Ali Budner
Ali Budner is KRCC's reporter for the Mountain West °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Bureau, a , including stations in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Montana to better serve the people of the region. The project focuses its reporting on topic areas including issues of land and water, growth, politics, and Western culture and heritage.
Ali came to KRCC from the San Francisco Bay Area, where her award-winning reporting covered the state of California on a range of topics from health and the environment to homelessness and immigration. Her resume includes work with The Kitchen Sisters, KPFA radio in Berkeley, California, and KALW radio in San Francisco, where she served as a managing producer for the daily live public affairs call-in show, "Your Call."
Ali also reported and co-produced an hour-long documentary, "The Race To An Emergency," about the 9-1-1 emergency response system in Oakland, California. It received several national awards, including the Edward R. Murrow award for best radio news documentary in a large market. Her reporting has appeared on PRI's The World, NPR's Latino USA, and WHYY's The Pulse, among other prominent outlets.
She is excited now to live in Colorado and report on issues important to the Rocky Mountain West.
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A new degree program in Colorado aims to train business leaders for the fast-growing outdoor recreation industry in the Mountain West. -
The Colorado legislature is considering a new bill that would require private health insurance companies in the state to cover in vitro fertilization –... -
Recognizing the youth mental health crisis in the Mountain West, some states are debating bills that address the problem from both inside and outside of... -
Starting this fall, a state university in Colorado will offer a bachelor's degree in the science of the cannabis plant, among the first programs of its... -
As states in the Mountain West and beyond debate the merits of private prisons, Colorado is considering a bill that would look at ways to phase them out. -
In his latest budget proposal , Colorado Gov. Jared Polis requested $7.2 million to begin transitioning the state away from private prisons. A big part... -
A new and sweeping partnership is looking at preventing and preparing for worsening wildfires in the West. The Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Restoration... -
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