oceanplot

oceanplot is an independent, on-the-ground journalism project documenting protests, public interest, public order, and political tension in the Pacific Northwest.

specifically portland and seattle—

This work combines real-time field reporting with investigative and public-interest journalism, including public records analysis, source development, and accountability reporting focused on government, institutions, and actors operating in public space.

At the street level, oceanplot centers on unedited interviews with protesters, counter-protesters, residents, and bystanders, capturing the texture, motivations, and contradictions of events as they unfold.

The goal of this project is to collate primary-source reporting and investigative analyses that show people what it feels like to be in a political moment, in a region wrestling with identity, power, performance, and public space.

Beneath that, oceanplot is also about motion itself—

The way crowds shift, moods turn, and narratives collide. Like watching a tide move in and out: you can see forces pull people into conflict, release them, or sweep them somewhere new.

This project exists to chart these currents honestly, through direct observation, documented records, and the voices of people living them, so the meaning of a moment isn’t imposed, but revealed.