Brian Bull
Freelance reporterBrian Bull is a contributing freelance reporter with the KLCC News department, who first began working with the station in 2016. In that time, Bull worked as a general assignment reporter, documentary and podcast producer, and interim news director. He's now senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and recently worked as a journalism professor at the University of Oregon teaching audio storytelling, public affairs reporting, and story development.
In his nearly 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His work has been heard on NPR Newscasts and programs, and APM's Marketplace. He's also a substitute host for National Native News, and has had articles published in The Eugene-Register Guard, The Oregonian, Indian Country Today, and Underscore Native News. Several photos of CAHOOTS workers he took were featured in People Magazine in July 2021.
Bull has won dozens of accolades and awards in his career, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.
An enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe, Bull has worked with NPR's Next Generation Project geared towards diversifying the ranks of tomorrow's journalists. He's been a guest faculty instructor at the Poynter Institute on covering underrepresented communities, and also served as chair for Vision Maker Media, which supports authentic programs and documentaries produced by Native Americans.
Bull has a Master's Degree in American Journalism Online from New York University, and a B.A. from Macalester College where he studied Psychology, English, and Dramatic Arts.
He's glad to be home in the Pacific Northwest, close to his family, tribe, and the Oregon Coast. If only someone had warned him about the grass seed pollen every spring! Bull is married and has three children, and five cats. He enjoys photography, hiking, cooking, the visual and performing arts, and the occasional Godzilla movie.
Read how Brian's desire to spur reflection led him to a career in public media.
Check out Bull's latest NextGen project with regional mentees in Oregon, hosted by Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Brian is the director and lead interviewer for the Public Radio Oral History Project, which aims to build a repository of interviews with many of the industry's founders and innovators.
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The last of two lawsuits filed against the J.H. Baxter company was resolved Friday. No damages were awarded and plaintiffs have no opportunity to refile litigation related to its shuttered Eugene plant. -
Last fall’s jewelry heist at the famed Louvre Museum rocked the art world. Turns out, downtown Eugene’s seen its own share of art theft in recent months. -
In an interview recorded August 19, 2024, Jay Kernis describes the creation of NPR's flagship program, Morning Edition, which dealt with its share of challenges and setbacks, including initial opposition from the networks "Founding Mothers." Kernis also describes the formation of several other key programs including Weekend Edition and getting NPR member stations on board with the format and "sound." -
A head covering that originated in Nazi-occupied Norrway in the 1940s has re-emerged as an anti-ICE symbol, including at a protest held Thursday in Eugene. -
In an interview recorded February 25, 2025, Linda Wertheimer discusses her childhood in New Mexico, working at the BBC, and her earliest years helping NPR become a renowned source of news and information. Wertheimer also talks about her knack for calling the presidential race based on her interactions with everyday Americans during campaign seasons, and what she's been up to since her retirement in 2024. -
Almost half of a network of cameras run by the University of Oregon to monitor wildfires is at risk of being discontinued, according to an administrator. -
A monument honoring Eugene’s five founding Black families is being created to be placed in Alton Baker Park this fall. The sculpture was revealed Friday at Reinmuth Foundry with descendants of the families present. -
In the last two weeks, two class action lawsuits against the J.H. Baxter company have been reclassified as civil suits. Both filed in the spring of 2021, they stemmed from noxious odors and dioxins from its now-shuttered Eugene plant. -
Old growth forests with just modest exposure to fire are now most at risk for severe wildfires across the region. That’s according to a new analysis from scientists with Oregon State University and the USDA Forest Service Research & Development. -
Now in its 15th year, the Vegan Chef Challenge is underway for the first time in Oregon, with Eugene eateries participating.
