Patty Reksten was director of photography at The Oregonian for 12 years. She came to the newspaper in January 1998 after 14 years as a professor at the University of Montana School of Journalism. Before that she worked as a reporter, photographer and editor at various newspapers. Duties at The Oregonian not only included working with photographers, but other editors and reporters on a daily basis. She posted photo galleries on the web and edited stills and videos for online. She handled personnel issues for the staff of 30 and also directed ethical and legal photographic coverage. She wrote a travel column for a few years. She taught Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshops for several years and has been a faculty member of the Missouri Photo Workshop and the Mountain Workshop as well as several regional ones. Reksten has twice been a judge for Pictures of the Year International (POYi). She is now a Board of Director of a newly formed organization, the Northwest Center for Photography. The center has a new gallery (I Witness) and staff members teach various workshops.