About us
Portland Picks is Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice. If we can't say anything nice, we don't say it at all.
Portland Picks is a free, subscription-driven weekly newsletter published each Friday via email. It’s a fun and sassy newsletter of City Secrets delivered in a timely and unique manner to a highly targeted market. Portland Picks reaches mostly women, busy and well-educated “influencers,” who like to shop and purchase items and services that enhance the quality of their lives.
Portland Picks' founder, Kathi O'Neil, started her career in Manhattan with Hearst Magazines and The Hearst Corporation. A native Oregonian, O'Neil and her husband returned to Portland in the early 90s. There O'Neil started Westover Media, a full-service marketing firm whose partial list of clients includes: Elle, In Style, Lucky, Tom's of Maine, Oprah, Gourmet, The New Yorker, Town and Country, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Conde Nast Traveler, W and Health, to name a few.
Editor in Chief Alisa Sloan oversees the content and managing editors in all cities and heads the flagship Portland Picks newsletter. Based in Portland, she has been with Westover Media since June of 2005, and brings more than 12 years of experience in publishing, marketing and content management to the team.
Portland Picks are mostly the unsolicited opinions of the Portland Picks staff. They are hints, recommendations, and best-kept secrets of shops, restaurants, hangouts, products, and services.
Portland Picks' parent company, City Picks Group, is a subsidiary of Westover Media, LLC.
Visit the other publications in the City Picks family at www.SeattlePicks.com, www.MinneapolisPicks.com, www.PhoenixPicks.com and www.PortlandPicksforMen.com! And coming soon: www.ChicagoPicks.com! Help us spread the word. Tell your friends in our sister cities to sign up today...it's free!
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| Kathi O’Neil Publisher |
Alisa Sloan Editor in Chief |
Becky Moore Managing Editor |
Carin Moonin Contributing Writer |
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| Lise Harwin Contributing Writer |
Akiko Gordon Contributing Writer |
Alanna Brown Contributing Writer |
Sam Roloff Creative Services / Web |
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| Editorial Policy: Contributing writers' submissions are completely unsolicited. Advertorial is written by the Ad Director only and marked with an "Advertise with Us" banner. |
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