Rebecca Ellis
Reporter | OPBRebecca Ellis is a reporter with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before joining OPB, Rebecca was a Kroc Fellow at NPR, filing stories for the National Desk in Washington D.C. and reporting from Salt Lake City. She grew up in New York City and graduated from Brown University in 2018 with a Bachelor’s in Urban Studies. She has spent past summers as an investigator at the Bronx Defenders, a public defender’s office in the Bronx, and a reporter for a local weekly in Queens. Most recently, she interned with the Miami Herald, filing stories and learning to scuba dive.
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Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf was firing back to an open letter Ted Wheeler sent to the Trump Administration Friday. -
Three law-enforcement agencies announced Monday they would decline Gov. Kate Brown's invitation to assist Portland police with ongoing demonstrations. -
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily suspended protections for legal observers and journalists documenting nightly protests against police brutality in Portland. -
Hundreds gathered in downtown Portland recently for a rally held by Christian musician Sean Feucht. Few wore masks. -
The judge sided with the ACLU, who argued that the threat of violence remained even as the federal officers became less visible. -
Portland Police began clearing Lownsdale Square and Chapman Square in downtown Portland Thursday morning as part of a deal with the Trump administration to remove federal officers from the city's downtown core. -
Attorneys allege federal law enforcement violated an order restricting their interactions with journalists and legal observers. -
U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon has temporarily curbed the use of force by federal officers deployed to Portland, restricting their interactions with legal observers and journalists observing nightly protests against police violence. -
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon has agreed to allow attorneys for the Oregon ACLU to add the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Marshals Service as defendants in its lawsuit alleging police are targeting journalists and legal observers covering ongoing protests in Portland. -
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler amped up his critique of federal law enforcement dispatched Tuesday, tweeting that the officers were bringing violence and “life-threatening tactics” to the city’s streets. -
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the city of Portland, restricting how police can interact with journalists and legal observers documenting the nightly protests. -
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is beginning to publicly question police actions toward journalists during the recent demonstrations against police brutality.
