Tiffany Eckert
ReporterTiffany joined the KLCC News team in 2007. She studied journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia and worked in a variety of media including television, technical writing, photography and daily print news before moving to the Pacific Northwest.
As a life long public radio enthusiast, Tiffany has contributed to KLCC with reports on health, education, social justice, environmental issues and local and regional news.
In 2008, she became a staff co-host on KLCC’s award-winning news magazine, Northwest Passage, with News Director Tripp Sommer.
In 2011, Tiffany produced the 20th Anniversary program finale which featured every past co-hosts’ outro over two decades, which were retrieved from recordings on cassette tapes. Later that year, she joined Tripp to inaugurate KLCC’s local, mid-day program, News at Noon.
Tiffany’s reporting has been recognized as part of the KLCC News team's Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence awards annually from 2019-2023. She’s won individual writing and reporting awards from Society of Professional Journalists, Oregon Associated Press, Public Media Journalists Association (formerly PRNDI,) Education Writers Association, among others.
For Tiff, the good life is spending time with her husband, son and the rest of her lovin’ family and friends. She adores traveling, singing, seeing epic concerts, growing things, and hearing really good jokes.
Tiffany has a cool cat and a Boston Terrier named Buckminster. And then there’s that bit about her never saying no to a fresh picked tomato…
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For more than 15 years, a unique program at the University of Oregon has given cities around the state a valuable resource: hundreds of students and faculty members focused on solving real-world problems. For a second year running, the Sustainable City Year Program is working in Oakridge. -
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has launched a new statewide effort to stabilize maternity care as more rural hospitals struggle to keep labor and delivery units open. The governor is directing $25 million of General Funds to support hospitals that provide maternity services. -
For 35 years, the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts has been a performing arts center, cultural hub and music school in Eugene. On Saturday, Jan. 17, the community is invited to celebrate a new, fully accessible North Entrance with a ribbon cutting and open house. -
Hundreds gathered in downtown Eugene Thursday to protest the killing of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. -
The first harvest of fresh Dungeness crab is in and folks are lining up to purchase the long-awaited crustaceans. Fisherman’s Market in Eugene was bustling with customers Thursday morning. -
A legal service in Eugene is helping individuals clear their criminal records, offering a path to new opportunities in employment and housing. The "Set Aside Clinic" assists eligible individuals in expunging past convictions, which organizers say removes significant barriers to rebuilding their lives. -
Five years after the Holiday Farm fire, Blue River has a new neighborhood. On Wednesday, the McKenzie Community Land Trust cut the ribbon on six freshly built homes now available for ownership by fire survivors. -
The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission has issued a product recall for a brand of hemp flower pre-rolls that may have much higher levels of THC than is listed on the label. The affected smokable products are distributed by Simply Sol LLC. -
As Oregonians anticipate the opening of native Dungeness crab season later this month, wildlife officials are concerned about potential infestations of a non-native, highly invasive crab species. -
Oregon is the Christmas tree capital of the country, producing over 3 million of the festive evergreens every year. And when Christmas tree growers have a concern with their crops of noble or Douglas firs, they call Oregon State University’s Priya Rajarapu. She’s the state’s Christmas tree specialist.
