Eddy Binford-Ross

Eddy Binford-Ross covers education for Salem Reporter. She graduated in 2026 from Georgetown University, where she served as editor-in-chief of The Georgetown Voice, the student-run newsmagazine. She previously worked as an education reporting intern at The Oregonian and the Statesman Journal, writing about racial disparities in honors classes, legislative impacts on Pre-K and higher education, tribal-run preschools, efforts to increase literacy and more. Binford-Ross’s journalism career began as a student at South Salem High School, where she received regional and national accolades for her coverage of Oregon’s racial justice protests, as well as her reporting on the political financing of the local school board. When she’s not writing about schools, you can usually find her hiking or reading a good book. She speaks French conversationally.

Salem Reporter

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