
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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Support for our series Private Prisons: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization that...
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In his latest budget proposal , Colorado Gov. Jared Polis requested $7.2 million to begin transitioning the state away from private prisons. A big part...
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Electric scooters can be a cheaper, more convenient alternative to getting around in cities. You don’t have to pay for parking or sit behind cars in...
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The United States could see tens of thousands more violent crimes per year as climate change causes warmer winters, according to a new study by...
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As the Mountain West grows and hunter numbers decline , states are finding ways to bring in more revenue to fund conservation.
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Colorado and Utah are two of just six states nationwide that have laws allowing political campaign funds to be used for childcare expenses. But that...
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An extraordinary discovery in the backyard of Colorado Springs has created a window into an evolutionary period we previously knew very little about.
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A new study shows that global wind speeds have increased in the last decade, and that may allow wind turbines in the Mountain West to generate more...
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In response to skyrocketing youth suicide rates, one rural Colorado county is now offering kids two free vouchers to see a counselor at a local mental...
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Moody’s Analytics just looked at the economic consequences of a report by Blue Cross Blue Shield on millennial health. And it’s not good.
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A new analysis from the Bozeman-based non-profit Headwaters Economics shows that the outdoor recreation industry is growing more than twice as fast as...