Rick Attig

Rick Attig is an American journalist and author, formerly a member of the editorial board for The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon. He was a 2008 Knight Fellow at Stanford University^[1] and twice shared the Pulitzer Prize.^[2]

Attig was born and raised in

American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award^[1] for his editorial writing about abuse of the mentally ill at the Oregon State Hospital.^[2]

In October 2015, Attig was inducted in the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication's Hall of Achievement.[1]

Attig earned a MFA in fiction in 2010 from Pacific University.^[4] 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.^[5]