Crystal Ligori
Crystal Ligori is OPB's "All Things Considered" host and narrates OPB's digital food series "Superabundant".
Her reporting highlights unique stories from diverse communities, often focusing on food systems, pop culture, and LGBTQ+ communities. Before joining OPB, Crystal spent six years as host and producer at KUFO in Portland, OR, KZZU in Spokane, WA and KBGA in Missoula, MT. Her work has also been heard nationally on "Marketplace", PRX’s “Living on Earth,” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
An alumna of the School of Journalism at the University of Montana, she has earned three SPJ awards for television feature reporting and LGBTQ+ Equity Reporting in audio, a Hearst Journalism Award for broadcast news radio features, and shares three Northwest Regional Emmy awards for her work on Superabundant. Crystal is also a freelance voiceover artist, earning recognition in The Telly Awards craft category for Narration & Voiceover Gold in 2022, Silver in 2024 and 2025.
Latest Stories
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