Christen McCurdy is a journalist in Portland, Oregon. She covers defense and breaking news for UPI and regularly contributes to Street Roots. From 2015 to 2019 served as news editor for The Skanner, a weekly newspaper covering Portland’s African American community. Her work has also appeared in Pacific Standard, Bitch, The Oregonian, and the Portland Mercury. Her resume isĀ here. To get in touch, click here.