Oregonian Reporter Joins ProPublica’s Newsroom

New York, N.Y. – December 19, 2011 – ProPublica today announced that Nikole Hannah-Jones of The Oregonian will be joining its award-winning newsroom as a reporter on December 19. She will be covering the ongoing economic downturn and how it has impacted the average American. Hannah-Jones has been with The Oregonian since 2006, focusing on governmental issues, the census as well as race and ethnicity. Her latest stories exposed significant shortcomings in the enforcement of fair housing laws in Portland, and eventually prompted officials to draft the city’s first fair housing plan.