Donald Orr
Donald Orr is an announcer and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Donald’s worn several hats at OPB: he was OPB’s first Joan Cirillo Emerging Journalism Fellow, a general assignment reporter and an Emerging Journalist Intern through AAJA-PDX and SPJ Oregon. He was also a mentor and student for NPR’s Next Generation Radio program.
Prior to joining OPB in 2019, he was the station manager and productions director for KBVR-FM at Oregon State University, where he showcased bands from the Corvallis punk scene.
When he’s not on the air, Donald’s likely reading hot takes on the latest Marvel movie.
Send him story ideas at dorr@opb.org.
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