Alana Schreiber
Producer & Digital, Colorado EditionEmail: alana.schreiber@kunc.org
As a radio producer, I help make the Colorado Edition program come to life. I help to schedule guests, produce interviews, edit audio, and write for our weekly newsletter.
I believe in the power of public radio to elevate often overlooked or marginalized voices before an engaged audience. While my mom was a teacher, my dad was a print journalist, so I like to think that my role as a producer is to energize and inspire our listeners through powerful storytelling; thus, a perfect combination of their work.
Before coming to Colorado, I worked as a production assistant at Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul and at The Documentary Group in New York City. In 2020, I was awarded a Fulbright Grant, where I taught English at a middle and high school in Sarawak, Malaysia before an abrupt evacuation due to COVID-19. In 2017, I was a recipient of the Wave Project, where I was awarded the chance to create a one-hour radio special on KFAI, a local radio station in Minneapolis. I am also a Moth StorySLAM winner and GrandSLAM finalist.
Born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, I graduated from Macalester College in 2019 with a major in International Studies and minors in Media and Studio Art. Spending long hours in my college painting studio while listening to NPR is how I first fell in love with public radio.
When I’m not busy producing, I can be found playing ultimate frisbee, whipping up homemade sauce, knitting funky hats, and cheering for my beloved New York Mets.
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As the Colorado Rockies' season came to a close, fans still made their way to Coors Field to support the players and spend time with one usher — who is perhaps the most popular in the stadium's history. -
As a crisis of substance abuse and addiction continues to grip the United States, some treatment methods are focused on “safer use” rather than total abstinence. -
Colorado restaurants are thriving in the front of the house, but behind the kitchen doors is a major worker shortage. -
The Union Printers Home in Colorado Springs once housed patients recovering from tuberculosis. Now, as it's under renovation to become a community center, documentarians are finding fascinating artifacts that point to the complex and dynamic history of the property. -
Colorado Edition's Alana Schreiber meets up with Buck Adams, a veteran, entrepreneur and formerly incarcerated individual who founded the organization Art for Redemption, which aims to help inmates by promoting the artwork they make while in prison. -
With the spread of the delta variant prolonging the end of the pandemic, the city of Boulder recently re-opened a center that provides people experiencing homelessness a place to recover from COVID-19. -
U.S. Paralympian and Coloradan Adam Scaturro won a silver medal at this year's Paralympics in Tokyo. He joined us to discuss his athletic journey and the future of Paralympic games. -
When Hickory Village Mobile Home Park in Fort Collins went up for sale in May, the residents wanted to buy it. But after submitting and then resubmitting an offer, negotiations ultimately fell through. Colorado Edition spoke to Andy Kadlec, the program director for Thistle ROC, about what happened. -
The 2020 Olympics might be over, but the career of Olympic gymnast Yul Moldauer has only just begun. The Colorado native spoke to Colorado Edition's Alana Schreiber about his Olympic debut and hopes for the future. -
In the wake of her groundbreaking victory in the women's triathlon at the 2020 Olympics, Flora Duffy spoke to Colorado Edition's Erin O'Toole about her long journey to Tokyo.
