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Tom Henderson

Tom Henderson is a freelance journalist. He has been a newspaper editor and reporter in the Northwest for 42 years and has won more than 100 national and regional awards for his work. A past president of the Idaho and Oregon chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists, he has also taught advanced newspaper editing at Washington State University. He volunteers with the journalism program at Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School in Portland. Observant film buffs can spot him playing a reporter in the 2015 indy movie "10 Days in a Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story."

Candidates talk about homelessness but not to those on the streets

By: Tom Henderson - November 7, 2022

Although Oregon’s political candidates talk about reducing homelessness, Jeff Widener said he still expects to be living on the street after the upcoming election. Widener, 65, spends most of his days at Marion Square Park in Salem. He said he can’t remember anymore how many years he’s been homeless. But he does remember everything elected […]

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