Posts published in “Craig Brown”

It’s well documented that Donald Trump is no friend to the news media, but could his second term boost U.S. journalism? Read more… Source: The…

As I am fond of telling anyone who will listen, The Columbian is a family-owned small business, not part of a corporate newspaper chain like…

Every December since who knows when, The Columbian has published a top stories of the year package. Most years, newsroom staffers choose the stories we…

I will be the first to admit that our election coverage was a little confusing to print readers. As I previously reported, we pushed the…

I kept up with the headlines on election night, but there was still something satisfying about holding the Wednesday newspaper in my hands. Read more… …

Finally, it’s the last weekend before the general election. I’m so sick and tired of misleading or downright false campaign ads that I find myself…

Just when dark evenings and misleading political ads were making me glum, along comes Northwestern University’s annual report, “The State of Local News.” It made…

We had a bad thing happen in the newsroom this week, and as a result I must extend our apologies to The Oregonian/Oregonlive.com, and also…

The Columbian lost a faithful subscriber last week. And I lost a good friend. Read more… Source: The Columbian

As regular readers of this column know, when I am on vacation I write about cruises. I’ve been on vacation this week, so guess what?…