Frankie Barnhill
Idaho Matters Senior ProducerFrankie Barnhill was the Senior Producer of Idaho Matters, Boise State Public Radio's daily show and podcast.
She also hosted and produced Wanna Know Idaho, Idaho's audience-powered podcast.
Frankie's reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition and Weekend Edition. The award-winning journalist has received national accolades from the Public Radio News Directors Incorporated for breaking news reporting, as well as regional Edward R. Murrow awards for both hard news and features. She co-hosted Boise State Public Radio's first podcast, Speaking of Serial, which won an Idaho Press Club award.
She earned her production chops at American Public Media, where she interned for Marketplace Tech Report and American RadioWorks. Frankie was also a researcher in Minnesota Public Radio's newsroom for an investigative report on bullying.
As a freelance reporter in 2014, Frankie won a grant to profile five emerging artists for Boise State Public Radio's audience. The project, entitled "Artist Statement," was an exploration of Boise's burgeoning artistic scene.
Frankie was a fellow with the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources in 2013 and again in 2015 and 2018, where she began to hone her environmental reporting skills.
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Today on a special installment of Idaho Matters, we're listening to the first episode of "Extremely American." The new podcast is hosted and reported by Idaho-based journalist Heath Druzin. You can find the podcast here. -
When he's not hosting Morning Edition for Boise State Public Radio, George Prentice is taking in the best in TV and film. Our resident critic joins Idaho Matters with his top 10 moments in entertainment from 2021. -
As Boise continues to attract new residents eager to live in a community where a trail is just minutes from downtown, those same trails are getting crowded. After a 2021 pilot program, trail managers have put together a new schedule strategy to alleviate stress on the system. -
Idaho Matters talks with Mountain West News Bureau reporter Madelyn Beck to learn how meat processing plants are doing after the pandemic caused disruption to their business model early on. -
Idaho Matters talks with Idaho-based journalist Heath Druzin who partnered with the BBC on a new documentary about the fight to save wild salmon. -
For many the holiday season is about to officially begin, with the arrival of Thanksgiving. -
The legislature reconvened Monday to debate a long list of bills. The common theme among these bills? Challenging federal and employer COVID-19 vaccine requirements. -
Boise is home to one of the most accomplished living novelists in the U.S. Anthony Doerr’s new book “Cloud Cuckoo Land” comes after he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “All the Light We Cannot See” in 2015. -
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