Stephani Gordon
Stephani Gordon is a videographer and editor at Oregon Public Broadcasting, filming for Field Guide and other science and environment stories. Before becoming a filmmaker Stephani spent twelve years as a marine field biologist, an ideal training ground for the challenges of filming for Oregon Field Guide.
Before joining the team at OPB, she filmed for National Geographic, NOAA, Conservation International, National Park Service, on United Nations grants, and for many other organizations. Her favorite projects involve filming with field researchers in the heart of wild and remote places to share their stories with a wider audience.
Stephani moved to Portland by way of Montana and Hawaii, exploring the greater world’s oceans and remote coasts before that. Along the way, she’s collected an MFA in science and natural history filmmaking from Montana State University, a master of biology from Humboldt State University, and a bachelor of science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Latest Stories
Rewilding the Elwha River
It’s been over a decade since two dams came out of the Elwha River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Now, salmon are returning, cougars, elk, foxes and bears roam 800 acres of newly restored land, and the river runs wild, tearing up the road that ran along its banks.
Fine dining in the end times: A unique cooking contest to raise awareness about disaster preparedness
Canned bread? Check. Ketchup packet cocktail sauce? Check. Follow three scrappy Oregon coastal chefs as they try to help folks eat well in the worst of times.
Oregon’s wildfires from space and on the ground
On Sept. 10, 2020, OPB video teams were deployed across the length of Oregon to document the Santiam (also known as the Beachie Creek Fire), Almeda and Two Four Two wildfires. They encountered over 300 miles of near-unbroken hazardous smoke, pockets of total destruction and the human impact of an unprecedented fire crisis.
Smith Rock Climbers, Hikers, Bikers Grateful For Park's Reopening
Rock climbers, hikers and bikers were excited to be able to enjoy the natural beauty of the freshly reopened Smith Rock State Park over the weekend.