Geoffrey Riley
Jefferson Exchange Host | ProducerGeoffrey Riley is a long-time broadcaster in the Rogue Valley, working in both radio and television. Geoff's first exposure to JPR came as a dedicated listener, then as a back-up host in 2000. He's hosted the Jefferson Exchange full-time since 2009.
Geoff values the time the Jefferson Exchange has each day to explore the issues that are important to citizens of our region with depth and detail.
Geoff is a New York native, and has done stints in broadcast news in Missouri, Alabama, and Wisconsin before his arrival in Oregon. He's a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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If you believe our future is about capturing carbon and returning it to the ground, it makes sense to care about what covers that ground. California's… -
Maybe we're not seeing a trend in people getting fed up with football in the United States. But there is a growth industry in books airing complaints… -
Everyone who goes to the symphony notices the violins and the cellos. But do the violas get any respect? They will this weekend (October 19-21), when the… -
Facebook is not having a good year. It has been in the news constantly for being a repository for fake news, and for its issues with handling of user… -
Massive coverage of a new Supreme Court justice, a possible presidential candidate taking a DNA test, and a Saudi journalist missing and presumed… -
Oregon has a vibrant technology sector, so it's not like people in the state don't know their way around computers. But the state government got low marks… -
Critics of American education have many areas of concern, and grading is just one of them. Teachers are human, and humans have beliefs and biases that can… -
Several Oregon counties will vote in November on versions of a “Second Amendment Protection” measure. The measure expands the definition of firearms and… -
California is one of just a handful of states that allows rent control, but the price caps on rent are limited by the Costa-Hawkins act of the mid-1990s.… -
Latin America was not a major battleground in the second World War, but it was pivotal in other ways. The region's riches in natural resources made it… -
Wildlife Images near Grants Pass started simply: take animals that have been injured, rehabilitate them, and return them to the wild, when possible.… -
The technology sector of the economy is about ideas; cool new things that can make the world a better place. But after the ideas, somebody's got to make…
