Amelia Templeton
Oregon Public BroadcastingAmelia Templeton is a multimedia reporter and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting, a JPR news partner. She was previously a reporter for EarthFix, an award-winning public media project covering the environment in the Northwest. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.
Amelia has been producing radio since 2004, when she contributed to a student radio podcast of stories from the war in Iraq. Amelia has also worked as a freelance journalist for NPR, American Public Media's Marketplace, and CBS News. From 2007 to 2009 she was a Refugee Policy Analyst with Human Rights First in Washington, D.C.
She has a degree in history from Swarthmore College.
Amelia enjoys hiking, exploring the Northwest, and raising chickens in her backyard.
-
A group of financial stakeholders is meeting regularly to advise the governor on how to prepare for reduced federal funding for Medicaid. The program is funded by taxpayers and insures one in three Oregonians. -
The Oregon Department of Human Services announced that people who receive SNAP food assistance would receive 100% of their November benefits on Friday. -
Open enrollment starts in November for people who don't get health insurance through their employer. Prices are up and government subsidies are in limbo this year. -
Here’s a look at what we know about where to get the shot in Oregon, who can get it — and what's happening with state and federal health agencies that are offering conflicting guidelines. -
The four-state group, which includes Oregon, Washington, California and Hawaii, formed a vaccine policy alliance after concerns about partisanship at the CDC. -
The states' Democratic governors offered few specifics Wednesday as to how they hope the Western Health Alliance could influence which vaccines will be available in their states. -
Rep. Cliff Bentz, representing Oregon's sprawling 2nd Congressional District, met with constituents in The Dalles this week, where they pressed him on Medicaid cuts, timber revenue and the president’s golf game. -
Providence announced it is laying off 128 staff, the second time this year it has eliminated positions in Oregon. -
The U.S. Department of Justice promises more litigation is coming. Top attorneys for Oregon and Washington say their sanctuary laws are on sound legal footing. -
Congressional Republicans have passed their sweeping domestic policy bill. In Oregon, the impacts of the legislation will be significant. -
Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz voted for the version of the reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in May, but the version of the bill now awaiting a vote includes new cuts to Medicaid that were not in the House version of the bill. -
Oregon’s state health agency is appealing a ruling that found the agency in contempt. The case concerns people who are accused of crimes but who are too mentally ill to stand trial, often due to psychosis.
