The Debrief

Winter arrives with many of the same issues that faced us in the fall, just with lower temperatures. Case in point: Ashland moving toward an ordinance that specifies where people can and cannot camp and rest within city limits, an effort to contain homeless people in certain zones.

That's just one of the stories covered by our reporters this week. They gather to talk about what got covered and how it got covered, in a new edition of The Debrief. JPR News Director Erik Neumann sits down with reporters Roman Battaglia and Jane Vaughan for an overview.

The opening of new affordable housing in Talent did not mark the end of post-Almeda fire rebuilding, but it marked a significant step. And JPR was there, covering the story.

JPR reporters put in legwork on a bunch of happenings around the region this week, and they get to talk about the coverage and the work in a new edition of our podcast The Debrief. JPR News Director Erik Neumann and reporter Jane Vaughan sit down at the microphones for the session.

Holiday festivities are starting, but people continue to make news, and JPR continues to cover it.

Our regional news reporting this week includes a chat with the recently-installed head of the federal VA Health Care facility in Roseburg, a scan for forever chemicals in Redding's water (negative), and a check-in on Humboldt County's efforts to regulate vacation rentals.

These and more are up for discussion in our regular reporting meeting, The Debrief. JPR News Director Erik Neumann presides, with reporters Roman Battaglia and Jane Vaughan.

There were no Earth-shaking measures in this week's election, and nothing that effects the whole state. But Josephine County appears to be on the way to stable funding for the chronically-strapped Sheriff's Department. That and the rest of the election results will be on the table for this week's edition of The Debrief, our reporter roundtable about the week's news.

JPR News Director Erik Neumann visits with reporters Roman Battaglia and Jane Vaughan about covering the stories that got on the air this week.

Ashland's city manager announces he's stepping down, a dismally low number of Chinook salmon return to the South Umpqua River, and an Oregon Senator proposed using some of the state's "kicker" money for a wildfire reserve.

Those are among the stories covered this week by JPR News staff, and they gather for another session of The Debrief to talk over these and more. News Director Erik Neumann sits down with reporters Jane Vaughan and Roman Battaglia to talk about the stories and what it took to cover them.

Ashland's city manager announces he's stepping down, a dismally low number of Chinook salmon return to the South Umpqua River, and an Oregon Senator proposed using some of the state's "kicker" money for a wildfire reserve.

Those are among the stories covered this week by JPR News staff, and they gather for another session of The Debrief to talk over these and more. News Director Erik Neumann sits down with reporters Jane Vaughan and Roman Battaglia to talk about the stories and what it took to cover them.

This week in regional news is shaping up as a week of long-anticipated actions: Shasta County finally replaced the health director fired over COVID compliance, and Josephine County is voting on the creation of a law enforcement service district.

Those are among the stories occupying the time of JPR reporters recently. They sit down to discuss the news and its coverage in another edition of The Debrief.

News Director Erik Neumann confers with reporters Jane Vaughan and Roman Battaglia.

War in the Middle East captured the world's attention this week. But the other lingering war in the news, in Ukraine, has some ties to our region. Roman Battaglia's visit with refugees from that war is just one of the items that came out of the JPR newsroom this week.

JPR reporters gather to review and discuss their top stories for the week, and the work to gather them, in our podcast The Debrief. News Director Erik Neumann joins the conversation with reporters Roman Battaglia and Jane Vaughan.

The first full week of autumn predictably featured less news about fires and more information about rainfall totals. But there was plenty of other news to cover, including a sexual assault charge filed against a former Ashland massage therapist. And Shasta County can't seem to stay out of the news, with word of moves to beef up jail staffing so a closed portion of the county jail can be reopened.

There's more to talk about, and our reporters do just that, in our regular news chat, The Debrief. JPR Reporters Jane Vaughan and Roman Battaglia sit down to talk about the details behind the news and their reporting of it.

We don't call it a reporters' roundtable, but that may only be because the table really is not round. Just the same, JPR reporters gather around it on a weekly basis to tell the stories behind the stories, what it took to cover the news of the week.

The Debrief reaches back into the week's coverage and often provides a few more details that did not make it to air.
JPR News Director Erik Neumann leads the discussion, with reporters Jane Vaughan and Roman Battaglia.