May 21, 2022, 6:00am Clark County News
Is journalism a collaborative effort? Should it be? Those are big theoretical questions behind a few small projects we have been working on at The Columbian. Read story
May 14, 2022, 6:05am Clark County News
Wednesday marks the 42nd anniversary of the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens. On May 18, 1980, it erupted at 8:32 a.m., killing Columbian photojournalist Reid Blackburn and more than 50 other people. Read story
April 30, 2022, 6:02am Clark County News
By now, you’ve probably read the big news about The Columbian: We’ve launched a Community Funded Journalism initiative in order to boost our metro reporting staff. Read story
April 23, 2022, 6:02am Clark County News
I wasn’t surprised by the news that President Joe Biden was going to visit the Pacific Northwest. It’s campaign fundraising season, and there are a lot of Democrats with deep pockets in Washington and Oregon. And I also wasn’t surprised that the president was going to tout his infrastructure bill,… Read story
April 16, 2022, 6:02am Clark County News
Ugh. One of the worst things about newspapers is, when something doesn’t turn out well, everyone in town sees it. Read story
April 9, 2022, 6:02am Clark County News
They say you are never too old to learn. I think I have learned a couple of lessons this week: Read story
March 26, 2022, 6:02am Clark County News
By the time you read this, I’ll be on a cruise! Because I am a neat-desk person, I tidied up before I left. I found a whole bunch of trivia that various publicists had emailed to me recently, hoping to draw attention for their clients. Read story
March 19, 2022, 6:00am Clark County News
I could sense the looks of horror, even under their masks. Read story
March 12, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News
In my last column I used the word “local” 12 times when trying to describe what The Columbian is all about. Read story
February 26, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News
I think by now most of the reporters and editors at The Columbian have heard this analogy from me about six times, so let me share it with you: Newspapers need to be like Oreo cookies. Read story