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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As the Bureau of Land Management pilots a new livestock grazing initiative on public lands in six Western states, a conservation group is suing to get... -
We know the climate crisis affects public health. But what do those health impacts cost us? -
The Bureau of Land Management has leased office space for its new headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado , and one public lands watchdog isn’t pleased... -
As thousands in Denver strike for climate action this week, they may notice conspicuous red and black dresses hanging up along a couple city blocks,... -
For the second time this year, kids around the world are striking from school to demand action around climate change. And it’s happening just before... -
Our region is leading the way on training helicopter pilots to fight fires at night . There are costs and hazards involved but the move could also help... -
A congressional watchdog agency has decided that the Interior Department broke the law by using entrance fees to keep national parks open during the... -
Last month, the Trump administration said it would start deporting gravely ill immigrants here temporarily for medical care. This week, it backtracked a... -
As the Mountain West continues to see a disproportionate number of youth suicides , one tribe in Southwest Colorado is opening up a new mental health... -
The recent court ruling that held the pharmaceutical company, Johnson & Johnson, accountable for its role in Oklahoma’s opioid crisis could...
