Rick Attig is an American journalist and author, formerly a member of the editorial board for ''

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'' newspaper in

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. He was a 2008 Knight Fellow at Stanford Universitybr>
and twice shared the Pulitzer Prize. Attig was born and raised in Corvallis, Oregon. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism and political science in 1983 from the

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. Before he graduated, he was working as a reporter for the now-defunct Springfield News in

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. In 1984 he joined '' The Bulletin'' daily newspaper in Bend, Oregon where he held a number of positions including senior writer, editorial page editor, and, beginning in 1995, executive editor. From 1998 to 2012, he was associate editor and member of the editorial board for ''The Oregonian'' in Portland. He has been recognized in his field with over 40 national, state, and regional awards. Attig was part of a group of Oregonian writers that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a series of articles and editorials about abuses in the

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In 2006, he shared with his friend and colleague Doug Bates the

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as well as the National Headliners 1st Place Award,http://www.headlinerawards.com/Winners2006Print.html and he was a finalist for the

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Distinguished Writing Awar

for his editorial writing about abuse of the mentally ill at the

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.Knight Fellowship website
Retrieved February 23, 2008 In October 2015, Attig was inducted in the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication's Hall of Achievement

Attig earned a MFA in fiction in 2010 from Pacific University

His short stories have appeared in several anthologies and literary magazines. His wife, Courtenay Thompson, is also a writer and editor. Attig has two sons, Mitchell, 33, who works in environmental restoration in Portland, and Will, 20, a student at the University of Notre Dame and a member of the Irish fencing team.

References

http://knight.stanford.edu/fellows/2008/attig/ http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2006-Editorial-Writing http://biz.oregonian.com/newsroom/?sec=48&tert=32 http://www.headlinerawards.com/Winners2006Print.html http://asne.org http://www.pacificu.edu/future-graduate-professional/colleges/college-arts-science/areas-study/master-fine-arts-writing-mfa http://www.usfencing.org/rankings Writers from Corvallis, Oregon University of Oregon alumni Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing winners Living people Journalists from Oregon The Oregonian people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-journalist-20thC-stub