Sasa Woodruff
News DirectorWhen I was a University of Utah freshman, I marched up the hill to KUER to hand deliver a $20 check. The receptionist was so excited a teen listened (and donated!) to public radio that she told me to call the news director for an internship. I did and I've been working in media ever since.
I moved to Boise in the fall of 2019 to run the Boise State Public Radio newsroom as news director. I help shape the local stories you hear with a phenomenal team of reporters and hosts.
When I’m not thinking about audio, I’m in the kitchen fermenting cabbages or persimmons and attempting puff pastry or cream puffs. Dosas, Dutch babies and hashbrowns still elude me. For the record, I was into sourdough before it was COVID cool. Oh, and I don’t have a stomach.
If you'd like to get in touch, sasawoodruff@boisestate.edu.
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The Blaine County Sheriff is issuing a mandatory evacuation order for parts of Hailey. -
Global demand for potatoes is spiking prices for Idaho's largest crop export, but supply is having a hard time keeping up.
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New carbon dating shows point spears found in Idaho are thought to be the oldest known weapons in North America
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Boise State University biology professor Jesse Barber studies light pollution's effects on animals and insects and how an experiment with red lighting could mitigate the effects of blue and white lights
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Cogon grass is considered one of the most invasive weeds in the country; a recent sighting in the Boise foothills has Ada County working to kill and contain the noxious plant.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Boise State Public Radio's Sasa Woodruff about her experience with genetic testing and how she chose to live without a stomach as a result.
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For the first time, the death cap mushroom has been identified in Idaho.
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The Community Council of Idaho will be handing out long-sleeved shirts this Thursday at its annual shirt distribution event. Every year the non-profit collects shirts and gives them to farm workers to make sure they're protected from long days in the sun.
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The omicron surge in Idaho is months behind us, but test positivity rates at the network of neighborhood Primary Health clinics in Ada and Canyon counties has more than quadrupled over the past four weeks.
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Artist Eddie Melendrez likes to paint people in their everyday lives. His works pay tribute to his Chicano culture by depicting scenes including lowrider cars and Day of the Dead celebrations.
