Erik Olson Email & Phone Number

Billings, Montana Area

I co-manage and produce content for KTVQ.com. That means editing and uploading stories, curating and developing content for social media and pushing breaking news.

Billings, Montana Area

I covered business and industry issues in Montana and Wyoming.

Longview, Washington

I covered business and industry in this mill town on the Columbia River waterfront. Received multiple regional journalism awards for business and feature writing. Stories included the collapse and resurrection of a wine bottle manufacturing plant, a prolonged longshore worker labor dispute, efforts to build a coal export terminal at an old smelter site and tales of businesses and workers surviving in an area with double-digit unemployment.

Centralia, Washington

Covered politics, county government, tribal affairs, the environment and other subjects. Stories included flood recovery and planning, the legislative session, a law enforcement sexting scandal and battles over rural land use.