Emma VandenEinde

Emma VandenEinde is a reporter for KUNC. Her work has been featured on popular NPR programs such as Here and Now, Science Friday, The World and more. Her sound-rich spot work on the Great American Beer Fest recently won first place at the 2025 PMJA Awards. Her feature about housing insecurity among Colorado college-aged youth won top honors at the 2025 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, the 2025 Colorado Broadcasters Association Awards and the Top Of The Rockies Awards hosted by the Society of Professional Journalists. It also resulted in more than $55,000 in donations to an organization that provides subsidized housing in the community. She was formerly a reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau, a regional reporting collaboration between 14 different NPR-affiliate stations across the West. Before coming to Colorado, she worked for Arizona PBS and NPR-affiliate station KJZZ.