MEDIA MATTERS: Familiar names in the Portland media scene have, or are about to, make major changes in their career paths.

*Maya Blackmun, a veteran education reporter for The Oregonian who left the daily in the fall of 2008, started her new position as the Communications Director for Basic Rights Oregon as of today.

*Now that her daughter is about to leave for college, Jill Spitznass (above, left), Editor-in-Chief of Saga Media's Portland Bride & Groom magazine, Senior Editor of the company’s Custom Publications division and former Style Editor of Portland Monthly magazine, has decided its time she embarked on a new adventure too. Her last day with Saga Media is Friday, June 11.

*Also leaving her publication as of June 11 is Willamette Week Associate Publisher Shawna McKeown. A ten-year vet of the alternative weekly McKeown has served as that publication's Production and General Manager as well as the Special Sections Publisher.

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