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'''Rick Attig''' is an [[United States|American]] journalist, currently 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/>
'''Rick Attig''' is an [[United States|American]] journalist, currently an associate editor and editorial writer for ''[[The Oregonian]]'' newspaper in [[Portland, Oregon]]. He was 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 [[Springfield, 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>
Attig was born and raised 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 [[Springfield, 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>


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Rick Attig is an American journalist, currently an associate editor and editorial writer for The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon. He was a 2008 Knight Fellow at Stanford University and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize.[1]

Attig was born and raised 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 Springfield, 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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