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We are proud to partner with Central Oregon Daily News to produce video content for this project.
We are proud to partner with Central Oregon Daily News to produce video content for this project.
Jody Lawrence-Turner is executive director of the Fund for Oregon Rural Journalism, a nonprofit founded to help stabilize, sustain and grow Oregon’s rural news organizations. Lawrence-Turner is a career journalist who worked in Oregon, Washington and Idaho and has written about everything from a neighborhood cat that greets middle schoolers arriving at school to a privately owned hydroelectric power plant in rural Washington.
In 2015, she joined The Bulletin in Bend, Oregon, where she has worked as the features, business, health and special projects editor. She stepped into her leadership role with FORJ in 2021 and has spent three years designing its programs, which focus on preserving journalism and protecting democracy in Oregon.
Project Editor:
Jody Lawrence-Turner
Project Editor:
Jody Lawrence-Turner
Special Assignment Reporter:
David Dudley
Project Editor:Jody Lawrence-Turner
Jody Lawrence-Turner is executive director of the Fund for Oregon Rural Journalism, a nonprofit founded to help stabilize, sustain and grow Oregon’s rural news organizations. Lawrence-Turner is a career journalist who worked in Oregon, Washington and Idaho and has written about everything from a neighborhood cat that greets middle schoolers arriving at school to a privately owned hydroelectric power plant in rural Washington.
In 2015, she joined The Bulletin in Bend, Oregon, where she has worked as the features, business, health and special projects editor. She stepped into her leadership role with FORJ in 2021 and has spent three years designing its programs, which focus on preserving journalism and protecting democracy in Oregon.
Photographer:
Joe Kline
Photographer:
Joe Kline
Joe Kline is a photographer always on the lookout for candid and storytelling moments. His style is informed by more than a decade of documenting life as a newspaper photojournalist.
Throughout his career, Joe has worked on stories related to issues of affordable housing and houselessness. Joe’s work over the years has received statewide and national recognition from organizations including the Associated Press, National Press Photographers Association, and Society of Professional Journalists.
Based in Bend, Joe enjoys the opportunity to photograph an abundance of outdoor recreation, news, events, portraits, and more.
Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee
We are grateful to receive insights, guidance and feedback from an advisory committee of experts who have been personally impacted by homelessness or work as advocates for community members experiencing homelessness.
As a Journalism Lab, we are careful to work together with our advisors while ensuring space for journalistic integrity and organic storytelling.
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Bob Bohac, Oasis Village
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Elaine Knobbs-SeaScholtz, Mosaic Medical
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Eliza Wilson, J Bar J Youth Services
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Erik Nelson, Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council
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Gwenn Wysling, Bethlehem Inn
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Katy Brooks, Bend Chamber
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Morgan Schmidt, Red Cross Central and Eastern Oregon Chapter
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Paige Press, Youth Action Board
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Ruth Williamson, Ruth Williamson Consulting
Thank you to our partners
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Partners
Partners
Special Project Reporter:
David Dudley
Special Assignment Reporter:
David Dudley
David is an award-winning journalist who has written for The Guardian, the Christian Science Monitor, High Country News, Sierra Magazine, Chron.com, and WyoFile, among many others.
He was a Guggenheim Crime in America Fellow at John Jay College from 2020-2023. He's also an award-winning playwright whose plays have been performed across the U.S.