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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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...
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A recent study of rivers across 72 countries found that waterways are often contaminated with antibiotics, including here in the Mountain West.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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Colorado just passed a bill that will create media literacy guidelines for schools. It joins Utah and a growing number of states tackling this issue.
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A new report shows that nearly all national parks in the U.S. have poor air quality. The report from the National Parks Conservation Association says...
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The law that governs today’s hardrock mines on public lands in the West is nearly 150 years old. New legislation this week from House Democrats would...
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Mosques around the U.S. are taking security seriously in the aftermath of the New Zealand massacres and other attacks on houses of worship.
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Plenty of studies have shown how bark beetle infestations have decimated evergreen trees throughout the Rocky Mountain region, but research scientists...