Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.” ― Henry David Thoreau • Postcarding to get voters back on the rolls in Ohio, 1 pm to … Continue reading
Camilla Mortensen
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.
Author: Camilla Mortensen
EW Asks! Comments?
Do comments on news stories contribute to dialogue or take away from it? After a good 10 years with no comments on EugeneWeekly.com, we turned … Continue reading
Burning Activism
Author of new book chronicling the rise and fall of the Earth Liberation Front in Eugene to speak at Hodgepodge
Burning the Forest Service ranger station in Oakridge, torching a ski resort, releasing wild horses, sabotaging powerlines and burning SUVs at what was a Joe … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.” — Barack Obama • … Continue reading
Local and Vocal, Loud and Proud
Bitcoin scams, undamned dams and kink consent in this week’s opinion roundup!
Welcome to another edition of Eugene Weekly’s periodic Local and Vocal opinion roundup — local and vocal is what we are! As the community’s weekly … Continue reading
EW Asks! Best of!
Survey says? What Best of categories should we add or subtract?
Best of Eugene (which as we like to remind you covers all of Lane County) is on the horizon! This annual contest that’s been going … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail.” — Muhammad Ali, boxer and antiwar activist • Check … Continue reading
EW Asks! Weigh In This Week.
Where do you get your breaking news?
Is Lane County a news desert? News sources have been hit hard locally and across the country but research from the University of Oregon’s Agora … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people/ By the relief office I seen my people/ As they stood there hungry, I stood … Continue reading
No Drag Day?
4J said students could celebrate ‘Express Yourself Day’
At the beginning of June — Pride month — a post began to circulate on social media saying “Support students who are being censored! A … Continue reading