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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With ApolloMD out - PeaceHealth changes its plan, signals a reunion with Eugene Emergency PhysiciansThe announcement came amid a trial over the health company's plans to shift staffing of three Lane County emergency departments to a Georgia-based staffing firm. -
PeaceHealth’s plan to transition its emergency department staffing hit a potential snag Monday after a federal judge said ApolloMD officials were dishonest under oath. -
'Defies logic:' U.S. District judge fumes over testimony on day three of PeaceHealth trial in EugeneWednesday was the third day of testimony in U.S. District Court over PeaceHealth’s plans to transition emergency staffing from Eugene Emergency Physicians to one created by Georgia-based ApolloMD. During testimony from the defense, there were some tensions in the courtroom. -
The trial involving a lawsuit filed by Eugene Emergency Physicians against PeaceHealth Oregon and ApolloMD is underway in Eugene federal court. It seeks to halt contract changes the hospital systems plans for three PeaceHealth Emergency Rooms in Lane County. -
Voters in Philomath will decide in May whether to prohibit psilocybin-related businesses and manufacturing within city limits. -
Local nurses have delivered a petition to the PeaceHealth Board of Directors, signed by more than 6,800 supporters of Eugene Emergency Physicians. -
In the May 19 election, South Lane County Fire & Rescue will have another go at trying to pass a new fire levy. It’s the same proposed tax increase rejected by voters last November. -
PeaceHealth Oregon’s top executive, who was placed on administrative leave last week, has now been ordered by a federal judge to testify in a lawsuit against the hospital system. -
An initiative on the May ballot in Sutherlin does not ask voters to approve a new tax. Instead, it seeks to repeal the city’s public safety fee. -
PeaceHealth Oregon’s top executive- Jim McGovern- has been placed on leave. It follows allegations he violated the scope of his administrative license and attempted to dictate patient care that went against providers’ clinical judgment.
