Laura Palmisano
Laura joined KVNF in 2014. She was the news director for two years and now works as a freelance reporter covering Colorado's Western Slope. Before moving to Colorado, Laura worked as a reporter for Arizona Public Media, a public radio and television station in Tucson. She's also worked at public radio station KJZZ and public television station KAET Arizona PBS in Phoenix. Her work has aired on NPR, the BBC, Marketplace, Harvest Public Media, and on stations across the Rocky Mountain Community Radio network. Laura is an award-winning journalist with work recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, Colorado Broadcasters Association, and RTDNA. In 2015, she was a fellow for the Institute for Justice & Journalism. Her fellowship project, a three-part series on the Karen refugee community in Delta, Colorado, received a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. Laura also has experience as a radio host, producer, writer, production assistant, videographer, and video editor. She graduated summa cum laude from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.
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Drag queen Shirley Delta Blow hosts a storytime as part of the annual Gunnison Valley Theatre Festival. -
An interview with artist Kelly Moody at the 25th annual Mountain Harvest Festival in Paonia, Colorado. -
Artist Laura Zick discusses her bookbinding process. -
Artist Jeff Wagner discusses basket weaving and his passion for teaching the process. -
Paramedic David Jepsen discusses upcoming training for EMS personnel in Hinsdale County and the challenges the agency is facing. -
Festival Director Lillia McClure discusses how the celebration became a Paonia tradition. -
Paonia farmer Laura Parker describes how an unseasonably warm March and subsequent summer drought disrupted her seed-growing operation. -
An interview with Buffy Witt, the former director Hinsdale County EMS, about the difficulties of running a volunteer dependent agency in the most remote county in the lower 48 states. -
In the tiny mountain town of Lake City, emergency medical care relies heavily on local volunteers. So when three residents recently completed a basic EMT course and passed the national boards, it's a cause for celebration in the community. As part of our continuing coverage of EMS services on the Western Slope, KVNF’s Laura Palmisano introduces us to two of the new volunteer EMTs. -
Like many communities across Colorado, the tiny town of Lake City cancelled its Independence Day fireworks display due to fire danger, but one local man kept another tradition going.
