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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Hay prices are spiking this year, driven up by a drought-induced shortage of the crop. It’s affecting ranchers across the board, but horse owners in...
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If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, call 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The House just passed a bill to create a 9-1-1 type service nationwide...
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A new study out of Colorado State University shows that disease-bearing ticks are more widespread than previously thought, but the Mountain West is...
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Hundreds of veterans are calling on Congress to scrap a seemingly unrelated attachment to this year’s defense spending bill .
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Record-breaking temperatures are scorching the United States with parts of our region seeing all-time highs. A number of heat-related deaths are already...
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Fires are burning in Colorado , Utah and there’s fire danger in other parts of the Mountain West. Now three U.S. Congressmen from Colorado have...
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You may not have heard of PILT payments , but they’re pretty important for local economies in areas like the Mountain West. The federal government gives...
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is nothing fancy when you first drive in. No towering cliffs or dramatic canyons. It’s a calm, sunny valley – 6...
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This month, Colorado became the first state in the nation to allow school nurses to administer medical marijuana to students. But not all nurses may be...
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It's officially Hemp History Week. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes the “ full growth potential of the industrial hemp...