Julie Luchetta
ReporterExpertise: Audio editing, public health, social issues reporting
Education: University of Arizona
Highlights
- Loo-keh-Tah
- I have lots of opinions on podcasts and storytelling in general and I absolutely want to hear yours
- French
Experience
I joined Boise State Public Radio in 2022 as the Canyon County reporter through Report for America, to report on the growing Latino community in Idaho. I am very invested in listening to people’s different perspectives and I am very grateful to those who are willing to share their stories with me. It’s a privilege and I do not take it for granted.
I started this job, my first full-time position in journalism, a couple of weeks before the repeal of Roe v. Wade and have been covering the local implications of Idaho’s changing legal landscape ever since and the impacts it has had on the state.
Email: If you have a tip (or podcast recommendation) please shoot me an email.
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Idaho and the Northwest are in the midst of an extreme wildfire season that is expected to remain active through the end of September. What are the effects of prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke on mental health? -
The state may have its very own raccoon-like animal to fawn over. Researchers from the University of Idaho have documented what might be the state’s first ringtail population. -
As local air quality readings remain in the unhealthy to hazardous range, what are the impacts of wildfire smoke on people’s health? -
As climate change drives higher temperatures across the West, Idaho’s exceptionally warm and dry winter has caused severe damage to grain crops in eastern and southern Idaho. -
Wildfire season is in full swing, and smoke from Central Oregon and Washington fires is funneling into Western Idaho, filling the air across the Treasure Valley. -
Idaho will not get to vote on legalizing medical marijuana this coming election. Among other shortcomings, the organization behind the ballot initiative failed to gather enough signatures. -
Idaho voters will get to decide whether to restore abortion rights in the state this November after a campaign gathered enough signatures for the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act initiative to make it on the ballot. -
An initiative to revoke Idaho’s strict abortion ban is one step closer to making it onto the ballot this November. Organizers behind the effort have gathered 30,000 more signatures than required. -
The Supreme Court issued a ruling Tuesday allowing states to ban trans women and girls from participating in female sports. -
After a year of negotiation and a one day strike, Idaho Statesman union members ratified new contracts
