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Kenny Jacoby

You can find former Eugene Weekly intern and sometime freelancer Kenny Jacoby's data journalism and investigative reporting everywhere from ProPublica to Sports Illustrated. He's currently a Scripps Howard investigative reporting fellow. More at KennyJacoby.com.

Author: Kenny Jacoby

The (First) Trial of Rod Adams

Adams argued his arrest for sleeping on public property criminalizes homelessness, but a judge wasn’t hearing it

News 5 years ago

On an early February morning, Rod Adams was lying in a sleeping bag under an awning in downtown Eugene when a security guard woke him … Continue reading →

UO Instructor Convicted in Road Rage Car Crash

The instructor crashed into a car, backed his car up, then crashed into the other car again

News 5 years ago

A distinguished University of Oregon human physiology instructor was sentenced to a year of probation and anger management courses after pleading guilty to multiple charges stemming a … Continue reading →

Trials of Rod Adams Begin Next Week

Local homeless man will contest his trespassing charges before a jury

News 5 years ago

A Eugene homeless man is trying to convince a judge to dismiss three trespassing charges he received after Eugene police arrested him late at night … Continue reading →

Cash for UO Courtesy Cars

Athletic department employees collect hundreds of thousands in stipends in lieu of actual cars

News 5 years ago

The University of Oregon athletic department, like many athletic departments in the country, has a “courtesy car” program, in which it provides its employees free … Continue reading →

Criminalizing Homelessness

Data show the unhoused are disproportionately ticketed in Eugene

News 6 years ago

More than one of every four people ticketed or arrested by Eugene police for minor crimes last year were homeless or lacked a permanent address, … Continue reading →

Getting the Numbers

Eugene police wanted $139,132.50 to let EW examine the files

News 6 years ago

For our story on arrests and citations of homeless people for minor crimes, we used a database from the Eugene Municipal Court. The Municipal Court … Continue reading →

44 Counts of Homelessness

Rod Adams will use the necessity defense

News 6 years ago

Three times last February, Eugene police officers found Rod Adams, a 60-year-old homeless man, lying in a sleeping bag downtown in the middle of the … Continue reading →

Human Rights Commission Backs Divestment

350 Eugene activists plan a rally to promote the ordinance

BlogNews 6 years ago

Eugene Humans Rights Commission members voted Tuesday to support an ordinance advising the city against renewing its current contract with U.S. Bank, which ends in October 2018. 350 Eugene, the local group that wrote the proposed ordinance, will present it to Eugene City Council at 7:30 pm Monday, May 22, in Harris Hall for a decision. Continue reading →

Data on Hate

Numbers show that local bias crimes and incidents are on the rise

News 6 years ago

A South Eugene high school student found homosexual slurs graffitied on one of the school’s gender-inclusive restrooms. An African-American man, whose car had symbols indicating … Continue reading →

Fiber Fast

High-speed fiber makes Eugene greener

NewsTechnology 6 years ago

Imagine internet so fast you could download nine hours of audio in less than a second, or a two-hour movie in less than 10. That … Continue reading →

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Kenny Jacoby

You can find former Eugene Weekly intern and sometime freelancer Kenny Jacoby's data journalism and investigative reporting everywhere from ProPublica to Sports Illustrated. He's currently a Scripps Howard investigative reporting fellow. More at KennyJacoby.com.

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