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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According to a study out of Colorado State University , more people believe that animals should be protected and given rights on par with humans than... -
Twenty-one young Americans, including two from Colorado, are going to court this week for the latest development in their case against the U.S.... -
It’s not every day you get a true Eureka! moment in science. But Andrew Alfred, chief scientist at the Denver-based cannabis company, LivWell , recently... -
A recent study of rivers across 72 countries found that waterways are often contaminated with antibiotics, including here in the Mountain West. -
A Colorado university professor took thousands of photos of students and faculty without their knowledge as part of research to improve facial... -
Global methane in the atmosphere is on the rise again after a period of leveling off, but scientists tracking this phenomenon at the National Oceanic... -
Colorado is testing out self-driving ATVs to assist wildland firefighters at work. The state is working with Honda to test out the company’s emerging... -
Immigrants risk deportation if they miss their court date. But with just 3 immigration courts across the rural west, it can be hard for immigrants there to get to the hearings, and lawyers are scarce. -
Mosques around the U.S. are taking security seriously in the aftermath of the New Zealand massacres and other attacks on houses of worship. -
The backlog in U.S. immigration courts is now over 850,000 cases long. People can wait years for their hearings. And that can be a long time to pay for...
