Emma VandenEinde
General Assignment Reporter and Back-up HostEmail: emma.vandeneinde@kunc.org
I'm the General Assignment Reporter and Back-Up Host for KUNC, here to keep you up-to-date on news in Northern Colorado 鈥� whether I'm out in the field or sitting in the host chair. From city climate policies, to businesses closing, to the creativity of Indigenous people, I'll research what is happening in your backyard and share those stories with you as you go about your day.
Each town throughout Northern Colorado contains detailed stories about its citizens and their challenges, and I love sitting with members of the community and hearing what they have to say. It's certainly a joy to join listeners as they're cleaning up the house or driving to work and keep them informed of what's going on around them. I also enjoy the creativity that comes with captivating listeners with sounds and transporting them to the heart of the scene鈥搒omething KUNC does frequently.
I was formerly a reporter for the Mountain West 暗黑爆料 Bureau, a regional reporting collaboration between 14 different NPR-affiliate stations across the West. Before coming to Colorado, I worked as an audio reporter for Arizona PBS covering sustainability and climate issues. I鈥檝e worked as a reporter and digital producer for KJZZ, the NPR-affiliate station in Arizona. I was also selected to participate in 暗黑爆料21, an investigative news project in which I worked on a podcast series and a documentary about the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on various populations.
Recently, the daily news podcast I produced and hosted at Arizona PBS was awarded a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence In Audio 暗黑爆料cast. I placed second in the 2021 National Hearst Championship Competition for my audio storytelling about live music returning after the pandemic. Additionally, I placed second in the 2021 BEA Festival of Media Arts Awards for a feature about drought in Arizona crops.
When I鈥檓 not reporting on your stories, you can find me sinking a disc golf putt or spending time riding my bike outside. In the snowy months, I鈥檓 usually sipping my second cup of black tea or writing songs on my guitar.
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The movie Killers of the Flower Moon premiered a few weeks ago, highlighting the mass murder of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma during the 1920s. Many Colorado Osages have some mixed reviews. -
Fort Collins is rolling out its first comprehensive plan to manage trees in the city 鈥� and officials want to hear from residents about how to do that well. -
Artificial Intelligence has the ability to write everything from cover letters to movie scripts. It鈥檚 also being used to write books about gathering food in the wild. But AI鈥檚 foray into foraging comes with risks. -
Nearly 75% of Colorado鈥檚 prisons are vulnerable to climate-related hazards, but most of these prisons are not prepared for it, according to research from the University of Colorado-Boulder. -
Deaths from domestic violence are at an all time high in Colorado. New data from the Colorado Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board shows there were 94 related deaths in 2022. -
As the fall colors start to fade and leaves drop to the ground, it's a common habit to bag them up 鈥� but those leaves can be very beneficial to the environment. -
Many Mountain West homeowners live near wildfire-prone areas and are used to seeing smoke outside their window. But that smoke might linger in the home longer than previously thought, according to new research done by Colorado State and other universities. -
A new study from Portland State University suggests that some of the Mountain West鈥檚 glaciers do not qualify as glaciers anymore due to their size and lack of movement. -
A brewery in the Mountain West is partnering up with a climate organization on a tree-themed beer 鈥� all with the bigger goal of saving trees. -
The eclipse will take place around 10:30 a.m. Mountain Time, and mainly go over Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. It will also touch the Southwest corners of Colorado and Idaho.
