Jeff Alworth Oral History Interview

Interviewee: Jeff Alworth
Interviewer: Tiah Edmunson-Morton
Interview Date: May 29, 2019
Location: Alworth residence, Portland, Oregon
Duration: 2:47:10
 

Jeff Alworth is a writer and podcaster in Portland, Oregon. In his interview Alworth talks about growing up in Boise, Idaho; and attending high school in Salt Lake City; his coursework in Religious Studies at Lewis & Clark College (BA, 1990) and University of Wisconsin, Madison (MA, 1994, South Asian Studies); his travels to India, and his co-founding of BlueOregon (a progressive news blog) in 2004. Alworth worked as a researcher at Portland State University for 13 years; during that time, he began writing about the industry for Willamette Week’s weekly beer column, as well as for other publications. In 2006, Alworth started the Beervana Blog and in his interview, he discusses differences in audience and process between print journalism, blogs, and book publishing; he also discusses the financial aspects of publishing, including sponsorship and the decline in print periodicals. The interview concludes with Alworth talking about memorable experiences he’s had traveling to conduct his brewing research.

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Jeff Alworth Oral History Interview

Description

Jeff Alworth is a writer and podcaster in Portland, Oregon. In his interview Alworth talks about growing up in Boise, Idaho; and attending high school in Salt Lake City; his coursework in Religious Studies at Lewis & Clark College (BA, 1990) and University of Wisconsin, Madison (MA, 1994, South Asian Studies); his travels to India, and his co-founding of BlueOregon (a progressive news blog) in 2004. Alworth worked as a researcher at Portland State University for 13 years; during that time, he began writing about the industry for Willamette Week’s weekly beer column, as well as for other publications. In 2006, Alworth started the Beervana Blog and in his interview, he discusses differences in audience and process between print journalism, blogs, and book publishing; he also discusses the financial aspects of publishing, including sponsorship and the decline in print periodicals. The interview concludes with Alworth talking about memorable experiences he’s had traveling to conduct his brewing research.

Creator

Jeff Alworth

Source

Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Oral History Collection (OH 35)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

May 29, 2019

Contributor

Tiah Edmunson-Morton

Format

Born Digital Audio

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh35-alworth-jeff-20190529

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Tiah Edmunson-Morton

Interviewee

Jeff Alworth

Location

Alworth residence, Portland, Oregon

Original Format

Born Digital Audio

Duration

2:47:10

OHMS Object

Interview Format

audio