Willamette Week Reviews

Unfortunately, "in" is all you're going to go, generally falling deeper down the rabbit hole until your career moves elsewhere. There are some very serious inter-departmental tensions, which have led to firings and general pettiness. There is virtually no chance at a raise, and wages have remained stagnant for over a decade, inflation be damned.

The editorial side is a snake pit. The Executive Editor is notorious for editing and re-editing stories that even he forgets he's asked you to put in content that he deleted in previous versions. He is notorious for playing staff members against one another. He also excels at dissembling-- promising you the cover story that week, and whipping you into a frenzy--and you later find out he's done the exact same thing to the rest of your colleagues. Also, he once was a crackerjack reporter, but he's a pretty horrific editor. He does have lots of practice in: driving away those who possess skills he lacks. Oh, and the pay? Some of the lowest you'll encounter for the volume of reporting and writing you have to produce.