Mark Zusman Explained

Mark Zusman (born 1954) is the editor and publisher of Willamette Week, an alternative newspaper and media company based in Portland, Oregon. He has been the paper's editor since 1983,[1] and became its publisher in 2015, when Richard Meeker stepped down from that position.[2]

Willamette Week is part of the City of Roses Newspaper Company, which also owns the Santa Fe Reporter in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Indy Week in The Triangle area of North Carolina.[3]

Career

Zusman and business partner Richard Meeker created City of Roses in 1982.[4] In 2005, Willamette Week became the first and only weekly newspaper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting[5] and the first to win a Pulitzer for a story that was first published on the web. In 1986, Zusman was awarded the Gerald Loeb Award for Business Journalism for stories he wrote about Nike,[6] and in 1987 he won the Bruce Baer Award for journalism in Oregon for his coverage of Portland homeless advocate Michael Stoops.[7] In 2013, Zusman was inducted into the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication Hall of Achievement.[8] During a 2016 roundtable discussion of local and national politics on an edition of Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Think Out Loud", he strongly criticized The Oregonian for not endorsing a candidate in the presidential race.[9]

Zusman has been the president of the board of the Independent Media Institute based in San Francisco. He was elected to the board of the Washington D.C.-based Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (now the Association of Alternative Newsmedia) in 2005[10] and later served as its president.[11] He serves as a judge for the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism.[12]

A 1970s graduate of the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication (SJOC), where he earned a Master's in Journalism, Zusman has served as a guest lecturer at SJOC.[13] He has lectured at the Academy of Alternative Journalism at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.[13] He is also a former fellow of the East–West Center.

MusicfestNW & TechfestNW

Zusman and Meeker are the founders of MusicfestNW, a two-decades-old music festival that takes place in clubs throughout Portland and on the waterfront each summer.[14]

He is also a founder of TechfestNW, an annual technology conference in Portland, Oregon which launched in 2011.[15] [16] [17] As a frequent moderator, he brings a journalistic lens to main stage interviews with leaders in the tech space. Recent interviews have included technology journalist Kara Swisher, co-founder of Recode;[18] and David Plouffe, Obama campaign manager and former Uber exec.

Notes and References

  1. Nicholas, Jonathan (January 9, 1984). "Free, and fresh, weekly". The Oregonian, p. B1.
  2. News: Walker. Mason. Willamette Week publisher steps down. Portland Business Journal. June 12, 2015. April 19, 2017.
  3. News: Sorg. Lisa. Steve Schewel announces sale of Independent Weekly. The Independent Weekly. August 22, 2012. November 18, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026084240/http://www.indyweek.com/FWIW/archives/2012/08/22/steve-schewel-announces-sale-of-independent-weekly. October 26, 2012. dead.
  4. News: Connelly. Joel. Oregon still reeling from Goldschmidt sex scandal. April 3, 2005. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. May 16, 2012.
  5. Web site: Tri City Herald - Google News Archive Search . 2010-02-22.
  6. News: Auletta Wins Loeb Award. Other Loeb Award winners were: Mark L. Zusman of The Willamette (Ore.) Week, first place in the category of newspapers with circulations of less than 350,000 for The Man Who Saved Nike.... The New York Times. May 9, 1986. July 13, 2015.
  7. Web site: Bruce Baer Award: Past Winners. University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. https://web.archive.org/web/20170516153831/http://journalism.uoregon.edu/brucebaer/. May 16, 2017. dead. 2018-08-16.
  8. News: Murmurs: Cashing In Our Egg McMuffin Vouchers.. Willamette Week. November 6, 2013. July 13, 2015.
  9. News: Endorsements Think Out Loud WNYC. WNYC. 2018-05-17. en.
  10. Web site: Two New Members Elected to AAN Board. June 19, 2005. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. May 16, 2012.
  11. Web site: Zaragoza. Jason. AAN Members Approve Name Change, Elect Zankowski As President. July 26, 2011. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. May 16, 2012.
  12. Web site: About the Payne Awards . February 2012 . . May 20, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614104645/http://journalism.uoregon.edu/payneawards/about . June 14, 2012 .
  13. Web site: Mark Zusman 2013 Hall of Achievement Inductee . University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication . 2023-02-24.
  14. Tucker. Reed. 50 Authentic American Experiences in 2009: Oregon. July 13, 2009. . https://web.archive.org/web/20090717051958/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1909343_1909285_1909303,00.html . dead . July 17, 2009 . July 24, 2011.
  15. Web site: TechFestNW refines its vision with big-name speakers, job fair and venture capitalists. Rogoway. Mike. July 29, 2014. The Oregonian. July 13, 2015.
  16. Web site: TechFestNW lands at Portland's Revolution Hall - Portland Business Journal. Spencer. Malia. July 10, 2015. Portland Business Journal. July 13, 2015.
  17. Web site: TechFestNW takes on the 'sharing economy'. Spencer. Malia. April 7, 2015. Portland Business Journal. July 13, 2015.
  18. News: Kara Swisher - Co-Founder, Recode TechfestNW. TechfestNW. 2018-05-17. en-US.

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