Stories We Tell: A Newsroom PDX prequel

Are We Journalists or Aren't We?

There was no doubt in Cage Washington's mind. The student-run Eyewitness News had to cover the Black Lives Matter protests in the streets of downtown Portland. He stood with his videocamera in hand, and waited for his best friend and editor-in-chief to make up his mind.
Cage had been down there at the protests last night. He watched the cops fire on protesters. Watched protesters break into the federal building. His own eyes were streaming from the tear gas. He was ordering gas masks for his videographer staff today — if he could find any in town.
"Yes," Ryan Matthews said. "Cover it." He smiled wryly at his friend. "Are we journalists or aren't we?"
"We are now," Cage said.

Join EWN in Newsroom PDX a new adult, political suspense series about Portland's protests, the pandemic, and college. Foul language, some sex, a bit kinky, lots of politics — the series and the city.

A free prequel for the series Newsroom PDX.