Bryce Dole covers Oregon politics and government for OPB. He previously worked for newspapers in rural Eastern and Central Oregon.

Before OPB, Bryce covered everything from police to hospitals to rodeos. He won regional journalism awards for his investigation into the largest COVID-19 outbreak in an Oregon prison and his coverage of a shooting at a Bend Safeway in August 2022. Once, he wrote about a man who taught an orphaned otter how to swim.

Bryce was raised in Southern Oregon and graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication. Send him the best story ideas: bdole@opb.org