Elaine Baumgartel
Elaine volunteered to answer phones during a KUNM pledge drive in 2003 and she's been unable to drag herself away from public radio ever since. And why would she want to? She's worn many sets of headphones at the station. Right now, she's KUNM's News Director.
As a graduate student in the Communication and Journalism MA program atUNM, Elaine worked atKUNMin the operations, programming, and news departments. She's been the local anchor of NPR's Morning Edition, a reporter in theKUNMnewsroom, and the host and producer of the KUNMCall In Show.
In her spare time, Elaine likes to garden and work with ceramics in addition to spending time with her family.
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UCLA Law Professor Laura Gómez grew up in New Mexico and she says it’s critical to know the history of racism against Mexican Americans and Latinos in...
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Communities held marches across the nation over the weekend in support of science and scientific research. Laura Paskus is the environment reporter for...
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Debate Highlights Stakes In Race For NM Secretary Of State – Associated Press Two candidates vying to become New Mexico's top elections and campaign...
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New details have emerged about local police involvement in Mexican drug cartel activity on the U.S. side of the border.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a plan to help resolve a problem with leaky storage tanks holding nuclear waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state. Their solution: ship the waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The problem is WIPP has been prohibited from receiving Hanford tank waste for nearly a decade. Now, New Mexicans are debating whether to reverse course and accept some of the waste.