Sam Brasch

Climate / Environment Reporter

@samuelbrasch[email protected]

Sam Brasch covers climate and the environment for CPR News. Sam came to CPR in 2015 as the recipient of the organization’s first news fellowship.

Education:
Bachelor’s degree in history and philosophy, Colorado College.

Professional background:
Sam came to Colorado Public Radio in 2015 as the recipient of the organization’s first news fellowship. The year-long position allowed him to hone his journalistic skills working alongside CPR reporters, producers and editors.

Following his fellowship, Sam was awarded an 11-Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship from the University of California Berkeley where we worked with mentors like Michael Pollan to produce a radio documentary on kosher slaughter practices.

Sam rejoined Colorado Public Radio in 2016 as a contract reporter where he filled in for newscasts, reported on the state legislature and supported long-term feature stories and interviews for “Colorado Matters.”

Before his career in broadcast journalism, Sam worked for Modern Farmer Magazine where he wrote articles on goat towers and lambie jammies, and promoted the magazine's work on social media.

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‘At A Distance’ Explores Ways To Process Loss In Isolation

When we feel a sense of loss during the pandemic, it can be hard to find an outlet to process the emotion because of the isolation that comes with social distancing. Even the isolation itself can create a sense of loss. We lose our ability to go the places we want, when we want. That’s what the latest episode of “At a Distance” explores. It’s the podcast from CPR News about life during the pandemic.