Matt Bloom
Reporter, Economy and General AssignmentEmail: matt.bloom@kunc.org
I cover a wide range of issues within Colorado’s dynamic economy including energy, labor, housing, beer, marijuana, elections and other general assignment stories. Follow me for updates on everything from the fight over oil and gas, the 2020 race and the giant mountain of dirt next to Interstate 25.
I love stories. As more people move to Colorado, I’m more focused than ever on making sure KUNC’s reporting makes you think, question and sometimes laugh about the changing world around us.
Before coming to KUNC, I worked at KPCC, KCRW and NPR West in Los Angeles, where I helped produce the first season of Embedded, covered wildfires and produced a daily talk show. In 2016, I graduated with a degree in journalism from Indiana University, where I started my first podcast at WIUX Student Radio.
I’m a proud member of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and am a strong supporter of fair LGBT representation in the journalism industry.
Outside of work, I sing with the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus, Matt Bloom Trio and watch far, far too many movies.
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Gov. Polis made the decision to move up 70-and-up Coloradans in the state’s prioritization plan, but many are finding it difficult to make appointments due to low supply. -
Following confusion and frustration this week over the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to seniors in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis held a news conference Wednesday to talk about how residents ages 70 and up can try to gain access.
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Many Colorado restaurants will once again be allowed to seat customers indoors starting Monday, following an announcement from Gov. Jared Polis that dozens of counties would be moved from Level Red to Level Orange restrictions on the state’s COVID-19 dial.
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A long list of restaurants, gyms and movie theaters in Larimer County gained the first round of approvals for the program, which allows businesses to operate at one level lower on the state’s COVID-19 dial than the county’s current status.
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The local health department has diverted thousands of dollars of CARES Act funding to create a special mobile health clinic specifically for delivering COVID-19 vaccines to rural communities.
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Colorado has started scaling up a program that allows local businesses struggling under the weight of Level Red coronavirus restrictions to apply for permission to operate at a lower level of the state’s COVID-19 dial.
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On Monday, Kevin Londrigan and 30 of his colleagues stepped away from their roles to join the swath of health care workers across the country receiving the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines.
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The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Denver on Monday morning, marking the beginning of what’s likely to become a year-long effort to vaccinate millions of Coloradans and, ultimately, end the pandemic.
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The general public will probably have to wait until summer 2021 to get a coronavirus vaccine, according to a new distribution plan Gov. Jared Polis and top public health officials unveiled on Wednesday.
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The vaccine still isn't available to the general public, but Colorado expects to receive its first order of doses this month.
