Connor Radnovich is an award-winning writer, reporter and photojournalist with experience covering news and feature assignments at publications across the country. He currently works as Communications Director for the Oregon Senate President's Office in Salem, Oregon.
From 2017 to 2022, Connor reported on the Oregon Legislature and state politics for the Statesman Journal, a Gannett newspaper. He led coverage of several election cycles and legislative sessions with a focus toward the impacts of politics and legislation on Salem residents. He also contributed to the newspaper’s coverage of major community news events, including Oregon’s Labor Day wildfires of 2020, Salem’s drinking water crisis of 2018, the clearing of a historic homeless camp, a total solar eclipse and COVID-19.
As a freelancer, Connor wrote a 3,000-word profile for Willamette Week magazine on Oregon’s 2022 Republican candidate for governor, a race which attracted national attention.
His work has been published by top news organizations including the Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Washington Post and USA Today.
He joined the Oregon Senate President's Office in February 2023.
Connor graduated in May 2014 from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a Masters in Journalism and Mass Communication.
