Amelia Templeton
Amelia Templeton is OPB’s health reporter. She’s reported for OPB since 2010. Her beats in the past have included Portland City Hall, housing and homelessness, and public lands.
Amelia’s reporting has taken listeners inside of some of the biggest news stories in Oregon. She's documented a day in the state's busiest emergency room at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, reported on life in homeless camps along Portland's Springwater Trail, and reported from the field during the Bundy family’s occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
She received the 2013 Sigma Delta Chi award for investigative radio for a story about public safety failures in Josephine County and an Edward R. Murrow Award for her work on the "Oregon Field Guide" documentary "Glacier Caves: Mount Hood’s Hidden World."
Amelia has been producing radio since 2004, when she contributed to a student radio podcast of stories from the war in Iraq. She has a degree in history from Swarthmore College. She serves on the board of trustees of Catlin Gabel School.
Latest Stories
‘The Evergreen’: OPB journalists help us make sense of federal government changes
We take a tour of OPB’s newsroom and hear from reporters covering politics, climate, health, business and more about what federal policy changes mean for people in the Northwest.
Oregon’s legislature passes Medicaid tax extension in bipartisan vote
The Republican Senate minority leader said the tax burdens school districts and small employers, while conceding it is critical to pay for the health care of 1.5 million Oregonians.
Animal rights groups aim to make monkey research a sticking point in OHSU’s plan to buy Legacy Health
OHSU says the center does “critically relevant” research into life-threatening diseases and developing treatments.
Cost of health care gets little airtime during OHSU/Legacy Health merger hearing
Top executives from OHSU and Legacy Health gave testimony under oath Tuesday to an advisory board charged with reviewing whether OHSU buying its chief competitor is in the interest of Oregonians.
6 Republicans join Democrats, pass Medicaid funding bill in the Oregon House
Without legislative action, taxes that fund Medicaid will sunset in the next two years, leaving a hole in the state’s budget.
'OPB Politics Now': ‘What’s the plan?’ Oregonians push back, ask questions at town halls
The Trump administration's federal job cuts, led by Elon Musk and DOGE, were a main topic at town halls in Oregon.
Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz defends cutting federal spending, discusses Medicaid cuts
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, said Wednesday that the nation’s spending on Medicaid programs is unsustainable, and he urged patience as Republicans in Congress formulate their plan to dramatically reduce spending on the health care program.
Oregon’s flu season one of the worst in the past decade
Seasonal flu is causing a second peak of illness and hospitalizations in Oregon this month, in what may end up being the worst flu season in the past decade.
Providence nurses reach another tentative deal
Nurses will vote on the proposed deal over the weekend. If approved, they would return to work Feb. 26.
How crowdsourcing helps the National Weather Service in Portland adjust snowfall predictions
Photos and posts, sent in from people across Oregon on social media, have helped forecasters understand the winter storm.