Erik Neumann
OPB Southwest Washington Bureau Chief / Former JPR News DirectorErik Neumann is OPB’s Southwest Washington Bureau Chief. He has more than a decade of experience as a radio reporter, writer and editor. Before working at OPB, he was JPR's news director and a health care reporter at KUER in Salt Lake City, Utah. Erik has a master’s degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
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Social media personalities, conservative media outlets and the Trump administration itself are blending online content to serve the administration’s policies. -
The outbreak of avian botulism at the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge has killed tens of thousands of migratory birds this summer. Conservation groups are waiting for cold weather to stop it. -
Interview with the Oregon News Exploration project -
Crews are making progress on the Copperfield Fire, which is burning outside of Klamath Falls. -
JPR was among a dozen NPR stations around the country to be recognized in the small market category and the only station in this category to be recognized for investigative reporting. -
Widespread evacuations remained in place Thursday due to the Park Fire. It started in Upper Bidwell Park in Chico on Wednesday. -
While Pacific Power says elevated fire risk settings are an effort to prevent wildfires, many residents are wondering why Talent has been so affected. -
Firefighters are making “good progress” on a 1,500-acre wildfire that began growing quickly in the Rogue Valley Sunday afternoon in forest lands outside of Eagle Point, about 20 miles northeast of Medford, Oregon, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. -
Several areas in the Applegate Valley south of the community of Ruch were upgraded to Level 2 "BE SET" to evacuate status on Saturday afternoon. -
The JPR newsroom received a series of awards in 2024 from the Public Media Journalists Association, the Radio Television Digital News Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists. -
Water quality levels on the Klamath River are continuing to improve amid dam deconstruction work, according to the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. -
Douglas fir trees around Ashland are dying in the thousands. It’s one example of how our changing climate is affecting forests in the region.
