Austen Erblat
Digital Editor, Mountain West News BureauExpertise: Writing, editing, producing
Education: Florida Atlantic University
Highlights:
- Florida man trying not to get lost in the mountains
- My cat Sox is my harshest editor
- I toured the U.S. and Canada in a small van with a blues rock band
Experience:
I was born and raised in South Florida, where I learned journalism at my college newspaper as a reporter and editor while studying political science, history and music.
After receiving my bachelor's degree, I was hired as a reporter at my hometown newspaper, the South Florida Sun Sentinel. After covering everything from breaking news to local politics, criminal justice to climate change, I ventured west to become a digital content producer and assignment editor at CBS News Colorado in Denver.
It’s in Colorado that I learned about living with actual seasons, water conservation, broadcast news, and how much harder everything is one to two miles above sea level.
The Mountain West News Bureau is my first foray into radio journalism and public media, and I look forward to helping the Mountain West News Bureau continue to tell impactful stories vital to the entire region.
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After years of stalled negotiations, the Department of the Interior releases final Environmental Impact Statement, covering 10 years of future management for seven states -
Three wildland firefighters were killed near the Colorado-Utah state line and two more were injured as crews continue to battle dozens of wildfires in the western U.S. and beyond. -
Around 2,000 structures are at risk in several states in the Mountain West region as some 2,100 firefighters battle almost two-dozen wildfires across Utah, Nevada, and Idaho, fire officials say. -
The bureau and its partner stations take home Murrow, Public Media Journalists Association, National Association for Hispanic Journalists honors, and others.
