Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” — Elie … 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
Don’t Call It a Comeback
Our screwups are what make us who we are
Every once in a while, I repost my mugshot on social media. The charge was felony inciting a riot, and I was about to spend … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — Dr. Seuss, The Lorax • Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“Get in and stay in the streets of every city, every village and every hamlet of this nation, until true Freedom comes.” — Rep. John Lewis … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“I cannot afford the luxury of fighting one form of oppression only. I cannot afford to believe that freedom from intolerance is the right of … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“Protest is an act of love, not one of anger.” — U.S. Rep. John Lewis • Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org for protest updates. If arrested at a … Continue reading
Whose Streets? Our Streets!
Protests at the Eugene Federal Building fight for democracy
The anti-Trump and anti-ICE protests began months ago, but as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Trump administration’s bad behaviors worsen, the protests across Lane … Continue reading
‘Tell the Employees to Fuck Off’
Lane County releases summary of investigation finding Commissioner David Loveall ‘engaged in multiple incidents of retaliation'
On Feb. 10, Lane County released a summary of a “months-long outside investigation regarding claims of Commissioner David Loveall retaliating against Lane County staff.” The … Continue reading
FBI Asking Press for Info
Photographer questioned over identity of protesters at the Federal Building
The FBI has asked a local photographer to identify protesters at ICE protests at the Eugene Federal Building, bringing up questions of press freedom in … Continue reading