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Portrait of Bente Birkeland

Bente Birkeland

Public Affairs Reporter, CPR News

Bente is an award-winning journalist who joined CPR News in August 2018 after a decade of reporting on the Colorado state capitol for the Rocky Mountain Community Radio collaborative and KUNC. In 2017, Bente was named Colorado Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), and she was awarded with a National Investigative Reporting Award by SPJ a year later.

Recent Posts

  • A new era of single-stair apartment buildings is coming to Denver and other Colorado cities

    Bente Birkeland
    May. 13, 2025, 3:49 pm
  • Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Aurora.

    In speech, Trump paints violent picture of immigration in Colorado, says he’ll call his mass deportation efforts ‘Operation Aurora’

    Bente Birkeland,Kiara DeMare
    Oct. 11, 2024, 1:26 pm
  • The front of the line at a rally for former President Donald Trump at Aurora’s Gaylord Rockies hotel

    In a long but cheerful line, Trump supporters await their candidate in Aurora

    Bente Birkeland,Kiara DeMare
    Oct. 11, 2024, 12:42 pm
  • Crowds and protests expected as Trump visits the outskirts of Aurora

    Bente Birkeland
    Oct. 11, 2024, 10:59 am
  • Denver’s Mayor and Clerk and Recorder are at odds over election office’s resources ahead of 2024

    Bente Birkeland
    Oct. 20, 2023, 1:12 pm
  • Denver awarded $1.5 million from the state to help the hundreds of migrants arriving in the city

    Bente Birkeland,Kevin Beaty
    Dec. 21, 2022, 5:20 pm
  • State Representative Leslie Herod is running for mayor of Denver

    Ben Markus,Bente Birkeland
    Sep. 08, 2022, 12:15 pm
  • Rep. James Coleman is challenging Sen. Angela Williams in northeast Denver

    Bente Birkeland
    Nov. 13, 2019, 10:37 am

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