Editor-in-chief Julia Shumway has worked for the Capital Chronicle since its founding in 2021. She previously worked as a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix and reported on local and state government and politics in Iowa, Nebraska and Bend. An award-winning journalist, Julia also serves as president of the Oregon Legislative Correspondents Association, or Capitol press corps and treasurer of the Oregon chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. She lives in Salem with an orange cat, the Capital Chronicle's Fred-itor-in-chief.
