Salem Reporter

The Salem Reporter is an online news source for Salem, the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon. It was launched in September 2018 by longtime investigative journalist Les Zaitz, with investment from businessman Larry Tokarski, president of a real estate development firm.[1][2][3] Its primary revenue source is from reader subscriptions, which cost $10/month.[2] The site aims to distinguish itself from its competitors with the quality and credibility of its reporting.[2] According to local news scholar Damian Radcliffe, the Reporter's freedom from the legacy costs that a traditional newspaper like the Statesman Journal has allowed it to enter the field with unusual agility.[4]

Salem Reporter
Typeonline
Owner(s)Larry Tokarski
Founded2018
Headquarters3525 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park
Circulationdigital-only
Websitewww.salemreporter.com

Shortly after its launch, the Salem Reporter joined the Pamplin Media Group and the EO Media Group in a partnership named the Oregon Capital Bureau.[5][6][7][8][9] The bureau was formed by the original partners 2014, to provide its constituent newspapers with reporting on state government;[10] it produces a newsletter called the Oregon Capital Insider.[11][12] Zaitz leads the bureau's team of three reporters.[9]

Zaitz, a renowned investigative reporter for The Oregonian who, upon his retirement, bought and revitalized the Malheur Enterprise several years prior, is motivated by a desire to create "a new financial paradigm for the newspaper that can be replicated and scaled up."[1] In speeches in 2018, Zaitz has emphasized restoring trust in media as a top priority for the journalism industry.[13][14]

References
  1. Baker, Linda (August 1, 2018). "Veteran newspaper editor, Salem business leader team up on new media outlet". Oregon Business. doi:10.1057/9780230355224.0018.
  2. Hare, Kristen (August 1, 2018). "Salem, Oregon is getting a new online news site. 'I'm pretending there's no other media there.'". Poynter. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  3. "The man whose money talks in Salem". Salem Weekly. April 13, 2017. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017.
  4. Bird, Kenton (December 24, 2018). "As the ecosystem of news changes, will journalists adapt fast enough?". High Country News. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  5. Hare, Kristen (September 24, 2018). "In Oregon, three news organizations are teaming up to cover state government". Poynter. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  6. Ingram, Mathew (September 26, 2018). "Zuckerberg's death grip on Instagram". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  7. "Salem Reporter joins 2 news groups to expand state reporting". Salem Reporter. September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  8. "Media teams join forces to cover state government, politics". Portland Tribune. September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  9. "Expanded state government reporting comes to Oregon". Blue Mountain Eagle. September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  10. "EO Media Group, Pamplin launch Salem bureau for statehouse reporting". Capital Press. August 1, 2014. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  11. "Newsletter covering Oregon government debuts". Blue Mountain Eagle. February 23, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  12. http://oregoncapitalinsider.com/
  13. Heffernan, Jack (October 17, 2018). "At Columbia Forum, a veteran journalist talks trust in news". The Daily Astorian. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  14. Johnson, Elin (October 23, 2018). "Journalist to discuss trust in media". The Linfield Review. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
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