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Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan discusses decline of local papers in Northwest Passages forum

Thu., Aug. 13, 2020

Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan joined Spokesman-Review editor Rob Curley on Thursday to discuss her new book, “Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy,” during a livestreamed Northwest Passages Book Club forum.

Rob Curley: A good newspaper can bring together a community, author Margaret Sullivan says

Thu., Aug. 13, 2020

Margaret Sullivan knows what it‘s like to not just love newspapers, but especially love one in particular.

Rob Curley: Investment in new press is an investment in local journalism

Sun., July 5, 2020

Twenty years ago, if a newspaper announced it was going to build a new press, I would have rolled my eyes.

Pearls Before Swine creator talks comics, journalism at Northwest Passages forum

Thu., June 11, 2020

Northwest Passages virtual interview with Stephan Pastis

Daily photos and stories are our focus, not awards – but we like awards, too

Tue., June 2, 2020

The changes to local newspaper newsrooms across the country have been written about ad nauseam. Here’s the CliffsNotes version of the obvious: There are a whole lot fewer journalists out there.

Rob Curley: Spokesman-Review staff pivots, shifts to keep delivering the news

Sun., May 3, 2020

None of us have done this before. There was no playbook to follow. None of the newspaper’s historical emergency publishing plans explained what to do if there was a worldwide pandemic that would cause us to abandon our newsroom desks for months on end.

Letters of thanks to The Spokesman-Review

Sun., May 3, 2020

When you’re a newspaper editor, you get a lot of email, notes and phone calls. I’ve worked at some of the biggest newspapers in the nation and never received as much as here in Spokane. It’s actually one of the coolest parts of working here – people care. And they’re chatty. Those are features, not flaws.

Curley: Let’s have an honest talk about ‘fake news’ and what local newspapers really do

Mon., April 20, 2020

Today, we hear the phrase “fake news” all the time, but it’s oddly been turned into something that seems charged and political, whether something is factual or not. And if it is true, there are now “alternate facts” you should believe are truer, despite facts not actually working that way.

Rob Curley: It’s all about family as Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen seems headed for a Hollywood ending

Sat., April 18, 2020

We grew up in a small-town where 50 people in your graduating class was considered huge. Our extended family all lived nearby and we were a fairly tight-knit bunch. Even a little gregarious – okay maybe a lot gregarious – which often made it a little overwhelming for those who married into the Curley family.

Rob Curley: What do COVID-19, content moves, a castle proposal and newspaper carriers have in common? They’re all in this column and brought to you by the letter C

Sun., April 12, 2020

I don’t normally write a three-dot column – which is newspaper slang for a column that talks about mostly unrelated things separated by a whole bunch of ellipses – but we have a lot of ground to cover today.

Rob Curley: Coronavirus not only makes communities sick, it has infected local journalism, too

Wed., April 8, 2020

In the era of the coronavirus, journalism has never felt more important. That’s what makes what is currently happening to local newspapers across the country, both dailies and weeklies, so cruel.

Rob Curley: Join Northwest Passages for sit-downs, interviews and entertainment, all from your home

Thu., April 2, 2020

Today is the day we’re beginning the virtual version of our Northwest Passages book club and community forums. Though we’re starting with more of the forum part than the book part.

Editor Rob Curley reads Madonna’s “Mr. Peabody’s Apples” for Storytime from the Tower

Mon., March 30, 2020

Rob Curley reads his favorite children’s book, “Mr. Peabody's Apples.”

Rob Curley: Northwest Passages Book Club helps us connect with Storytime from the Tower and virtual community forums

Sun., March 29, 2020

Northwest Passages Book Club events will resume, via streaming, plus ‘Storytime from the Tower’ for children.

Rob Curley reads Madonna’s “Mr. Peabody’s Apples” for Storytime

Sun., March 29, 2020

The Spokesman-Review Editor Rob Curley reads his favorite book, "Mr. Peabody's Apples," written by Madonna and illustrated by Loren Long (Published by Callaway, 2003).

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Rob Curley: Look to us for news, not risk to your health

Tue., March 24, 2020

A newspaper gets used to the idea that some people – mostly bad people – are afraid of us. But not our readers. And definitely not this time. We were told about a handful who recently canceled their subscriptions out of fear of this virus. Both the WHO and the CDC say it is safe to receive packages, including newspapers, at your home.

Rob Curley: Following a Spokane bachelorette’s journey

Sun., March 8, 2020

While most people are deathly afraid to speak in public, there aren’t many microphones or large audiences Katherine Morgan isn’t completely at home with. Still, she might seem like the most unlikely person in Spokane to appear on the live, stage-show version of the popular television show, “The Bachelor.” Yet, there she was Sunday night.

Rob Curley: Romance authors featured at Monday’s Northwest Passages event have sold millions of books

Sun., Feb. 23, 2020

Asa Maria Bradley, Katee Robert, Rebecca Zanetti and Lucy Gilmore will speak to the Northwest Passages book club on Monday.

Rob Curley: Cynicism, trusting your mother’s love and peaches on Christmas

Wed., Dec. 25, 2019

Romantic stories get to me. They always have. And that trait sometimes puts a journalist in an awkward position with others in this particular profession.

Rob Curley: Making hoops history under the Pavilion’s new lights

Wed., Dec. 18, 2019

There are so many examples of Gonzaga’s game-changing moments that many folks can rattle them off with almost no thought. There’s Casey Calvary’s tip-in against Florida in 1999 that launched one of the longest continuous NCAA Tournament streaks in all of college basketball. It almost seems like yesterday, except no current Zags player had been born when Calvary was shattering backboards on national TV.