Nick Budnick is our editor-in-chief. A longtime reporter, he covered the Oregon Legislature as lawmakers crafted the state's signature Medicaid reforms. Later, as an investigative health care reporter for The Oregonian/OregonLive he covered federal reforms and the Cover Oregon tech debacle. He produced 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, the Bruce Baer Award and a national Sunshine Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
He can be reached at [email protected] or at @NickBudnick on Twitter.
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].
Jake Thomas is our legislative reporter. He’s spent over a dozen years at newspapers and magazines covering nearly every beat, including the Oregon and Washington legislatures. Along the way, he covered Oregon’s historic Labor Day fires, the fight over an oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver and others. He’s picked up multiple awards and has been recognized in Nieman Reports. His work has appeared in national magazines and nearly every major newspaper in Oregon and Washington. Most recently he was a reporter at Newsweek.
He can be reached at [email protected] or @jakethomas2009 on Twitter.
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].
Christian Gillespie (he/him) is our development manager. He comes to The Lund Report with over five years of experience in the nonprofit development field, with skills in fundraising, event planning and donor engagement. Mostly recently he worked for Society for Science, a science-based educational nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., and prior to that for the Fulbright Association. He holds a B.A. degree in English from Loyola University Chicago. Having lived and taught abroad in Japan for three years, Christian is adept at crafting communications and developing relationships with an attention to inclusivity and diversity across cultures. A recent transplant from Los Angeles, Christian currently lives in the Portland metro area. When not working, he can be found hiking with his Bernedoodle Eno or baking some type of dessert.
He can be reached at [email protected].
