Matt Bloom joined CPR as a general assignment reporter and fill-in host in 2021.
Professional Background:
Before coming to CPR, Matt spent four years at NPR member station KUNC, covering breaking news, COVID-19 and the economy in Northern Colorado. Before that, he spent two years as a freelance reporter and producer in Los Angeles, where he worked with the city’s local NPR affiliate stations as well as NPR West in Culver City.
His work has aired on NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Embedded, APM’s Marketplace, WBUR’s Here & Now, and WNYC’s podcast Nancy.
He is a proud member of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. When he isn’t reporting, he sings with the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in journalism, Indiana University.
Baristas at three more Denver and Colorado Springs-area Starbucks coffee shops have voted to unionize, bringing the total number of organized locations to five out of several hundred statewide.
The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning about dangerous fire conditions, which will last through Thursday afternoon due to dry and hot weather.
The area has been closed to the public since last July, when mudslides in the Grizzly Creek Fire burn scar washed away several bridges along the lake’s main access trail.
Austin Hopp was sentenced by a Larimer County judge on Thursday after pleading guilty to second degree assault in March. He will serve an additional three years of parole following his release.
“I'm a little tired of having to be this resilient, but we'll be resilient because our ancestors have fought for us to be here in this moment so that our future generations can not only survive, but thrive, y’all.”
Lightning started the fire north of Holly, near the Kansas border, before dark Sunday, authorities said. High winds allowed it to spread before it was brought under control before 10 p.m.
Last summer, mudslides wreaked havoc on a 12-mile stretch of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon, forcing drivers to take hours-long detours and at one point trapping more than 100 people in a tunnel overnight.