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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More than 150 healthcare workers, elected officials, and community members rallied in front of RiverBend Medical Center in Springfield on Thursday to oppose PeaceHealth’s plan to outsource its local ER doctors. -
ApolloMD, the Georgia-based company recently hired by PeaceHealth to staff its Lane County hospital emergency departments, has responded to a request for information from Oregon lawmakers. But, according to the Oregon House Majority Leader, the company’s responses have raised more questions than answers. -
Two representatives of Eugene Emergency Physicians went before an Oregon Senate Committee in Salem Thursday, to address issues related to emergency department staffing changes in Lane County. -
State lawmakers want information from ApolloMD, the Georgia-based entity chosen by PeaceHealth to replace a local physician’s group in their emergency departments. Three legislators have requested information in writing about compliance with Oregon Law. -
Eugene’s Ballet Fantastique is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a world premiere of a familiar tale. This rendition of "The Little Mermaid” has a unique twist—it’s an '80s pop ballet. -
In an unprecedented move, the Medical Staff of PeaceHealth Oregon have officially voted no confidence in their hospital leadership.
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An emergency meeting of all medical staff was held Wednesday night—where an informal vote of no confidence in PeaceHealth leadership was unanimous. -
A locally based group of doctors who staff PeaceHealth’s emergency departments has issued an open letter to the community. -
The local, physician-owned group, Eugene Emergency Physicians, has said, “no to Apollo MD.”
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PeaceHealth has begun another round of layoffs, affecting skilled caregivers across its hospital system. The staffing reduction is the third such move in the past nine months.
