Selected writing

In addition to the work featured here, you can see Amanda’s contributions to The Oregonian (2010-2012) by clicking here, to The Lund Report (2009-2012), go here, and for Street Roots (2008-2019) here.

Narrative and Feature Writing 

To Breathe for a Spell | Killing the Buddha | January 27, 2021

The connection between eviction and suicide | Street Roots | April 5, 2019

Solving the Funding Puzzle: Many In Oregon Look To The State To Pay For Athletic Trainers | InvestigateWest and The Portland Tribune | February 15, 2019

Missing the Trainer: Small And Rural Schools Are Least Likely To Have Athletic Trainers | InvestigateWest and The Portland Tribune | February 8, 2019 

Hawaii taps its culture of caring to battle head injuries | InvestigateWest and The Portland Tribune | January 24, 2019

A fierce advocate for Central Oregon's homeless residents | Street Roots | May 11, 2018

Homelessness and humanity in Central Oregon's juniper forests | Street Roots | May 4, 2018

Courting Kenton: how a neighborhood came to embrace a village for homeless women | Open: Housing Journalism Collaborative | July 31, 2017

Theater Director Helps Inmates Discover Their Potential | Street Roots | October 9, 2016 

A Shelter’s Icy Reception | BKLYNR | March 31, 2015

Sand in Their Shoes: Belle Harbor Families Struggle to Return Home | The Brooklyn Rail | June 3, 2013

Time’s Up at the West | Street Roots | November 17, 2009

Return of the Dragon | Street Roots | September 30, 2009

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News Features

Should Seattle follow Portland’s model to help the homeless? | Crosscut | July 9, 2019

Daring to Dream: Oregon’s DACA Recipients are More Active—and More at Risk—Than Ever | The Portland Mercury | September 27, 2017

Vancouver’s Fruit Valley rallies to restore sense of community in isolated neighborhood | The Oregonian | April 13, 2012

Bugged Out | The Portland Mercury | August 12, 2010

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Breaking, spot news, and short features I’m proud of   

County steps in to help tenants facing eviction at Lincoln Hotel | Street Roots | January 11, 2019

Retirements prompt mass eviction at affordable refuge in downtown Portland | Street Roots | January 4, 2019

Oregon city’s dog ban condemned as crackdown on homeless people | The Guardian | April 15, 2017