News from Oakridge: Doug Bates and Dean Rea will be stepping down as volunteer journalists for The Herald
The Upper Willamette’s experiment in community journalism will reach an important milestone on Oct. 26.
On that day, my 75th birthday, I will step down as editor of The Herald, and my dear colleague Dean Rea will retire as chief correspondent.
Our mission as volunteers was to create The Herald. We accomplished that, and now it’s time for the nonprofit news site to move on to its next important phase: fundraising and the development of paid staff.
Follow the link to read the complete Letter from The Highway 58 Herald Editor Doug Bates
The members of The Register-Guard Reunion Steering Committee are Ann Baker Mack, Donovan Mack, Paul Neville, Lloyd Paseman, Dean Rea, Mike Thoele and Sandy Thoele.
They can be reached at the email address [email protected].