Elizabeth Miller

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Sukhjot @sukhjot.bsky.social shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.

"There are countless things we spend our salaries on: rent, groceries, medical bills, child care, transportation. It's different, complex & frustrating for each person." -Sukhjot Sal OPB digital producer

Having a "robust digital presence" is one of the core parts of OPB's strategy.

It's time our digital producers like Sukhjot get paid like a core member of the team.

Hush was some of the best crime reporting I've ever experienced, period. It epitomized what OPB is supposed to be about, focusing on communities that often go unnoticed by the mainstream.

Hush might be over, but the work is still out there.

On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x

Incredible work from OPB-KMHD Creators Union member @lmiller12.bsky.social.

Class of 2025: Growing up in Oregon schools OPB's hourlong documentary, Class of 2025: Growing Up In Oregon Schools, tells the story of 7 students as they move through the state's public education system.

Out now! Our final documentary charting @opb.org's Class of 2025 from kindergarten to graduation. www.opb.org/article/2025...

Class of 2025: Growing up in Oregon schools OPB's hourlong documentary, Class of 2025: Growing Up In Oregon Schools, tells the story of 7 students as they move through the state's public education system.

A truly amazing work by OPB's @lmiller12.bsky.social and Rob Manning is out today. They followed Oregon students FOR 13 YEARS!!! to document their lives from kindergarten through high school to track the goal of 100% graduation rates

Class of 2025: Growing up in Oregon schools OPB's hourlong documentary, Class of 2025: Growing Up In Oregon Schools, tells the story of 7 students as they move through the state's public education system.

My colleagues @lmiller12.bsky.social & Rob Manning did an amazing thing: when the former OR governor set a goal in 2012 of 100% HS grad rate by 2025, they followed one class of students from kindergarten -> high school. The *13 YEAR* project culminates in this beautiful documentary out today. Watch:

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We just screened the incredible Class of 2025 documentary here at the OPB studio. It's truly astounding. An incredibly moving and amazing project. Watch it tomorrow morning at this link! Congratulations to Rob Manning + @lmiller12.bsky.social and the team at @opb.org.
www.opb.org/specialrepor...

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Calling all WA or OR folks 18 or older with journalism experience + residing within an hour of Portland or Eugene: Apply for @nextgenradio.bsky.social at OPB! Deadline to be a part of this weeklong journalism crash course is SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 at midnight!!! nextgenradio.org/apply/

There are lots of other questions and stories wrapped up in all of this but that's just a start! For those who have made it to the end -- plz enjoy my first "byline", a submission to the kids section of the Columbus Dispatch writing about my grandpa, and a live look at me at my desk rn.

So for the next year, i'm focused on these students and their stories, but also the story of the aspirational goal from 12 years ago: what does it take to get every student to graduation? Why does OR lag behind other state grad rates? How can -- and should -- schools prepare them for adulthood?

YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting Class of 2025: Junior Year | The path to graduation | OPB

Fast forward to now - we've kept up with the students stories through stories on the radio, stories on opb.org, and 3 documentaries charting each year of high school so far. Check out Class of 2025: Junior Year for a quick catch up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwa-...

‘The Evergreen’: A window into the Class of 2025, and what keeps students from graduating OPB has been following twenty-seven students since they were 6 years old. Now, they are all on different paths — one student is even graduating early. But most are about to enter their senior year of ...

I met the #ClassOf2025 as 6th graders, right before the pandemic led to school shutdowns across the state + country. The students were in 7th grade.
www.opb.org/article/2024...

Telling the Class of 2025’s story since 2012 OPB's spent the last 12 years telling the story of one group of students.

What is #ClassOf2025, you ask? Its a wild project following the educational journeys of 27 students thru the OR public education system. OPB met the Class of 2025 as kindergarteners -- now they're seniors in high school.
www.opb.org/article/2024...

not sure i'll be posting much on here but lets start w some basics!
I'm Elizabeth (or Liz), a public media reporter based in Portland, OR. I'm originally from Columbus, Ohio...O-H!
I cover education for Oregon Public Broadcasting with a big focus on a very unique project called the #ClassOf2025