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# OPIP

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## Pages

- [Home](https://www.opip.org/) - The State of Newspapers It’s no secret that over the last 20 years revenue streams to newspapers have dwindled, causing reductions in staff, local coverage, and a lowering of readership trust. But the story is darker than that: the real crisis is the fact that during this period of time Oregon has seen a 40 percent reduction in
- [Community Donation Campaigns](https://www.opip.org/projects/) - Community Donation Campaigns: The New EraSweet Home, OregonDonate Here The North Peninsula ReviewPortland, OregonDonate Here Our Town StaytonSantiam, OregonDonate HereMcKenzie River ReflectionMcKenzie Bridge, OregonDonate Here Our Town SilvertonSilverton and Mt. Angel, OregonDonate Here The Canyon WeeklyStayton, OregonDonate Here The News-RegisterMcMinnville, OregonDonate Here
- [Contact](https://www.opip.org/contact/) - Contact OPIP is dedicated to improving the financial stability and growth of community Newspapers in Oregon thru a donation program and educational services. We are here to serve you. Get in Touch! Rusty RaeExecutive DirectorOregon Public Information Partnershiprusty@opip.org1315 N.E. Miller StreetMcMinnville, Oregon 97128Mobile | 206-669-2400
- [Vision, Mission, and Values](https://www.opip.org/vision-mission-and-values/) - OPIP Vision Oregon community newspapers continue to serve their communities in providing critical news while becoming financially stable. OPIP Mission We help newspapers serve their communities with civic journalism, including the opportunity for grants funded through OPIP for continuation of civic journalism services that are essential to the well-being of those communities. We act as
- [OPIP As a Donation Hub](https://www.opip.org/opip-as-a-donation-hub/) - OPIP As a Donation Hub OPIP offers publishers of Oregon community newspapers the opportunity to solicit tax deductible donations to the newspaper using our 501(c)(3) status. This allows member of your community to make tax deductible donations to your organization specifically earmarked for coverage of events important to your readers. For specific information on developing
- [About](https://www.opip.org/54-2/) - OPIP: Bringing Sustainability to Oregon Community Newspapers Oregon Public Information Partnership We are a more than 20-year old nonprofit corporation, formerly Oregon Public Affairs Network (OPAN). It was hoped OPAN would be the C-Span of the Oregon Legislature but when that idea faded OPAN transitioned to OPIP in the spring of 2020. OPIP’s mission is
- [Partners](https://www.opip.org/partners/) - Partners: Oregon Public Information Partnership is a 501(c)(3) organization serving and supporting the following community newspapers: Columbia Gorge News The Times-Journal Curry County Reporter Our Town The Independent The Grants Pass Daily Courier Keizertimes Myrtle Point Herald News-Register Rogue River Press New Era Our Town Santiam The Canyon Weekly McKenzie River Reflection Hells Canyon Journal
- [McKenzie River Reflection](https://www.opip.org/mckenzie-river-reflection/) - McKenzie River Reflection Publisher: Ken Engelman59059 Old McKenzie HighwayMcKenzie Bridge, OR, 97413McKenzie River Reflections
- [Donations](https://www.opip.org/donations/) - Keep the presses rolling in your home town Make a tax-deductible donation to your local newspaper through the Oregon Public Information Partnership. 1. Donate to an OPIP-approved journalism project provided by your local newspaper. Follow links to our partner newspapers to find information about making those tax-deductible donations through OPIP, and other information about ways to
- [Our Town Santiam](https://www.opip.org/our-town-santiam/) - Our Town Santiam Publisher: Paula Mabry 2340 Martin Dr. #104Stayton, OR 97383Mailing: PO Box 6, Stayton, OR 97383ourtownsantiam.com Our Town Santiam is a monthly newspaper serving Stayton, Sublimity, Aumsville, Lyons and Mehama. A free publication, it saturates its communities on the first of each month, providing local news, advertising, a calendar of events and sports.
- [The Times-Journal](https://www.opip.org/the-times-journal/) - The Times-Journal Publishers: Stephen and Renee Allen319 S. MainCondon, Oregon 97823Mailing: PO Box 746, Condon, Oregon 97823The Condon Times-Journal
- [Meet the OPIP Board](https://www.opip.org/meet-the-opip-board/) - OPIP Board Members Jeb Bladine, President Jon E. “Jeb” Bladine is 3rd generation president of Oregon Lithoprint, Inc. and publisher of the News-Register in McMinnville. He is one of four family members who have served as president of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, and a former member of the National Newspaper Association Board of Directors.
- [Blethen Speech](https://www.opip.org/blethen-speech/) - Blethen Speech Frank Blethen is the publisher of the Seattle Times, and while he will be stepping down from that role at the end of the 2025 year, he has been one of the leaders in developing strategies to save and rebuild America’s community newspapers. It is his model of newspaper stewardship that OPIP follows.
- [Newspaper Sustainability](https://www.opip.org/newspaper-sustainability/) - Newspaper Sustainability It’s not news that the newspaper industry needs help to continue serving its communities with the news of the day. Over the last two decades more than 2,000 newspapers in the United States have closed their doors. The news is no better in the state of Oregon. More than 25 percent of small-town
- [Media](https://www.opip.org/media/) - Media Read or Listen to Seattle Time Publisher/CEO Frank Blethen’s 2023 speech in Brussel to the European Union. Newspaper sustainability legislation: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/congress-fiddles-as-local-news-industry-burns/ https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/new-york-newspapers-form-coalition-to-help-save-industry/ https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2023/2023-news-deserts-report-penny-abernathy-medill/ Postage rates and subsidy: https://ci.uky.edu/irj/rural-blog/more-200-newspapers-complain-about-us-postal-services-poor-mail-delivery-and https://about.usps.com/who/profile/history/periodicals-postage-history.htm https://www.nna.org/newspapers-periodical-postage-rates-to-rise-dramatically-in-2023#:~:text=Local%20newspaper%20publishers%20entering%20their%20subscribers%E2%80%99%20newspapers%20at,will%20increase%20by%20an%20average%20of%20about%204%25. https://www.quillmag.com/2021/09/28/rising-postal-rates-again-prompt-publisher-concerns/ Saving local news: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/qa-francis-wick-on-saving-local-news-nw-journalism-and-more/ https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/catching-up-with-and-rooting-for-an-entrepreneur-taking-a-chance-on-fixer-upper-newspapers/ Anti Trust: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/google-antitrust-ruling-should-boost-journalism-bills/ News deserts: https://www.usnewsdeserts.com/ https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/how-we-end-local-news-deserts/ https://www.cislm.org/what-exactly-is-a-news-desert/ https://www.poynter.org/locally/2020/unc-news-deserts-report-2020/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ghost-papers-and-news-deserts-will-america-ever-get-its-local-news-back/2019/12/25/2f57c7d4-1ddd-11ea-9ddd-3e0321c180e7_story.html Ghost newspapers: https://www.usnewsdeserts.com/reports/expanding-news-desert/loss-of-local-news/the-rise-of-the-ghost-newspaper/ https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/ghost-papers-threaten-to-devolve-into-news-deserts-but-new-outlets-are-investing-in-local-news-in,243767
- [Postal Subsidy](https://www.opip.org/postal-subsidy/) - Postal Subsidy The United States Postal Service (USPS), birthed by the founding fathers in July 1775, was tasked to help ensure the success of the democracy with a free exchange of news, ideas and opinions. In 1792, Congress passed the first major postal law, giving newspapers exceedingly low rates, and in some cases allowing the
- [Direct Tax Deductible Donations to Newspapers](https://www.opip.org/direct-tax-deductible-donations-to-newspapers/) - Tax Deductible Donations to Newspapers It’s an idea whose time has come! Give newspapers the ability to take tax-deductible donations. It’s yet another way newspapers can develop an ancillary stream of revenue to assist these community assets to keep their doors open and the lights on. It should a relatively simply legislative matter to develop
- [Big Tech Monopoly](https://www.opip.org/big-tech-monopoly/) - Big Tech Monopoly For more than 100 years, the long arm of the Department of Justice has reigned in monopolistic business concerns, righting egregious wrongs in a multitude of industries – John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil in 1911, Eastman Kodak in 1921, Alcoa in 1945, and breaking up AT&T in 1984. Multiple efforts – as
- [News-Register](https://www.opip.org/news-register/) - News-Register Publisher: Jeb Bladine611 NE 3rd StreetMcMinnville, Oregon 97128 The thrice-weekly News-Register is the largest newspaper in Yamhill County. Its newspaper family tree history dates back to 1866, and it has been owned and published by the Bladine family since 1928. The News-Register is an award-winning community newspaper dedicated to bringing accurate, unbiased and objective news to its readers.
- [Canyon Weekly](https://www.opip.org/canyon-weekly/) - The Canyon Weekly Publisher: Paula Mabry 2340 Martin Dr. #104Stayton, OR 97383Mailing: PO Box 6, Stayton, OR 97383canyonweekly.com The Canyon Weekly publishes every Friday and is available in print, online and at newsracks in Scio, Mill City, Lyons, Mehama, Gates, Detroit and Idanha. For the week of the 15th of the month its reach expands
- [Our Town](https://www.opip.org/our-town/) - Our Town Publisher: Paula Mabry 401 Oak St.Silverton, OR 97381ourtownlive.com Our Town is a twice-monthly newspaper serving Silverton, Mt. Angel and Scotts Mills. A free publication, it saturates its communities on the 1st and 15th of each month, providing local news, advertising, a calendar of events and sports. By providing accurate information and sharing compelling stories
- [The Independent](https://www.opip.org/the-independent/) - The Independent Publisher: Anne ScheckP.O. Box 623Independence, Oregon 97351 The Independent is a monthly newspaper serving the community of Independence, Oregon and the surrounding area, established by veteran journalist Anne Scheck in 2006, initially in California and in Oregon in 2013. The Independent also publishes an online version and three online newsletters covering Independence city government,
- [Solutions](https://www.opip.org/solutions/)
- [Rogue River Press](https://www.opip.org/rogue-river-press/) - Rogue River Press Publisher: Teresa Pearson8991 Rogue River Hwy.Rogue River , Oregon 97537Rogue River Press
- [New Era](https://www.opip.org/new-era/) - The New Era Publisher: Scott Swanson1313 MainSweet Home, Oregon 97386Sweet Home New Era
- [Myrtle Point Herald](https://www.opip.org/myrtle-point-herald/) - Myrtle Point Herald Publisher: Matt Hall408 Spruce StreetMyrtle Point, Oregon 97458
- [Keizertimes](https://www.opip.org/keizertimes/) - Keizertimes Publisher: Lyndon Zaitz142 Chemawa Road N.Keizer, Oregon 97303Keizer Times The Keizertimes is the newspaper of record for Keizer, Oregon. Founded in 1979 the weekly newspaper covers the news of the seven square miles of one of the most desirable addresses in the Willamette Valley. Each week readers will find quality journalism, offered without agenda or
- [Hells Canyon Journal](https://www.opip.org/hells-canyon-journal/) - Hells Canyon Journal Publisher: Steve Backstrom145 N. Main StreetHalfway, Oregon 97824
- [Grants Pass Daily Courier](https://www.opip.org/grants-pass-daily-courier/) - Grants Pass Daily Courier Publisher: Travis Moore409 SE Seventh StreetGrants Pass, Oregon 97528Grants Pass Daily Courier
- [Curry County Reporter](https://www.opip.org/curry-county-reporter/) - Curry County Reporter Publisher: Matt Hall29821 Ellensburg AveGold Beach, Oregon 97444Curry County Reporter
- [Columbia Gorge News](https://www.opip.org/columbia-gorge-news/) - Columbia Gorge News Publisher: Chelsea Marr600 E. Port Marina WaySuite B (DMV building)Hood River, OR 97031The Columbia Gorge News

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