Another Portland Reporter Flees Journalism for a Government PR Job (Updated with Neves Comment)

By JAMES PITKIN

One of the only TV reporters who consistently covered Portland City Hall has jumped ship to take a job at City Hall.

The Portland Office of Emergency Management today announced hiring Randy Neves, a reporter for KGW News, as the bureau's new public information officer.

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eight local public agencies
90 taxpayer-funded PR personnel
$7 million

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