Ali Budner
Ali Budner is KRCC's reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau, a journalism collaborative that unites six stations across the Mountain West, 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 Mountain West grows and hunter numbers decline , states are finding ways to bring in more revenue to fund conservation. -
Colorado and Utah are two of just six states nationwide that have laws allowing political campaign funds to be used for childcare expenses. But that... -
Heat pumps offer one of the best ways to cut carbon in homes and commercial buildings, energy and climate experts say in a new report. -
The House’s newly passed defense bill will establish a new armed services branch, the United States Space Force, which will be headquartered in Colorado... -
An extraordinary discovery in the backyard of Colorado Springs has created a window into an evolutionary period we previously knew very little about. -
A new study shows that global wind speeds have increased in the last decade, and that may allow wind turbines in the Mountain West to generate more... -
Moody’s Analytics just looked at the economic consequences of a report by Blue Cross Blue Shield on millennial health. And it’s not good. -
A highway project in southern Colorado recently turned up seven previously unknown Native American archaeological sites. The road is going ahead anyway over objections from some tribal members. -
A new report shows youth suicide rates have spiked alarmingly in recent years, especially in the Mountain West. -
A new study suggests huge fire blankets can help protect homes during wildfires.
