Kami Horton
Kami Horton is a writer and producer for OPB's historical documentary series “Oregon Experience.”
Previously, she worked on OPB and PBS productions including Caprial & John’s Kitchen, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the New Heroes, and Pink Martini: Discover the World. Kami began her broadcasting career as a journalist in Southern Oregon.
She also shot and produced videos in Russia and Belgium.
Her work has been recognized with several Telly awards, NW Regional Emmys, Western Writers of America awards, Society of Professional Journalists awards, and a CINE Golden Eagle, among others.
She has a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting from Southern Oregon University and a master’s degree in nonfiction writing from Portland State University.
She is a seventh-generation Oregonian and passionate about history.
Latest Stories
120 years ago, ‘The Advocate’ became a voice for Black Oregonians
Civil rights activist and journalist Beatrice Cannady led the newspaper’s decades-long fight against racism and discrimination.
90 years ago, the devastating Tillamook Burn series of fires began
Starting in 1933, a series of catastrophic wildfires — collectively known as the Tillamook Burn — destroyed tens of thousands of acres along the northern Northern Oregon Coast Range. The fires resulted in one of the world's largest reforestation efforts with 72 million seedlings planted by hand from about 1949 to 1972.
This rural Oregon town is home of the Mosquito Festival
After nearly 40 years, Paisley's annual Mosquito Festival may come to an end.
A deadly flash flood wiped out Heppner, Oregon, in 1903
More than a century ago, 247 people died in Eastern Oregon in one of the deadliest flash floods in U.S. history.
Priceless donations show the workings of Multnomah County’s forgotten poor farm
The Multnomah County Archives recently acquired an invaluable donation of century-old photographs never seen by the public before. The pictures show Multnomah County’s first public relief institution, known as Hillside Poor Farm and Hospital. The farm cared for the county’s most destitute residents in a sprawling facility that occupied what is now Portland’s Washington Park.
Remembering the 1887 massacre at Hells Canyon
Over a century ago, on May 27, 1887, a gang of horse thieves gunned down more than 30 Chinese gold miners on the Oregon side of the Snake River in Hells Canyon.
Lost then found: A time capsule revealed in Southern Oregon wildfire debris
Southern Oregon residents recently opened a gift from the past: a time capsule discovered in the ashes of the 2020 Almeda Fire.
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Remembering Betty Roberts, an Oregon icon who flew with her own wings
Oregon's trailblazing legislator and judge, Betty Roberts, would have turned 100 on February 5, 2023.
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It all started as a lab experiment: A century ago, the broadcaster that became OPB was born
It began as the work of an Oregon Agricultural College physics instructor and his homemade fifty-watt transmitter. The first test transmission: an OAC football game.
100 years of the Willamette’s Arch Bridge
For years people traversed the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn by a ferry and later a suspension bridge. Then came the Arch Bridge, providing a historic connection that still stands today.