Art Edwards

Portland

I'm a reporter at KGW-TV. I work in both news and sports. Most of my stories end up being about people doing amazing things.

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Book and Film Globe

1 month ago | bookandfilmglobe.com | Art Edwards

Elaine Pagels, the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University, won the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for her book The Gnostic Gospels (1979). The book discusses and analyzes the eponymous gospels—a set of 52 texts discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945 that contain alternative stories about Jesus. In this book, Pagels doesn’t concern herself primarily with whether or not these writings are the word of God.
The Gnostic Gospels

1 month ago | bookandfilmglobe.com | Art Edwards

Award-winning religion professor takes on the thorniest of topics
Hood River native training for spot at the Olympics

1 month ago | kgw.com | Art Edwards

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Jestena Mattson got her start on the track team at Hood River Valley High School, the place where she first excelled as an athlete. After becoming a six-time state champion in the 100 and 200 meters, she went on to Fresno State where she focused on the heptathlon, winning conference championships and representing the U.S. in international competitions. “I had a coach in the 8th grade that told me I was going to go to the Olympics — didn't know in what.
Book and Film Globe

Nov 5, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Art Edwards

The job of the rock biography writer is to make fans happy. Peter Ames Carlin made fans happy when he wrote the New York Times best seller Bruce, which prompted Springsteen enthusiasts to buy the book in droves in 2012. Carlin has now penned The Name of This Band is R.E.M., which promises to cover the broad swath of that seminal band’s 30-year career.
The Name of This Band is R.E.M.

Nov 5, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Art Edwards

Biography is comprehensive, but not quite life’s rich pageant
Rock and Roll Globe

Sep 5, 2024 | rockandrollglobe.com | Art Edwards

We all know the story of rock music by now: A small group of young, driven musicians gets together and creates incendiary songs in someone’s garage or basement. The band plays in public, catches fire and winds up with a record contract and chance at greatness. A debut album gets made, and the band takes the world by storm. Then the band starts to splinter. Someone’s ego gets in the way. Two members openly feud.
Oregon cyclist to represent Team USA at the Paris Paralympic

Aug 13, 2024 | kgw.com | Art Edwards

PORTLAND, Ore. — Beaverton’s Dennis Connors is headed to Paris for the Paralympics. He'll be riding a trike. “Beyond excited I mean it's an honor and privilege to represent my country it's I can't wait to get out there and race my bike” Connors said. The journey to get to this point has been a challenging one. Connors grew up rock climbing. He eventually joined the Marines and served nine years including three combat tours in Iraq.
Book and Film Globe

Aug 13, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Sharyn Vane |Raymond Cummings |Art Edwards

In Dave Eggers’s sequel to ‘The Circle,’ a corporation grows bigger and more powerful, and everyone just falls in line
Book and Film Globe

Jun 4, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Art Edwards

The Death of Truth author Steven Brill and his business partner Gordon Crovitz created NewsGuard to combat the confusion caused by highly doubtful yet not entirely impossible declarations that the Internet presents as news. NewsGuard seeks to use the work of dozens of human editors and analysts to label news websites with nutritional ratings.
Book and Film Globe

Jun 4, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Art Edwards

Steven Brill continues to tilt at the windmill of journalistic standards