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Published on: 9/1/2007
Last Visited: 9/5/2007
Speaker: Therese Bottomly, Managing Editor of the Oregonian
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Therese Bottomly is a managing editor at The Oregonian, the Pacific Northwest's largest daily newspaper, where she also has worked as a copy editor, reporter, Sunday editor and senior editor for news and planning.As managing editor, she is responsible for readership and standards, training, the copy desk, corrections and several local columnists.In addition to her current responsibilities, she is the public records and legal affairs liaison for the paper, handling retraction demands, subpoenas and prepublication review.For the past several years, she has worked with reporters and editors to open government records to the public.She is a board member of Open Oregon, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting public access to government meetings and records.As part of that work, she is developing a website that is a resource for smaller newspapers and working journalists across the state.She is also a member of the
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Therese Bottomly, Managing Editor of the Oregonian, will be speaking about Oregon Senate Bill 554 -- http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0500.dir/sb0554.en.pdf the recently passed Oregon legislation that provides new requirements for public agencies in responding to public records requests from both the media and members of the public.The bill was introduced at the request of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.Ms. Bottomly will discuss the bill's intent from the media standpoint.Perhaps just as important, she will provide insight on what a member of the