Time Travel
Now is the time to plunge into historical dramas and memories
When the coronavirus shelter-in-place started in Oregon, I joined what I later found out was called a “quarantine family.” I am single and live alone … Continue reading
Camilla Mortensen
Camilla Mortensen is the editor-in-chief of Eugene Weekly. She has a doctorate in comparative literature, a masters degree in folklore and a passion for journalism. She teaches writing and news writing at Lane Community College. She also has two horses, one of which she competes in three-day eventing, a cat, and an assortment of dogs.
Author: Camilla Mortensen
After the Hashtag
Eugene needs to change and combat racism
In 1991 Rodney King, a black man, was violently beaten by Los Angeles police officers. The beating was caught on film, and of the four … Continue reading
Black Lives Matter Rally Sunday
Eugeneans have organized a rally and march in protest of the most recent killings of African Americans around the country
The video of George Floyd being killed by a Minneapolis police officer, who knelt on Floyd’s neck while the handcuffed black man lay helpless on … Continue reading
EW is Looking for a Few Good Freelancers
Reporters will cover local civics and public meetings
Eugene Weekly is looking for three freelance journalists to cover local government in a project funded by a Facebook Journalism Project grant as well as … Continue reading
COVID-19 Halts Oregon Country Fair 2020
In light of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's canceling large events until September due to COVID-19, OCF will not take place
Oregon Country Fair just celebrated its 50th anniversary. But like so many popular events, COVD-19 has taken OCF off the calendar. Wally Bomgaars, OCF executive … Continue reading
Pups and Downs
Training Spot adapts to online dog training
The last time I took my genial and easily distracted dog Aksel to dog school at Training Spot it was a fun and vibrant class … Continue reading
Register-Guard ‘Eliminates’ Role of Executive Editor, ‘Integrates’ with Other Northwest Newsrooms
The paper will be led out of Salem, together with other Northwest newsrooms
The Register-Guard announced on Sunday, April 26, that Eugene’s daily paper had “increased efforts to create a strong Oregon-based journalism collaborative with the Statesman Journal … Continue reading
Turmeric Bliss
Coconut Bliss's new Golden Banana Brownie Swirl for your healthy pandemic 4/20 munchies
There are some themes running through the COVID-19 experience. Stress eating, trying to stay healthy, consuming more cannabis because one, this is Oregon and it’s … Continue reading
Sex, Drugs and COVID-19
Be safe with coitus and cannabis
There are things I consider essential, and then there are things that Oregon considers essential. As it turns out, weed and liquor are essential in … Continue reading
Rats R Us
Stay healthy, stay home is good for you but might bring out the rodents
Rats. They have been a problem in the Eugene area in the past — eating the wiring out of your Subaru, invading your home and chewing … Continue reading