
Kristian Foden-Vencil
Kristian Foden-Vencil is a reporter and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting In 2004 he was embedded with the Oregon National Guard in Iraq.
Kristian started as a cub reporter in 1988, working for newspapers in London, England. In 1991 he moved to Oregon and started freelancing. His work has appeared in The Oregonian, the BBC, NPR, the Statesman Journal, Willamette Week, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Voice of America.
Kristian has won a Peabody Award along with awards from the Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists and the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors.
He graduated from the University of Westminster in London.
Latest Stories
Amtrak pulls aging railcars from Cascades route due to safety concerns
Amtrak’s "Horizon" railcars have been pulled from service due to corrosion concerns, affecting nearly all trips on Amtrak Cascades daily service between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Eugene, Oregon.
How a Cold War submarine officer traded listening to ships for tuning vintage player pianos in Portland
Navy veteran Michael Bryant has spent decades restoring forgotten instruments, but as he retires, his rare skills fade, leaving fewer experts to keep old player pianos alive in town.

Oregon cracks down on hunters using thermal imaging cameras
Wildlife protection officers have been cracking down on the illegal use of thermal imaging cameras for hunting in Oregon.

Portland has a new soccer league for queer women, nonbinary and trans people
Portland has a new soccer league for queer women, non-binary and trans people
Oregon Senate votes to make T-bone the official state steak
Oregon CattleWomen have championed the T-bone as the official state steak, due to its two distinct sides like Oregon, with a split like the Cascades down the middle.

Ukrainian community leader in Oregon reacts to contentious meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy
Thousands of Ukrainians live in Oregon. Some had strong reactions to the tense exchange, including Tatiana Terdal, the president of the Portland-Lviv Friendship City Association.

Bird flu in Oregon cats is still very rare, state vet says
Some avian influenza viruses also affect dogs and other pets, including hamsters and guinea pigs. Oregon saw its first case of bird flu in December, in a cat that had eaten raw pet food. A second case in January came from a cat that lived next to a wildlife refuge and was exposed to wild waterfowl.
Oregon Coast dotted with community supply caches for the ‘big one’ and other emergencies
The threat of earthquakes, tsunamis and wildfires is turning Oregon into a state peppered with emergency caches.
Sir Francis Drake’s ‘Fair and Good Bay’ was long thought to be in California. Now some experts point to Oregon
The English explorer could have careened his Golden Hind for repair at Whale Cove near Depoe Bay, Oregon, in the late 16th century, according to scholars such as Portland State University anthropologist Melissa Darby.
Bob Dylan movie sparks memories for Portland sound engineer
Dennis Darby set up the system at a 1982 Bob Dylan performance and spent his career working with some of the biggest names in music