Courtney Sherwood
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Courtney Sherwood is editor of OPB's climate and environment reporting team.
She began contributing to OPB special projects, filling in as a radio editor, and contributing to the digital team starting in 2012, and served as managing editor for digital content from 2022 through January 2024.
Courtney spent a number of years specializing in data journalism, with a focus on business, banking and health care reporting. Her byline has appeared on the front page of the New York Times, as well as on stories for Reuters, Vice, Science magazine, the Seattle Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Portland Business Journal. She previously served as the business and features editor for The Columbian and editor-in-chief for The Lund Report.
She is a past recipient of a Wharton Business Journalists Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Grinnell College.
Latest Stories
Latest federal budget bill would sell Oregon public lands, boost logging
The federal government could start selling off thousands of acres of Oregon public lands if provisions added to the One Big Beautiful Bill win Congressional approval.
As support for national parks wanes, Crater Lake’s former leader says he had to walk away
Kevin Heatley said he could no longer be party to the dismantling of the federal government, and he expressed concern for the mental health of workers who are working long hours to keep the park operating.
An architect of Oregon’s wildfire map on why he now supports repealing it
After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience. But the resulting map led to a huge backlash from property owners – a backlash so strong that a few weeks ago, the state Senate voted unanimously to eliminate it.
Jeld-Wen to close Southern Oregon factory, further departing Klamath County
The closure will mark the continued retreat from Oregon of a door-and-window-making business that once had a major presence in the region.
PGE’s push to upgrade transmission through Portland’s Forest Park is heading to City Hall
Portland General Electric’s Harborton Reliability Project could remove about 400 mature trees to upgrade one transmission line and build a stretch of new line.
Oregon is sending corrected tax forms to 12,000 people who claimed unemployment last year
If you received jobless benefits in Oregon last year and you’ve already filed this year’s taxes, you may need to amend your returns.
Trump administration funding freeze creates uncertainty for Oregon urban tree canopy programs
The Trump administration appears to have frozen at least $40 million in federal payments for Oregon-based urban tree canopy programs, as part of a broader push by the president to cut support for programs related to climate change.
Bonneville Power Administration offers jobs back to staff fired by Trump administration
Roughly 120 employees were fired from BPA last month - raising alarms from experts in the power grid and Gov. Tina Kotek. They've now been asked to return, but the agency will still be down hundreds of positions since the start of the Trump administration.
Columbia River Bar pilots report slowed commerce as tariffs go into effect
Tariffs and job cuts at federal agencies are making life more complicated for the Columbia River Bar pilots who play a critical role in connecting Pacific Northwest agriculture with buyers in the rest of the world.
NOAA, federal weather and research agency, is firing workers in Oregon and Washington
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest U.S. government agency to face layoffs as the Trump administration continues slashing the federal workforce. Some of the cuts are in Newport, Oregon.
