I'm the PNW bureau chief at The New York Times. Send me story ideas, complaints, venting, cute dog pics. I may also comment on the Yankees and the Tar Heels, but always in a measured tone.https://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3lyekcxea5c2gEmerging from a brief social media disengagement - which I highly recommend - with some professional news: I've started a new job as the Pacific Northwest bureau chief for The New York Times. Looking for story ideas, news alerts, background info, pet theories, restaurant recs, travel tips etc.09 Sep 2025 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyekcxea5c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3lmv4zdbdk22wLost Patients is a stupendous piece of reporting. And I edited Salmon Wars, so … oh hey, wow, that’s so cool! Yay us! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2025 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmv4zdbdk22whttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3llegqbxiec2yHappy opening day to all who celebrate. If you need me over the next seven months, you can find me worshiping at the Church of Baseball. https://media.tenor.com/_Xo67Kbw0ZoAAAAC/the-big.gif?hh=270&ww=36027 Mar 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3llegqbxiec2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3lhsdusrzhk2cThe best thing about the Super Bowl is that it means baseball is near. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Feb 2025 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhsdusrzhk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3lfacxxrzc22lRight now summed up in one story: https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/07/crook-county-oregon-education-school-activism-melissa-skinner-superintendent-parents/08 Jan 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfacxxrzc22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3leysvio5jk2bI would like to read a scientific study analyzing the strange phenomenon in which people get in line at an airport Starbucks and completely forget how to order coffee.05 Jan 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3leysvio5jk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3les2r7v52k2zJoking aside, I kinda think this is exactly how you want important votes over leadership to go with the new-and-maybe-improved-who-actually-knows-for-sure Portland City Council. Messy but mostly in the open? With the political and philosophical lines clear to everyone paying attention?02 Jan 2025 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3les2r7v52k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3lert54vkuc2hI like to imagine Ted Wheeler, Charlie Hales, Sam Adams, Tom Potter and the ghost of Vera Katz are sitting in a bar somewhere watching this together. And laughing. So hard. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jan 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lert54vkuc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3lemnbawyjc2vAre you like me, and you're feeling very, very tired headed into the end of the year, and then you edited this smart rundown of all the big PNW news from 2024, and then you felt even more very, very tired but at least remembered why? [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Dec 2024 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemnbawyjc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3lecg7kbogs2uThis would hurt us at OPB, but it was absolutely decimate smaller public media orgs in rural areas. If I was a cynic, I’d say that is maybe part of the plan: remove anything that isn’t non-mainstream propagandist media in places that already tilt right. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/business/media/npr-pbs-funding-trump-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kk4.zPdn.HJREjNNz_9CS27 Dec 2024 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lecg7kbogs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3ld54hrbe2k2lOK, so he got one thing right. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Dec 2024 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld54hrbe2k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3ld2wgvflmc24Weird day to be a Tar Heel. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2024 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2wgvflmc24https://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3lcvagkkrwc2xThis is the worst Terminator sequel yet. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Dec 2024 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvagkkrwc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/agpnw.bsky.social/post/3lbasa5lqwk2tAs an e-bike rider, I believe this is true, except it's also quite possible every current e-bike rider dies first because our cities cannot keep the danged bike lanes free of leaves. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2024 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:piidmb53hlbbdnbblfai4bux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbasa5lqwk2t