Caroline Ballard
Assistant News DirectorEmail: cballard@kuer.org
Caroline Ballard is a central Virginia native and a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School. Ever since 2014 – to her delight and the dismay of her East Coast family and friends – she has steadily moved further west. For five years she served as Morning Edition host at Wyoming Public Radio, as well as its newsroom editor and host of the podcast HumaNature. She earned two PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Inc.) awards for Best Podcast for her work as lead producer on episodes of the show. In 2016, her reporting project Women Run the West, which examined the representation of women in western politics, was selected to be a part of the first NPR Story Lab. Caroline became KUER’s All Things Considered host in August 2019. When she’s not behind the mic, you can find her spending time with her husband and her rescue pup Scrappy, and cooking recipes that are far too complicated for her skill level.
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An uptick in drone sightings could signal a more crowded aviation ecosystem. The military, photographers, hobbyists, law enforcement, and even search and rescue operations all use unmanned aerial vehicles. -
From cherries to apricots to pears, Utah has thousands of fruit trees on public and private property. Individuals and community organizations are working to make sure all that food doesn’t go to waste. -
Utah State University is partnering with the National Integrated Heat Health Information System to continue to provide heat mapping data and improve forecasting accuracy. -
KUER asked two Utahns — one Palestinian, the other Jewish — about their thoughts on the pro-Gaza student protest movement that has now arrived at the University of Utah. -
Clouds obscured much of the sky during the eclipse, but when the view was clear, cheers rang out. -
Senate President Stuart Adams and Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla appeared together during Senate media availability to present a united front. When asked about impeachment, Adams said “I think we're looking at those issues.” -
“We value our rivers and streams, wetlands, whatever it may be, our lakes,” said the bill’s Republican sponsor. “But trying to mix the idea that it's actually a human person is not appropriate.” -
The measure to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs flew through the Utah House of Representatives and seems to be on a similar pace in the Senate. -
The sample from the OSIRIS-REx mission could shed light on the history of the solar system and how life came to be. As one NASA scientist put it, “It’s the first time we’ll be able to look for the building blocks of life and trust the results, right, that this is not contamination.” -
In a year where antisemitism was more visible, Salt Lake City held its first public menorah lighting at the City and County Building. -
La’Ford’s exhibition at Ogden Contemporary Arts runs through July 24, 2022. -
“Something Wilder” follows Lily – an adventure tour guide in Southeast Utah – on a wild (and swoon-worthy) goose chase.
