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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Outdoor recreation offices in the West are spearheading a national network to promote the industry along with The National Governors Association. The... -
It’s well-established that injecting wastewater from oil and gas operations deep into the ground can cause earthquakes . New research shows that in some... -
Several utility companies in the West have announced they will institute power blackouts in areas with high fire risk when conditions are particularly bad. -
Some state birds across our region are in peril, according to a new report on the condition of North American Grasslands. -
President Trump is touting his environmental achievements this week. But some environmental advocacy groups are not impressed. The Center for Western... -
So Simple It Could Work? New Research Shows Planting Trees Could Be Best Way To Fight Climate ChangeA recent study shows planting a trillion trees worldwide might be one of our best options for fighting climate change. -
Federal prosecutors have decided to bring border activist Scott Warren to trial for a second time . His case puts a spotlight on the murky legal... -
The last place you might expect to find a wolf is inside a public library, a place that doesn’t even allow pets in the door. But on an early summer day,... -
The Rocky Mountain region continues to face some of the highest suicide rates in the country. A recent panel of experts in Colorado addressed what they... -
The Nature Conservancy just appointed Obama’s former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell as its new interim CEO. The leadership change comes in the wake of...
