"Portland might not have professional tournaments or world-class tennis academies, and many of the city's public courts have seen better days. But Portlander Tyler Pell sees potential in the city's community tennis culture. He wants to make sure other people see it, too. Enter Portland Tennis Courterly: The stylish, quarterly (get it?) newsletter devoted to all things Portland tennis. The Courterly 's first issue, published in spring 2023, was short and straightforward."
"That first newsletter's design was neat but stylized, foreshadowing the Courterly's coming evolution. Pell, who came up with the idea for the Courterly with a friend from college, sought out more contributors and collaborators. By the following spring, he was printing using a risograph technique and had secured a few advertisements. Today, over two years in, the Courterly features a masthead with more than a dozen names, and its coverage goes well beyond tennis basics."
Tyler Pell founded Portland Tennis Courterly to showcase Portland's community tennis culture and attract broader attention. The quarterly launched in spring 2023 as a short, tabloid-size print newsletter produced on Multnomah County Library printers. The publication adopted risograph printing techniques, added advertising, and expanded its masthead to more than a dozen contributors. Coverage grew beyond basics to long-form reporting and cultural critiques. A 30-page February issue, funded by a $5,000 RACC Portland Arts Project grant, focused on pickleball from a critical standpoint and included reported features, manifestos, a paper-doll fun section, and a provocative essay.
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