Jodi Peterson
Freelance ReporterJodi Peterson grew up on Colorado’s Front Range and attended Colorado State University, earning a B.A. in English and an M.A. in communication development. She spent 16 years working as a technical communicator with computer company Hewlett-Packard, then made a career shift to journalism. In 2005, she became news editor for the award-winning nonprofit newsmagazine High Country News; later she served as its managing editor for five years. In 2017, she went part-time as a contributing editor. Jodi was hired as KVNF’s news director in April 2019, and shifted to the news editor role in November 2020, before going freelance in January 2021.
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Montrose County seeks move to less restrictive pandemic guidelinesMontrose COVID-19 testing moves to County Event CenterGreat Outdoors Colorado funds…
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Colorado’s North Fork Valley is well known for its small farms, producing some of the state’s finest fruits, vegetables, and meats. KVNF visited one such… -
Despite rains, extreme drought persists; Paonia, Crawford and Hotchkiss still under water restrictionsTown of Paonia comments on Delta County draft land…
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Gov. Polis announces more funding for organizations helping with pandemic reliefMontrose County provides grants to small businesses in Region 10Montrose…
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With major wildfires in Colorado this summer and a hotter, drier climate predicted across the West, many of us are wondering what our beloved forests will… -
New report shows that during the pandemic, households with children face highest hardship ratesCOVID-19 vaccine could be made available before clinical…
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This week's program is a special documentary from Making Contact. In LA 50 years ago, 30,000 mostly Chicanos peacefully protested the disproportionate… -
Grand Junction protesters concerned over US Postal Service changesRundown of the nine measures now qualified for the November ballotDelicious Orchard's…
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Ballot measure would limit state government enterprisesMontrose Police Department welcomes three new officersGrand Junction defense contractor Capco Inc.… -
KVNF spoke with the mayors of the tourism-dependent towns of Ouray and Ridgway to see how they're holding up during the pandemic.
