About the publishers

Mike and Joan Wiley are the owners and publishers of Hoodview News. They are both multi-generation Oregonians, born to blue-collar parents. Both their fathers were WWII vets.

Mike was born in Portland and raised in rural Clackamas. Joan grew up in Estacada.

After high school, Mike spent 10 years as a warehouse worker, during which time he worked second jobs, attended night classes, and studied extensively. Later, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, they lived in northeast Portland. Mike was the ordained business administrator of one of the largest multi-ethnic churches in the Northwest.

From 1994 to 2001, Mike and Joan founded and ran East County News, a newsmonthly publication serving outer east Portland and west Gresham. By 2000, East County News had become one of the largest per issue circulation newspapers in the metro area, with over 42,000 copies in print each month and 30,000 delivered by direct mail. They also published Lifestyles Northwest, a monthly publication distributed throughout the metro area. In 2001, Mike and Joan sold the papers to Pamplin Media Group.

From 2003-2005, Mike attended ministry college while also working as a professional life coach. From 2006 to 2017, he served as lead pastor for a multi-ethnic church in Fairview.

In 2018, Mike and Joan founded Hoodview News, publishing the first issue in March, 2019. Hoodview News has been published monthly since then.

Mike and Joan have two children and five grandchildren and reside in the Hoodview corridor area.