About the Blog

OPB’s award-winning local television series, Oregon Field Guide, has been telling stories about Oregon’s outdoor recreation, natural resources, travel destinations and ecological and environmental issues for over 20 years. The Field Journal Blog continues OFG’s coverage of the Oregon outdoors with behind-the-scenes stories from our travels around the state, updates on stories we’ve covered and our take on environmental stories in the news.

Blog Writers

Ed Jahn, OFG Producer
Ed Jahn has been with Oregon Field Guide since 2000. He recently won the Columbia-duPont Award for Journalism for “The Silent Invasion” and is a 9-time Emmy Award winner. He is also the recipient of a Society of Environmental Journalists Award for “In-Depth Reporting on the Environment” and a former fellow with the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources. Ed came to Oregon Field Guide from Rocky Mountain PBS in Denver where he produced the outdoor life program Spirit of Colorado. Ed is an avid bicyclist, kayaker, snowboarder and garderner.
Email: ejahn@opb.org
Twitter: OFGProducerEd

Vince Patton, OFG Producer/Reporter
Vince Patton hit the ground running with Oregon Field Guide in 2007 after spending 27 years in television news. Within a year his Field Guide work was honored with a national Society of Environmental Journalists Award for “Outstanding In-Depth Reporting,” his fourth honor from the group. S.E.J. also presented him with its Best Documentary award in the nation in 2002. His reporting has been honored with more than two dozen journalism awards including 4 regional Emmys. In 2003, he was one of a dozen U.S. journalists chosen for a prestigious Knight Wallace Fellowship to study for a year at the University of Michigan. Vince is an avid nature photographer whose images have won honors from the Oregon State Fair & the Oregonian.
Email: vpatton@opb.org