Jerad Walker
Jerad Walker

Jerad Walker

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Jerad Walker is a producer, journalist, and the Music Director at Oregon Public Broadcasting. His stories and commentaries have also appeared on NPR, NPR Music, and a wide range of outlets from KUOW in Seattle to WXPN in Philadelphia. He moved to Portland, OR from Washington, DC, where he worked on both production and programming at WAMU. There, he also regularly contributed to the news broadcast as a features reporter. Walker received an MBA from American University and an undergraduate degree in International Affairs from the University of Georgia.

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Oregon Book Award winners announced

This year’s event was headlined by West Linn-based author Omar El Akkad, whose novel “What Strange Paradise” won the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction. Playwright and screenwriter Cynthia Whitcomb was also recognized with a Literary Legacy Award in recognition of her long-term support of Oregon’s literary community.






Finalist for the Oregon Bach Festival artistic director accused of sexual assault

Grammy-nominated conductor and composer Julian Wachner's scheduled performance with the Oregon Bach Festival this summer is now in doubt after the conductor was accused of sexual assault by a former employee of the performing arts conservatory Juilliard School, according to a report from The New York Times. Wachner also is a finalist to become artistic director of the festival.

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