Willamette Week
Overview
Willamette Week is an alternative weekly
newspaper published in Portland, Oregon
, United States
. It features reports on local news
, politics
, sports, business
and culture
.
Willamette Week is the only weekly newspaper to have one of its reporters win a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
. It was the first newspaper to win a Pulitzer for a story that it first published online. During 2007, WW had more 18- to 34-year-old Portland-area
readers than the weekly editions of The Oregonian
and its weekly arts and entertainment publication, "A&E."
As part of its news coverage, WW features the "Rogue of the Week", in which a recent action by a local person or organization is criticized.
Alternative weekly
An alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper, that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local people and culture. Their news coverage is more...
newspaper published in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It features reports on local news
News
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, politics
Politics
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, sports, business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
and culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
.
Willamette Week is the only weekly newspaper to have one of its reporters win a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953, under one name or another, for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in print journalism...
. It was the first newspaper to win a Pulitzer for a story that it first published online. During 2007, WW had more 18- to 34-year-old Portland-area
Portland metropolitan area
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area , also known as the Portland metropolitan area or Greater Portland, is an urban area in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington centered around the city of Portland, Oregon. The U.S...
readers than the weekly editions of The Oregonian
The Oregonian
The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850...
and its weekly arts and entertainment publication, "A&E."
As part of its news coverage, WW features the "Rogue of the Week", in which a recent action by a local person or organization is criticized.