Maddie Peterson
Student AssistantMaddie graduated from San Francisco Waldorf High School in 2022 and has been attending Southern Oregon University studying theater tech with a focus in stage craft. She started working at JPR in 2024 engineering for the Jefferson Exchange, recording the weather, podcasts, and editing recorded programs.
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The Pacific Northwest is gearing up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with soccer tips for new fans, public art in Tacoma and free tickets for Seattle youth. -
Learn how smokejumpers train for wildfire season, how tribes restored habitat in the Siuslaw estuary and how students are studying marine ecosystems at Oregon's PacWave test site. -
From inclusive sports in Klamath County to rising fishing costs, Oregon drone growth and a Beatles sing-along, here are stories from the Northwest. -
This week’s regional roundup includes a Southern Oregon town facing financial strain, Eugene residents working to buy their mobile home park, and efforts to preserve historic apple trees. -
JPR associate producer Maddie Peterson hosts a series of short news features from around our region. -
Oregon ranks near the bottom in instructional time, with students spending fewer days in class and high absenteeism compounding learning gaps. -
From a lost bridge in Washington to long COVID among farmworkers and life on an Oregon sheep farm, a look at challenges shaping the Northwest. -
A regional news roundup covers jail reforms in Washington, kelp restoration on the Oregon coast and new findings in the Asante hospital investigation. -
JPR Associate Producer Maddie Peterson hosts a selection of news features from around our region. -
Astoria marks the Astoria Column’s 100th anniversary, while a new Oregon fire district seeks funding for its first station and a study highlights long COVID’s lasting toll on Latino farmworkers. -
From bike mechanic training in Ashland to growing hands-on education programs and a rejected fish waste recycling proposal, three recent Oregon business and education stories. -
A proposed motorized boat ban on Oregon’s Siletz River, a Coast Salish weaving exhibit and Astoria’s riverfront trolley repairs lead this week’s Northwest news roundup.
