Brittany Cronin
Reporting FellowEmail: b.cronin@npr.org
I鈥檓 a reporting fellow visiting from National Public Radio. I work on newscast, covering breaking news and important stories affecting communities in the Front Range.
Before coming to KUNC I worked as a business reporter at National Public Radio and as a producer on the daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money, where I famously reported on and .
I鈥檓 a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Columbia University鈥檚 School of International and Public Affairs, and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.
Outside of work you can find me hanging with my girlfriend and foster cat or drawing pictures of them.
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While more than 37,000 people escaped the Marshall Fire last year, the chaos that ensued prompted an overhaul of how these communities evacuate. -
Madam C.J. Walker, who built a beauty empire and became the country鈥檚 first self-made female millionaire, got her start selling hair products to Black women in and around Denver. -
Loveland city staff took heat from residents over a proposed temporary shelter. The city needs more shelter space in order to enforce its camping ban. -
The Environmental Protection Agency proposes designating certain PFAS as hazardous substances, paving the way to hold polluters accountable for contamination cleanup. -
An instrument developed by researchers at CU Boulder will be launching next fall to study Jupiter鈥檚 moon, Europa. -
An international group of wildlife organizations come together to return a yellow-bellied marmot found in Toronto, Canada, back to its home in Aspen. -
The Environmental Protection Agency put out a new advisory on the safe levels of PFAs, sometimes referred to as 'forever chemicals.' As a result, many Front Range communities are retesting their water and developing new treatment plans. -
Hundreds of wild horses are being rounded up in the state this summer. The Bureau of Land Management says there鈥檚 not enough food and water on the range to sustain the horses. Activists are concerned about the animals鈥� health during the roundup. -
There have been 36 reported cases in Colorado since May.
