Embrace Sinclair!
It’s a new media world out there
For this first issue of Eugene Guillotine, the new owners of the paper have asked me to dispense with our previous liberally biased Slant column … 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
Sin or Sinclair?
Broadcast company’s tentacles reach widely
Sinclair Broadcasting started in 1971 with a radio station and single TV station, WBFF-TV in Maryland. Now Sinclair is a media behemoth with stations across … Continue reading
March for Our Lives Brings Thousands to Eugene’s Streets
Youth-led marches in Eugene and across the nation demand an end to gun violence
The youth-led March for Our Lives to end gun violence brought thousands out in Eugene on Saturday, March 24. At allied marches in Washington D.C. … Continue reading
Concerns Over Planning Commission
Secondary dwelling units to be discussed at Monday's meeting
A Eugene Planning Commission meeting on Monday, March 26, will address secondary dwelling units in Eugene. City Councilor Emily Semple says she has been approached … Continue reading
Horses All Weekend
Northwest Horse Fair and Expo in Albany this weekend
Anyone who follows me on social media knows that about 50 percent of my posts are news-related. The rest are horses and dogs. So, this … Continue reading
Oil Leaks Into the McKenzie River
However industries regularly, legally, pollute Oregon's rivers
Shocked by the news of hydraulic oil leaking into the McKenzie River, just hundreds of feet from the intake for Eugene’s drinking water? Don’t be. It’s … Continue reading
Come to Oregon, Ride the Giant Bunnies
Then go home … But seriously, Travel Oregon's new 'only slightly exaggerated' campaign is a delight
Sky whales. A giant ridable rabbit in a tulip field. It’s everything you love about Oregon in a magical cartoon setting. Or would love if … Continue reading
T-Shirts Support Student Gun Safety Walkout
Teachers and community members will wear orange March 14
Local print shop Threadbare Print House is selling T-shirts in support of students who will walk out Wednesday, March 14, to protest gun violence in … Continue reading
Eugene Chooses New Police Chief this Month
Three candidates compete for the job in a process some say is flawed
Civil liberties experts who have been following Eugene’s selection of a new police chief suggest the process is too friendly to the candidates and question … Continue reading
Controversial Speaker Sparks Outcry
Protest leads to arrest at Eugene library
Once known as a “philosopher poet” among environmentalists, Derrick Jensen of the group Deep Green Resistance is better known these days for sparking protests against … Continue reading