Executive editor, @ashlandORNews. Formerly @ApplegaterNews, @AshlandTidings, @TheCambrian, @SYV_News. 541-631-1313, [email protected], @bertling.bsky.social
Ashland, Oregon
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Great #journalism #quote from @LaurelRosenhall of the
@latimes on Thursday's @npr All Things Considered (at the 3:37 mark), re: fear #AI will do reporters' jobs: "The highest & best use of our profession as journalists 1/2 one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=n…
Meanwhile, outside the cone ....
A record-breaking marine heatwave continues along the CA coast. Remarkably, as readings from Scripps Pier in La Jolla illustrate, the usual seasonal cycle (i.e., ocean cooling as summer transitions into winter) is completely absent--with ~75F water temperatures now into November!
ALT Time series plot from Scripps/UCSD showing daily 2026 ocean surface temperatures. Over 60 days so far this year have been record warm, with virtually all recent days being well above historical records for the date as no seasonal cooling at all has yet been observed despite rapid cooling usually beginning in September. It is a remarkable graphic.
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Our year-end campaign starts today, supported by the amazing NewsMatch, which helps double gifts given during this time period! We need your support now, to help us reach our goal of $175,000 by Dec. 31.
ashland.news/donation
Great kicker by @maureendowd
In @nytopinion
“As his hold on the country seems to be slipping through his pudgy fingers, Trump needs the unqualified love from his blond Praetorian Guard,” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes. nyti.ms/4s9s0TF
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-preve…
"Last year, I described a “steady, unrelenting decline” of local newspapers. This year, that creeping erosion has mushroomed into a full-blown Super El Niño-like event for local news, leaving widespread and long-lasting displacement in its wake." localnewsinitiative.northwes…
Oregon’s race for governor is still extremely tight, but new polling suggests momentum may be in Democrats’ favor. ashland.news/election-2026-2…
Oregon’s race for governor is still extremely tight, but new polling suggests momentum may be in Democrats’ favor. ashland.news/election-2026-2…
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The deadline to register for the Nov. 3 election is Tuesday, Oct. 13, for those registering in Oregon for the first time. ashland.news/election-2026-r…
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Tsunami Info Stmt: M8.0 General Area of Panama 1056 PDT Oct 9: Potential to generate destructive tsunamis; CA,OR,WA,BC,and AK
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Just did some number crunching using latest (Oct 1) ECMWF seasonal data, and I must say that I've never seen such high predictive confidence in a very wet California winter. This is a truly extraordinary forecast amid a record-strength El Niño event. [Thread: please read to end.]
ALT Model-relative sea surface temperature anomalies for November 2026–January 2027. The supplied grid is displayed without added smoothing or coastal filling. Beige marks land and gray marks missing ocean values. The main colour scale spans -2 to +10°F, with white at zero. Hot pink marks anomalies above +10°F. This map does not establish an operational ENSO category.
6 overlooked reasons California’s Community NEWS Act is ‘a big deal’
#journalism #localnews #nonprofitnews
poynter.org/commentary/2026/…
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Ashland.news has hired Julie Gillis as interim executive director. Gillis started at Ashland.news in September, succeeding David Sommers, who stepped down after serving on an interim basis for a year. ashland.news/ashland-news-an…
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"This is a big deal," said @GovPressOffice signing the historic Community NEWS Act: tax credits to news orgs to hire & retain local journalists. Most significant law to revive local news. Content-neutral, nonpartisan, digital, print, b'cast, forprofit & non, old & new. THANK YOU.
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When local news disappears, taxpayers pay more.
New research finds that the Community NEWS Act (AB 2222) could save California taxpayers at least $47.6 million a year in borrowing costs while helping local newsrooms retain and hire journalists.
rebuildlocalnews.org/ab-2222…
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Per @AndrewYang, the paradox: AI needs local reporters to feed the machine & now AI is making it unlikely such reporters will exist (by taking content w/o payment, & not driving traffic to sites, see below)
Southern Oregon Historical Society offers free pieces of history with Mail Tribune and Daily Tidings archive giveaway through Friday kobi5.com/news/top-stories/s…
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"Why should the government be involved? Because the crisis in local news has become catastrophic — and there are types of government help that do preserve the press’ editorial independence."
Learn more: editorandpublisher.com/stori…
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We at the Review mourn the loss of Annie Dillard (1945–2026). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked “For the Time Being,” Dillard's 1998 piece about the life of the French priest and scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, from the archive. buff.ly/SxIquAa
