Media teams join forces to cover state government, politics

Reporters covering state government at the Oregon Capital Bureau are, from left, Paris Achen of the Pamplin Media Group, Claire Withycombe with EO Media Group and Aubrey Wieber with the Salem Reporter.

 Oregon Capital Bureau photo

Two veteran news organizations and one upstart announced a new collaborative aimed at expanding their coverage of state government and politics.

The new team represents Pamplin Media Group, the publisher of Portland Tribune and 24 other newspapers; EO Media Group, which publishes the East Oregonian, Daily Astorian and nine other newspapers; and Salem Reporter, a new digital news service. A reporter from each organization has been assigned to the Oregon Capital Bureau operation.