Editing Portland Trail Blazers (section)

=== Press relations ===
{{See also|History of the Portland Trail Blazers#Trail Blazers vs. The Oregonian|l1=Trail Blazers vs. The Oregonian}}
Several local news outlets provide in-depth coverage of the Trail Blazers. Chief among them is ''[[The Oregonian]]'', the largest paper in the state of Oregon. Other newspapers providing detailed coverage of the team (including the assignment of beat writers to cover the team) include the ''[[Portland Tribune]]'', a weekly Portland paper, and the [[Vancouver, Washington]] ''[[The Columbian|Columbian]]''. Notable local journalists to cover the team include [[John Canzano]] of the ''Oregonian'', Jason Quick of [[The Athletic]], and [[Dwight Jaynes]] of the ''Portland Tribune''. Online coverage of the ''Oregonian'' is provided through [[OregonLive.com]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Portland Trail Blazers with ''The Oregonian'' |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060422190112/http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/ |archive-date=April 22, 2006 |access-date=February 28, 2006 |work=OregonLive.com |publisher=The Oregonian}}</ref> a website collaboration between the paper and [[Advance Internet]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=About Us |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/aboutus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112061542/http://www.oregonlive.com/aboutus/ |archive-date=November 12, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[OregonLive.com]]}}</ref> In addition to making ''Oregonian'' content available, oregonlive.com hosts several blogs covering the team written by ''Oregonian'' journalists,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Quick |first1=Jason |last2=Freeman |first2=Joe |title=Behind the Blazers Beat |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907231217/http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/ |archive-date=September 7, 2009 |access-date=November 5, 2007 |work=[[OregonLive.com]] (The Oregonian)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=[[John Canzano]] |title=John Canzano's blog |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/johncanzano/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109225940/http://blog.oregonlive.com/johncanzano/ |archive-date=November 9, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[OregonLive.com]] (The Oregonian)}}</ref> as well as an additional blog, "Blazers Blog", written by Sean Meagher.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Meagher |first=Sean |title=Blazers Blog |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106104856/http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/ |archive-date=November 6, 2007 |access-date=November 8, 2007 |work=OregonLive.com}}</ref>

Relations between the team and ''The Oregonian'' have often been tense; the paper is editorially independent of the team and is often critical. During the Steve Patterson era, relations between the two institutions became increasingly hostile; several NBA executives told [[ESPN]]'s [[Chris Sheridan (sportswriter)|Chris Sheridan]] that the situation was the "most dysfunctional media-team relationship" that they could recall.<ref name="turns">{{Cite news |last=Sheridan |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Sheridan (sportswriter) |date=November 17, 2006 |title=Blazers owner foresees a "few turns in the road" |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=sheridan_chris&id=2666051 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231220052/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=sheridan_chris&id=2666051 |archive-date=December 31, 2006 |access-date=October 25, 2007 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> For instance during a portion of a pre-[[2006 NBA draft]] workout, which was closed to the media, an ''Oregonian'' reporter looked through a curtain separating the press from the workout and wrote about this on his blog.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abbott |first=Henry |date=June 15, 2006 |title=Adam Morrison vs. Rudy Gay vs. Brandon Roy vs. Hassan Adams |url=http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-13-89/Adam-Morrison-vs--Rudy-Gay-vs--Brandon-Roy-vs--Hassan-Adams.html?post=true |access-date=November 9, 2007 |website=[[TrueHoop]]}}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Outraged, the team closed subsequent practices to the press altogether,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holdahl |first=Casey |date=June 16, 2006 |title=Team shuts media out |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2006/06/team_shuts_media_out.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212001127/http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2006/06/team_shuts_media_out.html |archive-date=December 12, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[Oregonlive.com]] Blazers blog}}</ref> leading John Canzano of the paper to respond with outrage on his blog.<ref name="newlow">{{Cite news |last=Canzano |first=John |date=June 16, 2006 |title=The Blazers...hit a new low |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/canzano/index.ssf?/mtlogs/olive_JohnCanzano/archives/2006_06.html#152218 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521064404/http://www.oregonlive.com/canzano/index.ssf?%2Fmtlogs%2Folive_JohnCanzano%2Farchives%2F2006_06.html#152218 |archive-date=May 21, 2008 |access-date=April 20, 2013 |work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref> In November 2006, the ''Oregonian'' commissioned an outside editor to investigate the deteriorating relationship,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abbott |first=Henry |date=October 26, 2006 |title=Craig Lancaster describes his ''Oregonian'' story |url=http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-17-134/Craig-Lancaster-Describes-his-Oregonian-Story.html |access-date=November 9, 2007 |website=[[TrueHoop]]}}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> a move the rival ''[[Willamette Week]]'' called "unusual".<ref name="gazers">{{Cite news |last=Jaquiss |first=Nigel |author-link=Nigel Jaquiss |date=November 8, 2006 |title=Blazer Gazers |url=http://wweek.com/editorial/3253/8176/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224090803/http://wweek.com/editorial/3253/8176/ |archive-date=December 24, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[Willamette Week]]}}</ref> In the report,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lancaster |first=Craig |date=November 5, 2006 |title=A difference of perspective: The Oregonian v. Blazers |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/canzano/index.ssf?/mtlogs/olive_JohnCanzano/archives/2006_06.html#152218 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101004014/http://www.oregonlive.com/canzano/index.ssf?%2Fmtlogs%2Folive_JohnCanzano%2Farchives%2F2006_06.html#152218 |archive-date=November 1, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref> both sides were criticized somewhat, but did not make any revelations which were unexpected.<ref name="gazers" />

Additional coverage is offered by various blogs, including Blazers Edge<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blazers Edge |url=http://www.blazersedge.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702220723/http://www.blazersedge.com/ |archive-date=July 2, 2013 |access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> (part of [[SB Nation]]) and the Portland Roundball Society<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Portland Roundball Society |url=http://www.portlandroundballsociety.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207015755/http://www.portlandroundballsociety.com/ |archive-date=February 7, 2020 |access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> (part of ESPN's [[TrueHoop]] Network).