After 19 months of bargaining, we have not reached an agreement with OPB that includes livable wages and sufficient yearly guaranteed increases for the people who create the content you love.

Make your voice heard during OPB's membership Drive today, February 5 - February 14.

Here's how ⬇️

So grateful for the sustaining support of OPB members every day, but especially days like today (see: Skanner closing; see also: Bezos gutting the Washington Post newsroom).

If you give to OPB during our drive, thank you and tell 'em @opbkmhdcreators.bsky.social sent ya.

*Call to Action*

OPB’s membership drive runs Feb 5th and ends Feb 14th. We will share more details on how you can support when the membership drive starts tomorrow!

#UnionStrong #OPB #KMHD

When @opb.org ended Hush, even Harvard's Nieman Storyboard could see how short-sighted that was. After making four successful podcasts together, @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I are committed to continuing our investigative work in the Northwest, and we're launching our own publication. More soon.

Unit member @cligori.bsky.social checked out the "ruff" competition in Oregon for the Westminster AKC Dog Show.

We are the people who tell the stories that connect our communities. #UnionStrong ✊🏼

Happy new year! Our "what our audience doesn’t know" series kicks off 2026 with All Things Considered host @geoffnorx.bsky.social.

"I'm surrounded by some of the most gifted storytellers in the country, and it's shocking to me how little many of them are paid or valued."
-Geoff Norcross, OPB host

@jennchavez.bsky.social shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.

"By forming a union, we have learned through unprecedented wage transparency that there are unacceptable disparities in pay for the people who bring you the news, storytelling and music" -Jenn Chávez
OPB Host

@aprilehrlich.bsky.social shares for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.

"Many of these managers make 6 figures, a salary that many of us may never reach, and OPB is paying for a negotiator. The more they prolong this process, the more money it costs." -April Ehrlich, OPB Reporter/Producer

Hush was created to bring investigative reporting to all parts of Oregon. All Oregonians deserve that. Both seasons were difficult feats of reporting. I love making that show. If you want to support my independent work directly, you can subscribe to my newsletter: leahsottile.substack.com/subscribe

Right now, Oregonians should listen very hard to @opbkmhdcreators.bsky.social union. The voices you hear on the radio at OPB are generally poorly-compensated, some working two jobs, and the wage gap between the CEO and the actual journalists is a gap of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x

After just over a year of bargaining, union employees at The Stranger, the Portland Mercury, EverOut, and Bold Type Tickets have just ratified their first-ever contract!

🥳 🎉 🥳 🎉

Did you know Oregon produces 99.7% of the #hazelnuts in the U.S.? And this year we’re neck-and-neck with Chile to become the second largest hazelnut producer in the world!

That's because the 2025 crop could *break records* with an estimated harvest of 115,000 tons! 🤯 www.opb.org/article/2025...

The White House violated a court order in Oregon and deployed National Guard troops the day after they were told not to do that.

Trying to be more active on this profile - so I’ll start with my dog’s Halloween costume… Gene the genie is ready to grant you three wishes 🧞‍♀️

Hello BlueSky!

We’ve been bargaining our first contract for 16 months now. While we’ve made significant progress, we still remain far apart with management on important issues. Drop a comment with support and encouragement as we continue towards the contract we deserve!

Meet Crystal Ligori
@cligori.bsky.social

Co-host of OPB’s ‘All Things Considered’ and narrator for the Emmy-winning video series, Superabundant.'

Crystal was a nosy youth, so it made sense she became a journalist. She’s a bit of a coffee snob, loves karaoke and is a fan of a good sweet treat.

to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country