Photojournalist

Isaac Wasserman

Before joining Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Isaac freelanced in sports and news in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and interned at NCAA Photos. Inspired by community and interested in the environment, Isaac began his journalism career focusing on environmental justice stories. During college, he interned with Wisconsin Watch, where he reported on PFAS contamination and its effects on a Madison community. He later interned at the Malheur Enterprise, a rural newspaper in Eastern Oregon, covering the fentanyl crisis and post-wildfire rejuvenation on rangeland. Isaac studied journalism, environmental studies and science communication at the University of Oregon, where he was a Science and Memory Fellow and worked for student publications Flux Magazine and Science Story. He was also a sports photographer at Oregon with Eric Evans Photography.

Lookout Eugene-Springfield

Lookout Eugene-Springfield launches in early 2025, the second community news site of Lookout Local. Lookout Eugene-Springfield is modeled on the highly successful, Pulitzer Prize-winning Lookout Santa Cruz site. When launched -- with about 15 in the newsroom and 20 overall --it will serve as the largest and best newsroom in Oregon's second-largest metro area. Lookout doesn't complain about hedge fund ownership; we replace it with high-quality, trustworthy, non-partisan news and information broadly covered all aspects of diverse communities. We're looking for skilled, experienced professionals eager and able to build the next generation of local news, working out of our in-person, open-to-the-community downtown office.