Rachel Estabrook produces stories for Colorado Matters and edits special audio projects, including the podcast “Colorado In Depth.” She joined CPR in 2013.
Professional background: At CPR, Rachel was the news director from 2018-2021. She also co-reported and hosted the serialized podcast “The Taxman,” which was a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for business journalism. Her work reporting and producing for Colorado Matters, and editing in the newsroom, has earned regional Edward R. Murrow awards, recognition from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. and the Colorado Broadcasters Association, as well as other honors.
Before coming to CPR, she worked on a Frontline documentary about antibiotic resistance through the Investigative Reporting Workshop, and served as a newscaster and board member for KZSU at Stanford University. While completing her Master’s degree in journalism, Rachel also worked as a reporter and radio editor for the Peninsula Press.
Rachel got her start in journalism in 2000 as a columnist covering local sporting events in Dover, NH. She has reported for New Hampshire Public Radio, and volunteered for “The Diane Rehm Show” at WAMU.
Previously in her career, Rachel served as international specialist for the Department of Justice and as an associate director in NPR’s development department.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Spanish language and literature, George Washington University; Master’s degree in communications, Stanford University.
More than 30 Coloradans will compete at the winter Paralympics, which start Friday in Sochi, Russia. The event marks 20 years since the Paralympics were first played immediately after the Olympics on the same terrain.
Paper Bird’s Esme Patterson releases her second solo album this spring, responding to songs by The Beatles, Elvis Costello and others from the perspective of their female subjects.
A Littleton company is one of the largest U.S. makers of credit cards that have a computer chip in them. Experts say such cards would help prevent security breaches like the one at Target in December.
Republicans failed this week in their latest attempt to repeal expanded gun background checks but the governor says he would support a subtle change to the law.
In an interview with CPR, the governor talked about efforts to repeal gun measures, what still needs to be done to keep marijuana from children and proposed rules on carbon emissions.