Columbia County Spotlight
Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Pamplin Media Group |
Publisher | Nikki DeBuse |
Editor | Mark Miller |
Founded | 1961 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 52490 SE Second St. Scappoose, Oregon 97056 |
Circulation | 5,093 (as of 2022)[1] |
Website | columbiacountyspotlight |
The Columbia County Spotlight, previously known as the Scappoose Spotlight[2] and the South County Spotlight,[3] is a weekly newspaper in Columbia County, Oregon, United States, established in 1961.[4]
The paper serves Scappoose and St. Helens, and covers communities along Highway 30 from Linnton and Sauvie Island to Clatskanie. The editorial staff is based in Scappoose, while some administration and creative services are based in Milwaukie at the headquarters of Pamplin Media Group, which owns the newspaper. The Spotlight is one of a number of community newspapers in the group, including the Forest Grove News-Times and the Hillsboro Tribune.
Reporter Tyler Graf won a first place award for feature business writing for a Spotlight article in 2012.[5] Graf, who had recently come to the paper from the Daily Journal of Commerce, soon moved on to the nearby Daily Astorian.[6] The newspaper won four awards in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest in 2015,[7] including second place for best editorial, third place for best feature, second place for best graphics and first place for best sports photo. The Spotlight is a general member of the association. Its coverage has been cited by other newspapers in the area, including The Oregonian,[8][9][10] and it is part of the Northwest News Partnership, along with Daily Astorian and the EO Media Group.[11][12][13]
Darryl Swan, who had previously served as the paper's news editor, was appointed publisher in 2008[14] and remained in that role until 2020.[15] In 2020, Nikki DeBuse was named publisher and Mark Miller, who reported for the Spotlight from 2013 to 2015, was named editor.[4]
References
- ^ "Pamplin Media Group: Media Kit 2022" (PDF). 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ Bagwell, Steve; Stapilus, Randy (2013). New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be. Carlton, Oregon: Ridenbaugh Press. ISBN 978-0-945648-10-9. OCLC 861618089.
- ^ "Pamplin Media Group - Home".
- ^ a b "Columbia County Spotlight". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "Series on forests earns regional journalism award". The Daily Astorian. May 21, 2012.
- ^ "Tyler Graf joins The Daily Astorian news staff". Daily Astorian. October 13, 2011.
- ^ http://www.orenews.com/pub/doc/BNCwinnerlist2014.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Rogoway, Mike (March 31, 2018). "Tech exec named partner with Oregon Venture Fund". The Oregonian.
- ^ Marum, Anna (January 16, 2018). "Body of missing St. Helens teen found in Columbia River". The Oregonian.
- ^ Bailey Jr., Everton (December 9, 2017). "DA's office to review case of inmate bit by police dog in jail cell". The Oregonian.
- ^ MILLER, MARK (March 28, 2014). "Hyde: Kitzhaber declaration 'not on the table for Columbia County'". The Daily Astorian.
- ^ MILLER, MARK (March 28, 2014). "Columbia County ordered to pay $800k for jail mail restrictions". The Daily Astorian.
- ^ Miller, Mark (March 28, 2014). "Columbia County ordered to pay $800k for jail mail restrictions". The Wallowa County Chieftain.
- ^ "Darryl Swan Appointed Publisher of 'South County Spotlight'". Editor & Publisher. July 16, 2008. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- ^ "USNPL".
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