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Four WW Stories Compelled Changes in How Oregon Works Enterprise and investigative reporting reveals actions somebody wanted to hide and the scrutiny compels the end of the status quo. Townsend Farms. (Wesley Lapointe) Updated December 23, 2020
WW is so proud of the stories we reported that changed Oregonians lives. Every week, we aim to produce journalism that shifts how Portland views itself. But with some stories, the results are immediate and tangible. That might mean sending an elected official home or making a government agency cough up a document its leaders didn t want you to see. It might cause a powerful institution to abandon a practice it carried on for years. Almost always, this enterprise and investigative reporting reveals actions somebody wanted to hide and the scrutiny compels the end o