Nick Budnick is our editor-in-chief. A longtime reporter, he covered the California State Legislature for ALM's San Francisco legal news outlet and then covered the Oregon Legislature as lawmakers crafted signature Medicaid reforms. He covered the Cover Oregon tech debacle as an investigative health care reporter for The Oregonian/OregonLive, and later reported an in-depth series on the Oregon Health Plan through an Association of Health Care Journalists fellowship. His work has been recognized by Investigative Reporters and Editors, Best of the West, a Bruce Baer Award and a Sunshine Award from the national Society of Professional Journalists. He serves on the board of the Society of Professional Journalists, Greater Oregon chapter.
He can be reached at [email protected].
Joanne Zuhl is our managing editor. She has more than three decades of journalism experience as a reporter and editor. From 2002 to 2021, she served as the editor of the nonprofit newspaper Street Roots, guiding the paper’s evolution from a monthly publication to an award-winning weekly. Prior to moving to Portland, she was the editorial editor for The Post-Crescent Newspaper in Appleton, Wisconsin. More recently, she has worked in communications with Habitat for Humanity Portland Region and served on The Lund Report Board of Directors. She is a former board member of the North American Street Newspaper Association, and board member and vice-chair of the International Network of Street Papers.
She can be reached at [email protected].
Mike Francis is our editor at large. He has been a professional journalist for more than 40 years. For 21 years, he was a reporter and editor at The Oregonian, which sent him to Iraq three times as an embedded reporter. He also was business columnist, technology editor and associate editor for the Opinion section. He also was editor in chief at The Portland Business Journal. He also has worked at KINK-FM, the Kansas City Star, the Kansas City Business Journal and The Bulletin, in Bend, Ore. His work has been published in publications including Pensions & Investments, the Celebrator, the Providence Journal and the Seattle Times.
He can be reached at [email protected].
Lynne Terry is our senior contributor. Lynne is a veteran health care reporter and previously served as editor-in-chief of the Oregon Capital Chronicle, editor of The Lund Report and was a health reporter at The Oregonian/OregonLive, where she worked 18 years. She's also been a senior producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting and Paris correspondent for National Public Radio. She's won state, regional and national awards for her health care coverage.
Kim Crosby (she/her) is our director of operations. She comes to The Lund Report with over a decade of experience in nonprofit fundraising, events and process management at organizations such as Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), and the American Red Cross. Crosby’s approach to nonprofit management is rooted in social justice and community building. She holds a BA in French from Arizona State University and completed her graduate translation studies at Université Catholique de Lille. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, she currently resides in Portland.
She can be reached at [email protected].
