
OPB welcomes veteran multimedia journalist Marcos Nájera as executive editor of new arts & culture reporting unit
Marcos Nájera, an award-winning multimedia journalist, has joined OPB as the inaugural executive editor of OPB’s newly formed Arts & Culture reporting unit.
Recent Press Releases

OPB launches new podcast ‘Relative Fiction,’ based on the award-winning graphic memoir by Nicole Georges
A six-part podcast series that delves into the heart of one of the most nebulous mysteries of the universe: family.

Gert Boyle family joins supporters of OPB’s Campaign 2022 with landmark gift to help drive OPB’s public service into the future
OPB received a generous gift from the family of the late Gert Boyle, establishing a new studio in her honor at OPB’s newly renovated headquarters.

KMHD to participate in the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s new Jazz Media Lab program
KMHD is one of five nonprofit jazz radio stations in the country to receive a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to participate in a new collaborative Jazz Media Lab program.

OPB partners with Pink Martini to make the band’s virtual New Year’s Eve concert available across the Northwest
OPB will broadcast Pink Martini's New Year’s Eve concert “Good Riddance 2020” on OPB TV December 31 at 9:30 p.m.

New season of OPB’s ‘Class Of 2025’ podcast follows Oregon middle schoolers through distance learning, COVID-19 and life
OPB has launched a new season of its “Class Of 2025” podcast, exploring the issues that Oregon middle school students are facing today.

New OPB documentary examines the troubling history of Fairview, Oregon’s primary institution for those with developmental disabilities
OPB's new documentary exposes the complex and often shocking history of one of Oregon’s most notorious institutions — the Fairview Training Center. For many residents, it was the only home they ever knew. For others, it was a living nightmare.

OPB reporter Jes Burns honored for excellence in science journalism by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
OPB Science & Environment Reporter Jes Burns has been selected as a winner of the 2020 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. The awards recognize distinguished science reporting for a general audience.

OPB Joins ‘Public Media for All’ initiative to raise awareness of the lack of diversity, equity and inclusion in public media
OPB has joined the Public Media for All initiative as a participating organization, becoming part of an effort to raise awareness of the negative impacts of the lack of diversity, equity and inclusion in public media while also sharing solutions among organizations and individuals.