KVNF News
We are very proud of the growth of our local news reporting here at KVNF in the last few years. Besides a daily local newscast, KVNF also offers sports reporting, environmental stories and in-depth coverage of issues affecting our listening community.
| Marty Durlin KVNF Interim News Director Marty Durlin is a writer, reporter and playwright currently living in Paonia, Colorado. She served as the station manager for KGNU in Boulder, Colorado for 21 years. Marty contributes to "Writers on the Range", a service of High Country News, and is a Delta County native. Her prestigious works include the plays, "Babbit", "Pollyana", and the completely original musical, "Beautiful Radiant Things". E-mail: marty (at) kvnf.org
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| Ali Lightfoot KVNF Program Director As host and producer of KVNF's weekly public affairs program, "Local Motion," Ali strives to go deeper into local issues and hear from the people who are most affected, not necessarily the "experts." In recent months, she's profiled several area non-profits, including Hilltop Tri-County Resources and CASA-Voices for Children. Local Motion has also featured stories and community views on the proposed oil and gas leases in the North Fork, local agriculture, school budget cuts and curriculum changes, and seen the debut of the new "KVNF Literary Review." Ali also produces KVNF's call-in show "Bringin' it Home" with host Sally Kane, KVNF's Executive Director. E-mail: ali (at) kvnf.org |
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| Brian Cambria KVNF News Host A former member of the KVNF board of directors, Brian can be heard delivering the KVNF local newscast each weekday morning. Brian has lived on the Western Slope for ten years, and in the West for almost forty. His other work in transportation, events and tours takes him away occasionally, but affords him the opportunity to return with a fresh perspective from other western communities. Brian helps create the daily newscast, and finds time for his own interviews about local issues. E-mail: brian (at) kvnf.org
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| Bente Birkland Capital Coverage Reporter Bente Birkeland has been reporting on state legislative issues for Rocky Mountain Community Radio stations, including KVNF, since 2006. She keeps track of state politics throughout the year but is especially busy during the annual legislative session from January through early May, covering important bills, discussions, and the positions of our state legislators. Key stories for KVNF listeners she has covered this year include the state budget, proposed oil and gas legislation, and the passage of the Cottage Foods Act. |
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| Julia Kumari Drapkin iSeeChange Reporter Julia Kumari Drapkin is the lead producer for iSeeChange at KVNF, a public media experiment in community environmental science reporting funded by Localore, the Association for Independents in Radio, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Together with the KVNF staff, Julia is producing a multimedia dialogue between citizens and scientists and hopes to help listeners both understand their own experiences with the weather, and take pride in their local landscape and culture. Julia is an experienced radio, television, and multimedia producer. She has worked as a correspondent and multimedia producer for PRI's The World, Global Post, and the St. Petersburg Times, among others. E-mail: iseechange (at) kvnf.org |
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Tamie MeckKVNF Sports Reporter Tamie Meck provides a weekly sports report for KVNF. With camera in hand, she travels throughout Delta County and beyond to photograph athletes in action and interview players and coaches, a beat she also covers for the weekly Delta County Independentnewspaper. In addition to her weekly reports, Tamie was also KVNF's eyes and ears at this year's regional and state tournaments for wrestling and basketball.
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