- Nick Christensen (journalist)
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Nick Christensen Born 1981
Las Vegas, NevadaEducation UNLV Occupation Journalist Employer Metro Nick Christensen is an American journalist who writes articles for Metro in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon.
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Career
Christensen studied at the Las Vegas Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada, and graduated in 2004 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) with a degree in political science. At UNLV, he was the opinion editor for the Rebel Yell student newspaper, also covering sports and news. In 2003, Christensen joined the Las Vegas Sun to cover the Las Vegas 51s. He also worked as a freelance columnist for Las Vegas Weekly.
At the Sun, Christensen also covered NIAA prep sports, focusing on the financial and personal impacts of playing sports across the vast distances of Nevada.[1][2] On the 51s beat, Christensen was the first to report on positive steroids tests by Las Vegas 51s players[3] and on several personnel transactions[4] within the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, including the 2004 trade of Tanyon Sturtze to the New York Yankees.[5]
When the Sun dramatically changed its joint operating agreement with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Christensen briefly moved to the news side, reporting on a controversial plan to pave a rough road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.[6] He then was named managing editor of the Summerlin News and West Valley News a week after those newspapers launched in 2005, leading them on a period of growth that resulted in national recognition.[7] He also wrote the 2007 Editorial of the Year in Nevada, criticizing the state's half-hearted effort at enforcing a poorly written smoking ban.[8]
In 2007, Christensen moved to Portland, Oregon, and started working for The Hillsboro Argus, a newspaper in the county seat of Washington County, the fifth most-populous county in the Pacific Northwest. At the Argus, Christensen focused on rural development issues, including proposals to put compressed natural gas pipelines under farms and vineyards near Forest Grove, allegations that those pipelines would be used to export American natural gas using proposed LNG terminals near Astoria, Oregon, and a controversial land use program called urban and rural reserves, proposed by Metro, Portland's regional government. He covered the December 2007 Pacific Northwest storms in Vernonia, Oregon, winning multiple awards for his stories and photos.[9][10] In 2009, Christensen was named the best non-daily sports columnist in Oregon by the state's Society for Professional Journalists chapter, and his coverage of the LNG issues was recognized by the state's press association.[citation needed]
Christensen left the Argus in 2010 and started working for the regional government Metro, writing articles for the organization's website.[11]
Personal life
Christensen, the son of Clark County School District educators, grew up in Spring Valley, Nevada.
In 2009, Christensen was a leader in the fight against a proposal to build a Pacific Coast League stadium for the Portland Beavers in the Lents neighborhood of southeast Portland.[12] He wrote a study which found that Triple-A baseball stadiums outside of downtown areas have had limited urban renewal impact on the areas around them.[13]
References
- ^ Christensen, Nick (November 11, 2004). "The road to a state title can be very … very … long". Las Vegas Sun. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2004/nov/11/the-road-to-a-state-title-can-be-very-very-long/. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ Christensen, Nick (February 24, 2004). "State tournament goes south". Las Vegas Sun. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2005/feb/24/state-tournament-goes-south/. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ Christensen, Nick (May 19, 2005). "Two 51s get substance suspensions". Las Vegas Sun. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2005/may/19/two-51s-get-substance-suspensions/. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ Weisman, Jon (May 4, 2005). "Infection, Surgery Delay Bonds Rehab/Valentin Headed for DL". Dodger Thoughts. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dodgerthoughts/2005/05/infection-surge.html. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ Christensen, Nick (May 13, 2004). "Sturtze anticipating trade to the Yankees". Las Vegas Sun. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2004/may/13/sturtze-anticipating-trade-to-the-yankees/. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ Christensen, Nick (November 6, 2005). "Road to Riches". Las Vegas Sun. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2005/nov/06/road-to-riches/. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ http://www.suburban-news.org/downloads/contests/winners/2007editorialByCategory.pdf
- ^ http://web.mac.com/nevadapress/nevadapress.com/Convention_files/2007%20all%20winners%201_bs.doc
- ^ http://orenews.com/Contests/2008/bnc/webhtml/08bnc-16-d-1.html
- ^ http://orenews.com/Contests/2008/bnc/webhtml/08bnc-14-d-1.html
- ^ Mortenson, Eric (January 17, 2011). "As Portland media shrink, Metro joins a national trend by hiring a reporter to cover itself". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/01/as_portland_media_shrink_metro.html. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ http://news.opb.org/article/5258-paulson-pulls-lents-stadium-proposal-field/
- ^ Mirk, Sarah (June 3, 2009). "Lents resident completes vigilante study on stadium". Portland Mercury. http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2009/06/03/lents-resident-completes-vigilante-study-on-stadium. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
External links
Categories:- Journalists from Portland, Oregon
- 1981 births
- Living people
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni
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