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Camilla Mortensen is the longtime local editor of Eugene Weekly, the area’s alternative newspaper. The paper, which has been in print since 1982 (originally as What’s Happening) continues to print more than 27,000 copies a week in addition to its popular email newsletters and website. Camilla has a masters degree in folklore and mythology from UCLA and a doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Oregon. She has been a reporter and editor at EW since 2007 and teaches journalism at the UO in the mornings before heading to the Weekly’s office. She also teaches newswriting at Lane Community College and advises The Torch student newspaper.
Posted 2025-04-01 After the Lane County Commission voted 3-0 on April 1 to ban drag shows in Eugene, Eugene city councilors pushed back — pointing out … Continue reading
• Know Your Rights Training for Immigrants and Allies, 4:30 pm, Thursday, March, 27, Civil Liberties Defense Center, co-sponsored by Indivisible Eugene Springfield. The Lavender … Continue reading
Ten years ago on March 30, 2015, Brian Babb, a 49-year-old military veteran with PTSD, was armed and feeling suicidal, according to court documents. He … Continue reading
The University of Oregon’s faculty union, United Academics, announced in a March 20 press release that it intends to strike as soon as March 31. … Continue reading
It’s more important than ever to speak up and show up. • Know Your Rights Training for Activists, 4:30 pm, Friday, March 21, Civil Liberties … Continue reading
It’s more important than ever to speak up and show up. Email Editor@EugeneWeekly.com with “Activist Alert” in the subject line to add protests to this … Continue reading
Those videos on social media and YouTube of people redoing vans and buses into shiny dwellings on wheels, or the ones of folks building tiny … Continue reading
Missing your print Weekly? Our printer assures us they are on the way! This week’s issue of Eugene Weekly — the Know Your Rights in the … Continue reading
Some Saturday mornings there’s a line out the door — when I get there anyway, which is usually closer to 9 am, rather than the … Continue reading
The nation just elected a twice-impeached convicted felon to the White House. A man who has bragged about grabbing women “by the pussy,” who has … Continue reading