OPB has been recognized with 10 Telly Awards for its video storytelling that serves audiences across the Pacific Northwest.
The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens, and winners represent work from some of the most respected television stations, publishers, production companies and advertising agencies from around the world.
OPB’s award-winning stories span a broad range of categories and subjects including history, science and technology, food, arts and culture and equity.
This video work showcases the rich and diverse stories of the region, connecting communities and taking audiences deeper into what it means to live in the Northwest. This work – like all OPB journalism and programs – is made possible by the generous support of OPB members.
OPB’s 2025 Telly Awards include:
Gold Telly Winners
Category: Online Video Series – Science & Technology:
- All Science. No Fiction. (Jes Burns, Brandon Swanson, Dan Evans, Todd Sonflieth, Ed Jahn, Alan Zhou, Lisa Miyamoto, Sarah Nairalez, Stephani Gordon)
Category: General - History (social media video):
- Oregon Experience: Oregon Travel Guide for Black Folx (J Jackson, Brooke Herbert)
Category: General – Culture & Lifestyle (for a TV episode):
- Innovative Classical Composer Andy Akiho (Geneva Chin, Lisa Kallem, Jeff Kastner, Stephani Gordon, Zack Carver-Gustin)
Silver Telly Winners
Category: Online Video Series – Food & Beverage:
- Superabundant: Season 3 (Crystal Ligori, Julie Sabatier, Jeff Alworth, Kunu Bearchum, Emily Hamilton, Stephani Gordon, Kristian Foden-Vencil, Heather Arndt Anderson, Meagan Cuthill, Prakruti Bhatt, Jeff Kastner, Jessie Sears, Summer Luu, Todd Sonflieth, Tim Burgess, Christie Goshe, Andy Adkins, Steven Vaughn Kray, MacGregor Campbell).
Category: Craft -Voiceover & Narration:
- Superabundant: Coffee (Crystal Ligori)
Category: Series – History:
- “Oregon Experience”: Living History:
(Alicia Avila, Nora Colie, Callie Day, Stephani Gordon, Christie Goshe, Emily Hamilton, LaRonn Katchia, Jeff Kastner, Steven Vaughn Kray, Cameron Nielsen, Todd Sonflieth, Arya Surowidjojo, Byron Titus, Nate Wey)
Category: General - History:
- “Oregon Experience”: Road to Sunrise (Nora Colie, Brooke Herbert, Emily Hamilton, Callie Day, Steven Vaughn Kray, Arya Surowidjojo)
Category: Craft – Writing
Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion / Online General:
- “Oregon Experience”: The Living Legacy of Colegio César Chávez (Alicia Avila, Christie Goshe, LaRonn Katchia, Jeff Kastner, Cameron Nielsen, Todd Sonflieth, Emily Hamilton Emily Hamilton, Larry Johnson, Nate Wey, Steven Vaughn Kray, Arya Surowidjojo)
Bronze Telly Winner
Category: General – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:
- “Oregon Experience”: Chicano Education in Oregon (Alicia Avila, Christie Goshe)
The Telly Awards were founded in 1979 to honor local, regional and cable television commercials, with non-broadcast video and television programming added soon after. The award has evolved with the rise of digital video to include branded content, documentaries, social media, immersive and more.
All work entered in The Telly Awards is reviewed by the Telly Awards Judging Council, a diverse judging body of over 250 executives from television networks, production companies, global agencies, immersive content studios, and streaming platforms around the world. They receive over 13,000 entries globally from six continents and all 50 states.
For more information about the Telly Awards, visit www.tellyawards.com.
