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 second annual report on homeless deaths shines a light on the toll taken by the streets By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer He was one of a kind — the man in the white tuxedo and Mickey Mouse ears, playing his trumpet from a corner perch on the Hawthorne Bri ...
10 May 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Long, long ago, in a country not unlike our own — actually, exactly like our own — people were people and corporations were corporations. Today, however, we have corporate personhood, a court-manufactured status that lets comp ...
7 May 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
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. Jennifer Williamson talks about new public safety initiatives and the potential for real reform By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer In the past 10 years, Oregon’s prison population has grown by nearly 50 percent, and while it remains lower than that nationa ...
27 Mar 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer The Portland Business Alliance has brought forth a bill to the Oregon Legislature that for all intents and purposes is a shot over the bow of the city’s sidewalks — and everyone who uses them. House Bill 2963, under the genera ...
21 Feb 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
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
Full-time journalist and part-time crooner, Shapiro talks about his year on the road with Romney By Joanne Zuhl Staff Writer No one would accuse public broadcasting of being sexy, but fans of Ari Shapiro could make a pretty good case. The Beaverton High S ...
20 Dec 2012 - Joanne Zuhl