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“After weeks of criticism from within and outside her office and the departure of key staff, Gov. Tina Kotek is abandoning plans to expand first lady Aimee Kotek Wilson’s role in the office.
Kotek announced her change of heart in a statement Wednesday and answered questions from reporters during an afternoon news conference, repeatedly apologizing for the way she handled giving Kotek Wilson a larger role in policy decisions than what first spouses in Oregon have historically had.
“I regret that this hasn’t been very clear, and it’s been a little messy,” Kotek said. “I apologize to Oregonians that I haven’t been as good as I could be at making this a smooth conversation.”
“On Feb. 22, a Grant High School urban studies class attended a candidate debate for the Portland City Council seat currently held by Commissioner Steve Novick.
Near the end of the two-hour debate, two Grant students, both editors of the school's magazine, rose from their seats in Portland State University's Smith Memorial Student Union and strode from the room.
Their abrupt departure caused a stir.”
3.) Journalism of Destruction, 2016.
“You are about to read what amounts to an opinion piece. This written work is as biased as the article “Family Values...” written by Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week Newspaper and published April 13, 2016, regarding Fred Stewart, candidate for Portland city council. The Jaquiss article uses tactics of yellow journalism to promote sensationalism in a transparent effort to exploit universal and mundane aspects of an individual’s private life.
DO YOU EVER ASK YOURSELF what makes a good journalist? Someone who is competent, moral and objective? College journalism professors will tell you the hallmark of a skilled journalist is whether he or she is “unbiased,” in their reporting and presentation of a topic or individual person. This is traditionally the most obvious goal for a journalist; the need to maintain an unbiased rational distance from stories and subjects that incorporate factuality, fairness, non-partisanship and objectivity.
4.) A Conversation with John Kitzhaber, 2023.
“We’re very excited to bring former Governor John Kitzhaber to the conversation to deliver his remarks on the state of health and health care in Oregon! With a vast amount of experience in health policy, he will discuss his outlook on the system in Oregon, what are the key challenges we must overcome, and what he'll be watching going into next year. This is a conversation you don't want to miss!”
~Theresa Griffin Kennedy
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