Street Roots, the award-winning, local community newspaper focusing on economic, environmental and social justice issues commemorated its 20th anniversary with an exhibit at Multnomah County’s Central Library. The paper’s past…
Human rights and journalism threatened
Journalist Jennifer Ávila spoke on Oct. 18 at Portland State about the journalistic freedom amid violence in Honduras. In a presentation titled, “The Silencing of Dissent: How Freedom of the…
Workers discuss the fate of labor journalism
Directors of worker-owned news publications and their readers gathered in the basement of the Northeast Portland nonprofit Jobs With Justice on May 9 to discuss the current state and future…
Millennial Scapegoating
“Two-thirds of American millennials surveyed in a recent poll cannot identify what Auschwitz is,” stated an article published by The Washington Post on April 12. The article is one of…
Cartoonist Joe Sacco discusses journalism and Palestine at PSU
Joe Sacco joined Portland State’s University Honors College on Feb. 28 for a Q&A about his rather unconventional approach to journalism. Sacco is a cartoonist and journalist, two things that…