Wilsonville Spokesman is the local weekly newspaper

Newspaper

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 in Wilsonville, Oregon

Wilsonville, Oregon

Wilsonville is a city primarily in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A portion of the northern section of the city is in Washington County. Originally founded as Boones Landing due to the Boones Ferry which crossed the Willamette River at the location, the community became Wilsonville in...

, United States

United States

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. Started in 1983 in the southern suburb of Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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, the publication has a circulation of approximately 3,500. Published on Wednesdays, the paper is owned by Eagle Newspapers, Inc. which owns other local newspapers in Oregon

Oregon

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 such as The Newberg Graphic

The Newberg Graphic

The Newberg Graphic is the weekly newspaper of Newberg, Oregon, United States. It is owned and operated by Eagle Newspapers, a newspaper chain in the Pacific Northwest....

and The Dalles Chronicle

The Dalles Chronicle

The Dalles Chronicle is the daily newspaper published in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. It serves The Dalles, and much of the eastern Columbia Gorge region, and the outlying areas of Wasco and Sherman Counties. Its first issue was published on December 10, 1890. The Chronicle is currently...

.

History

The newspaper was founded in 1983 by Thomas Russ Dillon. In 2003, the newspaper won two awards from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. That year an opinion piece printed in the paper was part of a lawsuit by a city employee against the city council relating to protect speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

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. In 2006, the paper took two second and two third place awards for newspapers in their category from the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists

Society of Professional Journalists

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. As of 2008 the Spokesman has a circulation of nearly 3,500, with Michelle Te serving as editor.

External links

• Portland Business Journal: Wilsonville Spokesman