Street Roots received three first place, and one, second place award this weekend from Oregon/Southwest Washington Society of Professional Journalists. Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl took home first place for "Investigative reporting," for her re ...
19 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff
The federal sequester chops $13 million from Oregon’s social-service network, leaving housing and homeless programs bracing to absorb the hit By Jake Thomas and Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writers By now, every American is probably familiar with the term and conce ...
6 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff
The head of one of Portland’s leading housing programs talks about what hangs in the balance of this year’s budget negotiations By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer For the past five years, Jesse Beason has been a fighter in Portland’s affordable housing world, s ...
11 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Rep. Tina Kotek becomes the state’s new Speaker of the House, on the support of a Democratic majority and the expectations of a state in need of change By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer To mark her swearing in as the state’s newest House Speaker, Oregon Rep. T ...
31 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Street Roots conducted a 24-hour Twitter project reporting around the clock on homelessness in our town. Here are the stories we heard. This report is drawn from the Twitter feeds of Alex Zielinski, Jake Thomas, Joanne Zuhl, Robert Britt, Erin Fenner, Sue ...
31 Dec 2012 - Street Roots Staff