Halle Zander
News DirectorHalle Zander is the news director at Aspen Public Radio, a broadcast journalist and the host of "All Things Considered."
Her broadcast journalism has been recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association, Public Media Journalists Association, the Colorado Broadcasters Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Before she began working full-time with Aspen Public Radio in September 2021, Halle was a freelance broadcast journalist for both Aspen Public Radio and KDNK.
Halle studied environmental analysis at Pitzer College and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Journalism through New York University. She was an educator at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and at the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program, where she taught youth radio and managed a weekly public affairs show. She was also delivered newscasts for her college radio station, KSPC.
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Longtime President and CEO Alan Fletcher is stepping down from his leadership role at the end of 2026. He will be honored as Aspen Music Festival and School’s first President Emeritus upon his departure, celebrating his 21 years of service to the organization. -
Pitkin County Sheriff Michael Buglione told reporters Wednesday that Anita Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson’s widow, had concerns this year surrounding her late husband’s death. Together, they met with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and she later requested an independent review of the original investigation. -
Aspen Journalism and Aspen Sojourner revived a decade-old project this summer, documenting 80 property owners in Pitkin County whose net worth exceeded $1 billion. -
Mountain Action Indivisible, a volunteer-run advocacy group, organized a protest Saturday against a range of Trump administration policies and actions in coordination with similar demonstrations across the United States. -
Attorney Steven D. Zansberg describes NPR’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, and how Aspen Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio and KSUT Public Radio represent the interests of NPR-member stations across the country as co-plaintiffs. -
Aspen Public Radio has joined NPR, Colorado Public Radio and KSUT Public Radio in a lawsuit filed Tuesday morning against the Trump administration over its May 1 executive order threatening federal funding cuts to public media. -
Trump claimed NPR and PBS are biased and federal funding shouldn’t support them, but the Corporation for Public Broadcasting argues the President has no authority to demand changes of the nonprofit. -
English in Action hosted its 8th annual Immigrant Voices event this month where speakers from across the region shared their life stories. This year, however, organizers had to consider the political climate. -
The Aspen/Pitkin County Airport closed for 2.5 hours on Sunday when Transportation Security Administration officials identified suspicious items in a passenger's luggage. -
House District 57’s Elizabeth Velasco is co-sponsoring a new immigration bill that aims to protect immigrants from data privacy concerns when accessing public services.
