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'''Rick Attig''' is an editorial writer for [[The Oregonian]] newspaper in [[Portland, Oregon]]. He is a 2008 Knight Fellow at Stanford University and twice winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]].<ref name=knight/>


Attig was born and raised on a farm in [[Corvallis, Oregon]]. He earned his bachelor's degree from the [[University of Oregon]]. Before he graduated, he was working as a journalist for the Springfield News in [[Oregon]]. A year after graduation, in 1984, he went to the Bend Bulletin daily newspaper in Oregon where he held a number of positions including senior writer, editorial page editor, and, in 1995, executive editor. Since 1998, he has been the associate editor and member of the editorial board for The Oregonian in Portland. He has been recognized in his field with over 40 national, state, and regional awards.<ref name=knight/> Attig was part of a team that won the 2001 [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]] for a series of articles and editorials about abuses in the [[U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service]]. In 2006, he won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism]], as well as the National Headliners 1st Place Award, and he was a finalist for the [[American Society of Newspaper Editors]] Distinguished Writing Award for his editorial writing about abuse of the mentally ill at the [[Oregon State Hospital]].<ref name=knight>[http://knight.stanford.edu/index.html Knight Fellowship website] Retrieved [[February 23]], [[2008]]</ref>
'''Rick Attig''' is an editorial writer for The Oregonian newspaper in [[Portland, Oregon]]. He is a 2008 Knight Fellow Stanford University, and twice winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]].<ref name=knight/>


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Attig was born and raised on a farm in [[Corvallis, Oregon]]. He earned his bachelor's degree from the [[University of Oregon]], Eugene. Even before he graduated, he was working as a journalist for the Springfield (OR) News. A year after graduation, in 1984, he went to the Bend (OR) Bulletin daily newspaper where he held a number of positions including senior writer, editorial page editor, and in 1995, executive editor. Since 1998, he has been the associate editor and member of the editorial board for The Oregonian in Portland. He has been recognized in his field with over 40 national, state, and regional awards.<ref name=knight/> Attig was part of a team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for the Oregonian, for a series of articles and editorials about abuses in the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. In 2006, he won his second Pulitzer Prize, as well as the National Headliners 1st Place Award, and was a finalist for the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award, for his editorial writing about abuses at the Oregon State Hospital for the mentally ill.<ref name=knight>[http://knight.stanford.edu/index.html Knight Fellowship website] retrieved [[February 23]] [[2008]]</ref>
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Rick Attig is an editorial writer for The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon. He is a 2008 Knight Fellow at Stanford University and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize.[1]

Attig was born and raised on a farm in Corvallis, Oregon. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon. Before he graduated, he was working as a journalist for the Springfield News in Oregon. A year after graduation, in 1984, he went to the Bend Bulletin daily newspaper in Oregon where he held a number of positions including senior writer, editorial page editor, and, in 1995, executive editor. Since 1998, he has been the associate editor and member of the editorial board for The Oregonian in Portland. He has been recognized in his field with over 40 national, state, and regional awards.[1] Attig was part of a team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a series of articles and editorials about abuses in the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. In 2006, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism, as well as the National Headliners 1st Place Award, and he was a finalist for the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award for his editorial writing about abuse of the mentally ill at the Oregon State Hospital.[1]

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