About the NW Examiner
For 40 years, the NW Examiner has reported on Northwest Portland with a simple focus: one community, one place, and the belief that local journalism matters most when it stays close to home.
What the Examiner Does
The Examiner covers the full life of the neighborhood. We report on City Hall, housing, public safety, schools, and development—and on the stories that give a place its texture: restaurant openings and closings, obituaries, opinion, and the offbeat moments that rarely find space elsewhere.
Our aim is to serve as a public record, a neighborhood diary, and a careful, questioning voice.
Why Readers Support Us
Readers support the Examiner because they trust it—trust our reporting to be careful and fair, and trust that their support is used responsibly, in service of journalism rather than clicks, advertisers, or outside interests.
Thanks to that generosity, the Examiner now publishes daily online while continuing to deliver a monthly print edition to 18,000 households.
How Readers Support the Examiner
Our recommended monthly subscription is $7.50. Readers may instead choose annual sustaining support at the following levels:
Good Neighbor — $75
Fact Finder — $350
Pillar of Trust — $1,250+
All sustaining support is tax-deductible through the Northwest Local Journalism Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that exists solely to support independent local reporting. EIN 33-2099697. These levels represent common giving points; readers who wish to contribute more are welcome to do so.
Support is voluntary. There are no paywalls and no special access—just shared stewardship of an independent local newspaper.
