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Portrait of Sam Brasch

Sam Brasch

Climate / Environment Reporter, CPR News

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.

Recent Posts

  • A kind-of-accidental wildlife refuge in Central Park is getting a major upgrade

    Sam Brasch
    Mar. 13, 2025, 4:00 am
  • Denver is ‘pro-business’ and ‘pro-climate,’ mayor declares as he loosens climate goals for big buildings

    Sam Brasch
    Mar. 11, 2025, 5:30 pm
  • Five dancers in multicolored skirts perform on a wooden stage in front of a Commun banner.

    A $20 million EPA grant aims to bring a new ‘resilience and community center’ to Loretto Heights

    Sam Brasch
    Jan. 14, 2025, 2:45 pm
  • How immigrants and their advocates are bracing for ‘Operation Aurora’

    Sam Brasch,Allison Sherry,Stephanie Rivera
    Nov. 06, 2024, 5:11 pm
  • Downtown Denver on a sunny day. May 8, 2024.

    A major fossil fuel group has a plan to sue Denver over its climate-minded building polices

    Sam Brasch
    Jul. 01, 2024, 4:00 am
  • Denver’s communities of color breathe dirtier air than white residents, new research confirms

    Sam Brasch
    Feb. 22, 2024, 4:00 am
  • A guide to Denver’s e-bike rebate program

    Sam Brasch,Rebecca Tauber,Alex Scoville
    Sep. 25, 2023, 5:54 pm
  • Denver on a hazy day. Sept. 14, 2022.

    Here’s what sets Denver’s mayoral finalists Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough apart on climate change

    Sam Brasch
    May. 03, 2023, 9:24 am
  • Denver set for another round of (slightly smaller) e-bike rebates

    Sam Brasch
    Jan. 04, 2023, 4:25 pm
  • Climate advocates want Denver to ban natural gas in new buildings, but it won’t happen just yet

    Rebecca Tauber,Sam Brasch
    Dec. 21, 2022, 7:19 pm
  • Denver’s e-bike rebates have officially been exhausted — for now. Program could relaunch in early 2023

    Sam Brasch
    Oct. 13, 2022, 12:47 pm
  • Denver has a new program to swap out gas stoves and furnaces in low-income homes

    Sam Brasch
    Oct. 11, 2022, 7:01 am

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