Emma VandenEinde
General Assignment ReporterI'm the General Assignment Reporter for KUNC, here to keep you up-to-date on news in your backyard. Each town throughout Northern Colorado contains detailed stories about its citizens and their challenges, and I love sitting with members of the community and hearing what they have to say.
I was formerly KUNC's Reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau — a regional reporting collaboration between several NPR-affiliate stations across the West. Before coming to Colorado, I worked for Arizona PBS and KJZZ, the NPR-affiliate station in Arizona — so public media is running through my veins.
My sound-rich spot work on the Great American Beer Fest recently won first place at the 2025 PMJA Awards. The feature I contributed to our Unseen But Everywhere series about housing insecurity and education among Colorado youth won top honors at the 2025 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, the 2025 Colorado Broadcasters Association Awards and the Top Of The Rockies Awards hosted by the Society of Professional Journalists. I've also been recognized at the National Hearst Championship and the BEA Festival of Media Arts.
When I’m not reporting on your stories, you can find me sinking a disc golf putt, sipping my second cup of black tea or handmaking my own greeting cards.
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The North Boulder Library is hosting a summer exhibition of Indigenous women artists. It's an effort to highlight their work in high-traffic areas and support the future of young Native artists. -
Debut Theatre Company in Fort Collins is making progress on a new youth performing arts hub for Northern Colorado. It's an upgrade from their old space with no stage or storage for costumes and props. -
The Denver Municipal Band is celebrating its 165th anniversary this year. It's the oldest continuously playing professional concert band in the nation. But organizers say it's more than a band, it's a community service. -
Mary Beth Norris, the founder of the Steamboat Springs Orchestra, died last month at the age of 75. She was well-known in the town and helped spark a love of classical music in kids. -
Still In Sound features sonic interpretations from five artists of Clyfford Still's artwork. The exhibit also encourages participation, with one room casting colorful brushstrokes on a screen when visitors play instruments. -
This Northern Colorado HS is one of twelve schools to perform at the International Thespian FestivalFossil Ridge High School's theatre troupe in Fort Collins is one of twelve schools worldwide that’s been selected to perform at the International Thespian Festival Main Stage this summer. -
Colorado State University has a logging sports club, and some events directly transfer to skills needed for forestry jobs. That’s all the more crucial as the state looks for workers to help fight a massive pine beetle outbreak. -
The Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples recently accepted artifacts from officials at the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. Most of the returned items are believed to be linked to burial sites. -
Over 160 breweries across the state have been working in teams to create craft brews for this weekend’s Collaboration Fest. Breweries said these local partnerships are fun and practical for growth. -
Winter can be a lonely time of year, especially in Colorado’s rural mountain communities. Some towns have few places to meet up. But a food pantry in Red Feather Lakes is becoming a community hub.
