Zaitz brought a distinguished resume , having earned widespread recognition for his coverage of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens , the Rajneeshpuram community of the 1980s , and the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016 . He had also been a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice , for his coverage of non-profits and Mexican drug cartels . By the time he took the helm , he was ready to fully embrace a turnaround , and insisted to his two reporters that they were going to be the " best there ever was , " and held their reporting to a high standard . He felt that local newspapers could serve as " laboratories " for the evolving news industry
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
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