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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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. -
Aspen teenager expedites surgery amid federal lawsuit over gender-affirming health care restrictionsThe Trump administration issued an executive order in January restricting federal funding to institutions that provide gender-affirming health care for patients under 19 years old. The state of Colorado has joined a lawsuit challenging that decision, but transgender teenagers remain worried about their access to health care. -
Domestic violence shelters have long kept their locations secret to protect victims. But some say being more open is actually safer, and easier on victims.
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Mind Springs Health in Grand Junction was considering a partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this year to offer inpatient mental health care services to detainees. But when community concern mounted over how the potential deal could make it easier for ICE to arrest immigrants in Western Colorado, the mental health care provider abandoned contract discussions.
