For the third year in a row, Oregon Business magazine has been named the best publication in its category by the Society of Professional Journalists of Oregon and SW Washington. In the category of non-daily publications with circulation over 8,000, Oregon Business was first, the Portland Business Journal was second and Willamette Week was third. 

Oregon Business also received three other awards, which were announced May 18 in Portland.

Former Oregon Business editor Robin Doussard won a first place award in the business feature category for her article about the Imperial Stock Ranch in Maupin (The New Ranch Economy).

Oregon Business Editor Linda Baker won a second place award  for her story about a new generation of tech savvy female entrepreneurs (The Rise of the Mommy Economy).

Oregon Business Creative Director Jon Taylor Carter received a second place award for page design featuring his spread for The Divide, about bringing black America into the new tech economy. (See spread above).

Oregon Business is a locally owned statewide business publication founded in 1981.

Portland, OR – MEDIAmerica, publisher of Oregon Business and Oregon Home magazines, announces a new retail website: HalfOffOregon.com. The website offers lodging, dining, recreation and many other items at half off their regular cost.

The online marketplace features handpicked experiences, products and services unique to Oregon. Customers securely purchase gift certificates priced at half their value, and Half Off Oregon mails them that day. The premium deals are available in limited quantities.

Half Off Oregon distinguishes itself from other deal sites with its lack of gimmicks. There are no trigger quantities, and it’s not managed by a national chain.

“Many social buying sites seem skewed toward national chains or products produced overseas,” says MEDIAmerica President and CEO Andrew Insinga. “I like the idea of bringing uniquely Oregon
experiences to Oregonians.  It has a more genuine and local feel to it."

Half Off Oregon is promoted through a network of statewide media, including Oregon Business magazine, Oregon Home magazine, and Discover Portland in-room visitor guides.

MEDIAmerica is a locally owned publishing company with more than 30 years of operating in Oregon.

Salem, Ore. – Sept. 5, 2012 – The National Council of State Tourism Directors (NCSTD) last week honored Travel Oregon with a Mercury Award naming its Print Visitor Guide the best in the country for the second consecutive year.

For the second year in a row, Oregon Business magazine has been named the best publication in its category by the Society of Professional Journalists of Oregon and SW Washington.

Oregon Business has been named one of the top three small business-to-business publications in the nation by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

Oregon Business magazine has won 12 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, including first place in the General Excellence category.

Oregon Business magazine has been named one of the top 10 small business publications in the country by the national American Society of Business Publication Editors, which also awarded five additional honors to the magazine for excellence in writing and design.

Oregon Business has been awarded four first-place awards for excellence in business reporting and design by the Oregon chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The awards were made in the nondaily category for work done in 2009.

MEDIAmerica has been Recycle at Work Certified—meaning our company has improved its recycling practices and reduced the amount of waste it produces by implementing all of the City of Portland’s five recycling steps.

Oregon Business has been named one of the top three business-to-business magazines in the country, under 80,000 circulation, by the American Society of Business Publication Editors, in one of the largest business publication competitions in the U.S.