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Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

Moments in time

Photojournalism has been a hallmark of The Register-Guard over the years. View some favorites images made by former staff photographers in Oregon and beyond.

From KLCC · Our News Biz

Homecoming: Former Duck comes home to run the RG

KLCC’s Michael Dunn interviews new Register-Guard editor Jill Bond on the program Oregon On The Record.

From The Register-Guard · Our News Biz

UO alumna Jill Bond named Register-Guard editor

Jill Bond, the news director at The Herald-Times in Bloomington, Indiana, has been named editor of The Register-Guard.

Our News Biz

Lookout Eugene-Springfield enters the Lane County media market

Following two years of fundraising and eager anticipation of its arrival, Lookout Eugene-Springfield was launched April 10 as an all-digital daily newspaper by Ken Doctor, founder of Lookout Santa Cruz, his first digital newspaper.

From Eugene Weekly · Our News Biz

From printing presses to climbing gym?

Elevation Bouldering Gym eyes former Register-Guard building on Chad Drive

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Quotable …

We were a team. Still are in spirit. In some respects, we experienced a love-hate relationship during those years, but we would have — and sometimes did put our lives on the line for one another in an effort to serve the public interest. We were “watch dogs” with some bite.

Dean Rea

I loved those days at The Guard. I had some good ones, too, at The Oregonian and The Columbian. But the Guard experience remains the highlight of my career.

DEAN BAKER

The Oregonian put together a sizable “Eugene Mafia” of R-G alums in the 1990s and 2000s.

Doug Bates

Excellent website. So proud to be part of it. Seeing the collection of front pages made me miss the place more than ever. A great time, too soon gone. I have to say I didn’t love every minute of every news day at the Guard, but I loved the folks who populated the newsroom. They were often the only reason I wanted to come to work.

Jim Thalman

Hope the reunion happens but life is always uncertain and will be even after our modern Plagues (Trump and Covid).

Don Robinson

I’m honored to be included in this.

Diana Elliot Fingal

What a golden time that was. I often think of those days, and those people, with gratitude, because I know I was lucky to have been there.

Lisa STRYCKER

What’s that old song, you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone?

STAN PUSIESKI

I’m grateful and proud to have been there in the “Golden Era”!

Anne Williams

Lots of love for the RG’s High Street days.

Ann Portal Esteve

What a great idea! We should make a taped greeting. I’ll be the old ranting guy: “Why, back in those days, see, oh we had to work like the devil. Not like these kids today…”

ERIC MORTENSON

I am sad that the newspaper industry was unable to morph into some new, relevant information vehicle. Our society now is missing the one responsible conduit it had for the community conversations essential to democracy. Facebook and Twitter ain’t cutting it.

Rick Bella

I looove the idea of an R-G reunion.

SHERRI BURI McDONALD

Bittersweet at times, but still fun.

Sara Marvin

My time at the RG was the best job I ever had.

ROSANNE OLSON

I arrived at the RG on the tail end of the “glory days” but it was that culture/reputation that caused me work my tail off to get hired there. I felt very fortunate to have worked with so many great journalists.

MARK JOHNSON

I’ve always felt honored to be part of The R-G staff for 25 years, and I’ll be honored and humbled to be among you again.

Bill Bishop

Register-Guard colleagues and experiences have visited my thoughts regularly over the past 30+ years. It’s past time to meet up again face-to-face and re-establish which of those memories are fact and which are glamorized fiction.

Larry May