John Terry is a veteran Oregon journalist whose professional career has spanned more than forty years, at the oldSalem Capital Journal, where he won honors for column and feature writin from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, and later atThe Oregonian,where he served as photo editor, regional editor, assistant news editor, and national/international copy editor. In 1997 he began a weekly column, "Oregon's Trails," dealing with state and regional history, which he continues in retirement.