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Letter to the Editor: Free press essential

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To the editor: I read with interest the Tuesday, Feb. 28, opinion piece, “Are media outlets now the enemy?” Kudos to you for being a media outlet willing to examine this challenge to your motives. The survival of our democracy requires the participation of an informed electorate, and as Burkhardt points out, a free press is essential to the informed part.

Gorge Life

‘Authors Among Us’ Nov. 9

The public is invited to “Authors Among Us,” a reading by area authors at the White Salmon Valley Community Library on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s Sprint/Baker Gallery.

Burkhardt joins Chronicle newsroom
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Burkhardt joins Chronicle newsroom

  • The Dalles Chronicle
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There’s a new reporter in town. As of this week, D. C. Jesse Burkhardt has stepped in as The Dalles Chronicle’s new government reporter. Burkhardt, a University of Oregon graduate, has more than two decades of experience in community journalism, and his roots in the Columbia River Gorge run deep. From 1994 until 2011, Burkhardt served as editor of The Enterprise, the weekly newspaper in White Salmon, and he has lived in several gorge communities, including The Dalles and Hood River in Oregon and White Salmon and Snowden in Washington.