Pioneer Papers of Puget Sound (contains info about Oregon papers too) by Clarence B. Bagley, 1903
• First Newspapers of Southern Oregon and Their Editors 1923
• Flora Belle Ludington, "The Newspapers of Oregon 1846-1870," Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, vol. 26, no. 3 (Sept. 1925), pp. 229–262.

• Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
• Historic Oregon Newspapers database from the University of Oregon (contains many scanned newspapers) (project FAQ)
  • A Brief History of Newspaper Publishing in Oregon (1993)
    

<ref name=UOhistory>{{cite journal|title=A Brief History of Newspaper Publishing in Oregon |first=Richard |last=Heinzkill |publisher=University of Oregon Libraries |date=August 1993 |url=https://library.uoregon.edu/govdocs/indexing/newspaperhistory }}</ref>

• • Essays on various Oregon papers and regions, annotated with reference materials
  • Also [1] from U of O libs

• Newspaper suppression during the Civil War mentions many papers including:
  • Oregon Statesman, the Oregonian, Oregon Democrat (Albany), the Union (Corvallis), Jacksonville Sentinel, Eugene Herald, Roseburg Express, Portland Daily News, Albany Inquirer, Jacksonville Southern Oregon Gazette, Portland Advertiser.
• George Putnam bio with info on:
  • Statesman-Journal (Salem), Mail-Tribune (Medford)

• "Good news for small papers". Oregon Business. January 31, 2009.
  • Forest Grove News-Times; Gannett-owned Statesman-Journal + Silverton, Stayton; Lee Enterprises, the Iowa chain that owns papers in Corvallis, Albany and Coos Bay (and previously Springfield News); "community papers that are family businesses or privately held are shielded from needing to show constant quarterly earnings increases or the need to answer to Wall Street analysts and shareholders." ; Klamath Falls Herald and News; Burns Times-Herald, a 3,500-circulation weekly; Redmond Spokesman.
• Walker, Bill (July 26, 1997). "Third Generation Alive And Well". Editor and Publisher.
• Local Journalism in the Pacific Northwest: Why It Matters, How It's Evolving, and Who Pays for It by journalism professor Damian Radcliffe in 2017.

General commentary on news media in Oregon

• Oregon’s dwindling statehouse reporters are ‘treading water’ Anna Marum June 13, 2018
• Oregon reporters missed the story of a failing health exchange—until they didn’t: After a slow start, the state press corps recovers with a bang Trudy Lieberman, CJR May 5, 2014

1922 conference

• Editors of Oregon Meet and Discuss Trade Problems, Eugene Daily Guard, January 13, 1922. "High price of newsprint brings criticism; Wireless news service plan is proposed; Banquet tonight at Osburn. ..."
• Oregon Editors Name Corvallis for July Meet, Eugene Daily Guard, January 14, 1922. "Code of Ethic Also Adopted. Kennedy speaks. Conference ends today. ..."
• Oregon Code of Ethics for Newspapers adopted 1922. Published in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Target Pages with Search Links

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Right click on a link and open it in a new tab to start a search.

• Wiki executes a search of Wikipedia -- do this first to make sure the page doesn't exist under a slightly different name or aggregation.
• Mondo is a site that publishes statistics on newspapers, and often the only publicly available source of circulation numbers and ownership. You can also go here to get a link to the paper's website.
• Loc: is a library of congress record, usually a good first stop and a valuable cite.
• Books searches Google Books.
• Nwsprs is a search of Newspapers.com for those with a subscription. Narchive is newspaper archive for those with a subscription. We know these services cost money (about $10 a month when purchasing a half year subscription) but there is nothing that comes close in this research to the coverage these two sites give. Even Lexis-Nexis doesn't come close.
• Edpub is just a search we've found tends to dig up some useful links: "editor and publisher" plus the publication name. It pulls up hits in Editor & Publisher magazine as well as a lot of old sources.
• Draft starts a draft. By starting a draft in draft space you can show that you are working on a paper -- and maybe even invite in help.

Completed or Found

1. Klamath Falls Herald and News -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
2. McMinnville News Register -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
3. Portland Bee -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
4. Prineville Central Oregonian -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
5. Salem Statesman Journal -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
6. Sellwood Bee
7. The New Era (newspaper) -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
8. Lincoln City News Guard -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
9. Silverton Appeal -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
10. Wallowa County Chieftain -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
11. Port Orford News -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
12. Times-Journal (Condon) -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
13. Malheur Enterprise - tiny stub lacked detailed info about nationally recognized recent efforts (see its talk page). (This is the same owner as the Salem Reporter.)
14. Portland News-Telegram defunct but influential
15. Portland Catholic Sentinel -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
16. Roseburg The News-Review
17. Illinois Valley News -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
18. Oregon Exchanges, a "newspaper for newspaper men"
19. Hood River Glacier
20. Oregon Deutsche Zeitung; created German language newspapers of Oregon instead.
21. Smoke Signals (newspaper) See here
22. Salem Reporter is launching now.
23. Mid-county Memo -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
24. Portland New Age -- African American newspaper around the turn of the 20th century.
25. Eugene Daily News -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
26. Toveritar (useful redirect) Draft:Toveritar (Finnish paper in Astoria) [2] and this one lists references and [3]
27. Heppner Gazette-Times -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Heppner Gazette-Times
28. Columbia County Spotlight -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
29. Stayton Mail -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Stayton Mail
30. Dead Mountain Echo -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub
31. Irrigon Irrigator
32. Creswell Chronicle -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Creswell Chronicle
33. Clatskanie Chief -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Clatskanie Chief
34. McKenzie River Reflections -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:McKenzie River Reflections
35. Oregon Mirror Black-owned paper in the 1960s.
36. * Rogue River Press -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Rogue River Press
37. St. Johns Review

Not Started or Started with Notes Only

1. Cannon Beach Gazette -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Cannon Beach Gazette
2. Clackamas Review -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Clackamas Review
3. Columbia Press -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Columbia Press
4. Confederated Umatilla Journal Magazine -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Confederated Umatilla Journal Magazine
5. Coquille Valley Sentinel -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Coquille Valley Sentinel
6. Douglas County Mail -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Douglas County Mail
7. El Latino de Hoy -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:El Latino de Hoy
8. Estacada News -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Estacada News
9. Freewater Times (Carl C. Webb was editor) in 1945
10. Myrtle Point Herald -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Myrtle Point Herald
11. North Coast Citizen -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:North Coast Citizen
12. Oregon City News -- wiki (pages do not yet exist),mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Oregon City News After 20 years, Angela Fox retires as editor on November 30, 2021 with Aaron Breniman taking her place Robert Pamplin Jr. bought Oregon City News and the Clackamas Review papers in 2000 from Columbia River Newspaper located in Clackamas Owner Robert Pamplin Jr. has received many awards including Entrepreneur of the Year and America's Outstanding Individual Philanthropist
13. Pendleton Record -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Pendleton Record
14. Portland Challenger Historic Black-owned paper Draft:Portland Challenger
15. Portland Chinese Times -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Portland Chinese Times
16. Regal Courier -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Regal Courier
17. Sherwood Gazette -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Sherwood Gazette
18. Source Weekly of Bend -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Source Weekly of Bend
19. Southwest Community Connection -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Southwest Community Connection
20. Tigard Times -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Tigard Times
21. Upper Rogue Independent -- wiki,mondo, loc,books,nwsprs,narchive, edpub Draft:Upper Rogue Independent
22. Vernonia Eagle "a well-conducted newspaper" [4]
23. Draft:Portland Reporter
24. Yamhill Record loc photo and brief bio of editor Vine W. Pearce
25. Junction City Bulletin photo and brief bio in Oregonian
26. Ione Post portrait and brief bio in Oregonian
27. Bohemia Nugget portrait and brief bio in Oregonian

Worthy additions?

• Bandon socialist paper in the teens. Bandon Daily Sun (newspapers.com)
  • https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88610578/socialist-editor-deported/
• Portland Mercury also existed in the 1800s, had a pretty wild tale. And the current article is almost completely devoid of independent sources.  Done
• Portland Bulletin, there were 3 unconnected papers with this title in the late 19th century, also defunct but influential and discussed by Turnbull

1. Draft:Willamette Bridge, counterculture publication in Portland founded 1968.[5]
2. Draft:The Fountain (gay newspaper), gay newspaper founded 1971, same year as Portland's first Pride parade [6]
3. Draft:Oregon Voter Digest d:Q56872041

Stubs lacking citations

These articles exist but are not particularly useful; they have fewer than three independent citations.

• Douglas County News (Sutherlin)

May Not Be Notable

• Viet NNN
• Pacific City Sun