KUER News Staff
We're very proud to have a talented group of reporters here at KUER to cover local news and issues. They win dozens of broadcast journalism awards each year for their stories and documentaries. Here's a little more about the members of our local news team.

	Doug Fabrizio, RadioWest Producer and Host Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show. He is also the host of the weekly television broadcast Utah Now on KUED Channel 7, and has served as a guest host of the NPR’s, “Talk of the Nation.” He has won numerous awards for his reporting as well as for RadioWest from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association and the Public Radio News Directors Association. Doug obtained his Broadcast Journalism degree from the University of Utah, with Minors in Theater and Spanish.
	Dan Bammes, Morning Edition Host and Producer Dan Bammes grew up in Utah County and has worked in radio since 1974. He has a degree in broadcasting from BYU and extensive experience as a reporter, newscaster, news director and wire service bureau chief. Dan is also a cancer survivor who spends much of his free time connecting with and supporting other patients with multiple myeloma.
	Elaine Clark, Senior Producer, RadioWest Elaine Clark left her home state after finishing a BA in Folklore and Germanic Studies at Indiana University. She earned an MA in Middle East Studies from the University of Utah, which included a year of academic research and work for an education NGO in the West Bank. Before joining KUER, she was Director of Public Relations and Marketing for Repertory Dance Theatre. In her free time, Elaine plays full-back for the Salt City SLUGS Women’s Rugby team, and reads and travels at every opportunity.
	Jenny Brundin, News Director Jenny has covered Utah politics, culture and science for KUER and now occasionally hosts KUER's daily call-in show, Radio West, while directing the newsroom. Jenny grew up in western Canada, received a B.A. in political science in Montreal, taught in adult education, and backpacked the globe before heading west again for a Masters in Journalism in California. Jenny has reported for public radio stations in Montana and San Francisco, as well as reported for the Los Angeles Times, Toronto Star, Monterey Herald and several magazines. Jenny has received national Clarion Awards for her work, including the documentary "Dugway: America's Testing Ground," and feature stories "Hockey Night in Canada" and "Amendment 3: In My Neighborhood." Jenny has a 5-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter. She has no spare time but fondly remembers reading and playing basketball and soccer.
	Michael Havey, Operations Manager Michael Tadashi Havey is a Utah native who grew up in Salt Lake City (listening to KUER, of course). He’s also half Japanese and won his first radio journalism award for a piece he produced about the internment camp where his mother, uncle and grandparents were sent during World War II. Michael has traveled to Japan, China, Europe, Canada and Mexico and been a part of KUER since 1990. He loves sushi, photography and good novels. He earned his Bachelors of Fine Art from the University of Utah and has one daughter.
	Mike Anderson,Weekend Jazz Host, News Host.
	Tasha Cook , All Things Considered Host and Reporter Tasha comes to KUER from the NPR affiliate in Cleveland, where she reported on health care, immigration and the 2004 presidential campaign. Before public radio, Tasha worked as a television reporter and spent several years toiling in the book and magazine publishing industries in New York City. She was born in Hong Kong, raised in eastern Canada and educated in the United States at Vassar College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She and her husband have an irrepressible golden retriever who loves chew toys and chasing squirrels.