Kaylee Tournay

Kaylee Tornay is an investigative reporter at InvestigateWest, focusing on labor, youth, and healthcare issues. A journalist since 2017, she began her career at the University of Oregon's Daily Emerald before covering education for the Medford Mail Tribune until its closure in 2023. Her investigative work exposes systemic failures, including foster care mismanagement, mental health service gaps, and worker exploitation. Notable investigations include exposing unsafe conditions at a youth psychiatric facility that led to a patient's death and documenting wage theft allegations against Synergia CEO Philip Hirsch. She combines data analysis with human-centered storytelling, particularly around healthcare access for marginalized groups like mothers and children with disabilities.