Robyn Vincent
Executive Newsroom Producer, Editor, ReporterEmail: robyn.vincent@kunc.org
I wear many hats in KUNC's newsroom as an executive producer, editor and reporter. My work focuses on inequality, the systems of power that entrench it, and the people who are disproportionately affected. I help reporters in my newsroom to also uncover these angles and elevate unheard voices in the process.
I have worked as a reporter and editor mining stories at the intersection of the New and Old West for more than a decade. Before joining KUNC, I built and launched the first news department at Jackson Hole Community Radio.
I also am the former editor of Wyoming’s only alternative press: the now-defunct Planet Jackson Hole. I led that paper to win its first national award for a series I directed on the narratives of forcibly displaced people. It traced one reporter’s tumultuous experience living and working with Syrian refugees on the Greek island of Lesvos. That work—published in the only state that lacks a refugee resettlement program—typifies my favorite kind of journalism: that which dispels notions of “the other.”
I hold a bachelor’s degree in print and online journalism from Wayne State University in Detroit and belong to Investigative Reporters and Editors, Ida B. Wells Society, and the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association.
When I'm not sweating deadlines, I like to get lost in the mountains, near and far, and wax philosophical with strangers.
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Redlining happened in the 1930s and 40s, when lenders identified areas where people of color lived and denied them mortgages. Today on In the NoCo, we look at new research that links Denver's historically redlined neighborhoods to high levels of air pollution. -
Water and fire, and more specifically wildfire and snowpack, are crucial to the West. We look at their relationship and what it means for life in Northern Colorado today on In The NoCo. -
We close out Black History Month today on In The NoCo with a look at Dearfield. In the early 1900s, it was Colorado’s largest Black homesteading site. Local scholar George Junne tells us why it’s important to reflect on that community today. -
Images of the Old West conjure a certain wild feeling, one that 'Native Americana' singer-songwriter Cary Morin captures with his new album, Innocent Allies. Today on In The NoCo, we talk with the Fort Collins musician about how the project came together. -
As a teen, Oscar Hokeah didn't see himself represented in the kinds of books he liked to read. Today the award-winning author brings his perspective as an Indigenous person to a field with only a handful of Native authors. He joined In The NoCo to discuss his debut novel. -
Forced prison labor is happening across the U.S., including in Colorado. Today on In The NoCo, we get some local perspective on a recent investigation that showed the pervasiveness of this nationwide problem. -
As recently as the 1970s, Black Coloradans relied on green book sites when they were traveling. Today on In The NoCo, we learn about these safe havens and the push to uncover more of these historic places. -
The January 6th insurrection continues to take the spotlight amid former President Trump’s legal battles. Groups like the Oath Keepers had a heavy presence there and today on In The NoCo, we hear from a former spokesperson for that militia group. -
Sean Short is doing some interesting things with aquaponic farming. That’s a mixture of fish farming and hydroponics. And he’s bringing at-risk young people into the fold to learn. We harvest all the info today on In The NoCo. -
Colorado's rising maternal death rate is especially pronounced for Coloradans of color. A potential antidote comes in the form of doulas of color, like Jannah Farooque. She joins In The NoCo to discuss her work.
