Nigel Jaquiss
Nigel Jaquiss | |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Dartmouth College, 1984 B.A. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 1997 Master's degree |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, winner of Pulitzer Prize 2005 |
Spouse |
Margaret Remsen (m. 1989) |
Children | 3 |
Nigel Jaquiss (born 1962) is an American
Education and career
Jaquiss graduated from
He began his journalism career in Portland in January 1998, working for Willamette Week. One of his first major stories was an exposé of
Goldschmidt story
Jaquiss almost lost his prize-winning scoop about Neil Goldschmidt when he and his editor (
Kitzhaber scandal
Jaquiss was credited with having "brought down" another Oregon governor, John Kitzhaber, in 2015. Following a series of damaging articles, many of them written by Jaquiss for the Willamette Week in late 2014 and early 2015, Kitzhaber and his fiancee Cylvia Hayes became the subject of a criminal investigation probing possible conflicts of interest and misuse of state resources. Kitzhaber resigned in February 2015.[6][7]
Other work
In 2006, Jaquiss reported on allegations made by the Industrial Customers of the Northwest Utilities about improper tampering with the
In 2009, Jaquiss broke the initial news of Portland mayor Sam Adams' affair with an intern who may have been underage at the onset of their affair.
Jaquiss came to national attention in April 2014 during an interview with Republican candidates for
Personal life
Jaquiss married Margaret Remsen in 1989;[9] the couple have three children together as of his 2005 Pulitzer Prize win.[10]
References
- ^ a b c Walsh, Edward (April 5, 2005). "Willamette Week journalist wins a Pulitzer Prize". The Oregonian. p. 1.
- ^ "Articles by Nigel Jaquiss". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ^ a b "The big daily that could and the little paper that did". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ^ "Whitaker Middle School Was Torn Down for Containing Radon. Can It Safely Host a Homeless Rest Village?". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ^ "Jaquiss '84 wins Pulitzer for expose of former Oregon gov". The Dartmouth.
- ^ Rieder, Rem (February 18, 2015). "Rieder: Reporter who took down Oregon's governor". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ Effinger, Anthony (February 14, 2015). "Meet the Oregon Journalist Who Keeps Taking Down Governors". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ Esteve, Harry (May 2, 2014). "'Blah blah blah' notes by Willamette Week reporter lead to candidate's ejection from endorsement interview". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
- ^ "Margaret Remsen Is Married". The New York Times. March 12, 1989. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "The 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winners Investigative Reporting: Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon". Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
External links
- "The 30-Year Secret: a crime, a cover-up and the way it shaped Oregon", his prize-winning Willamette Week story