Rebecca Martinez
ReporterPhone: 307-766-2405
Email: rmarti51@uwyo.edu
Rebecca Martinez is a general assignment reporter and host for Wyoming Public Radio. Recent features include Yellowstone warding visitors off wildlife after four people in the area were killed by grizzly bears (picked up by NPR) and one covering efforts by the Northern Arapaho Tribe to preserve its language on the Wind River Indian Reservation, (part was re-aired on National Native News). She regularly reports on agriculture and environmental issues, focusing especially on waste management and water quality. Rebecca reported a story featured in a PRNDI-award-winning episode of Open Spaces in 2011. She edited other PRNDI-award winning stories.
After earning her B.A. in Journalism and Media Design at James Madison University, Rebecca worked as a production and editorial assistant at NPR headquarters in Washington D.C., where she produced pieces and wrote scripts for Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition and Tell Me More. She arranged and scripted interviews for ME and ATC during the 2008 Presidential Election Season and helped organized live coverage on Super Tuesday in New York City.
Rebecca has reported pieces for NPR, APM’s Marketplace, the BBC/PRI’s The World, National Native News, WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C. and the CBC. Before coming to Wyoming Public Radio, Rebecca moved to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, where she covered the agriculture, environment and community beats at the News Leader, a century-old newspaper in Staunton. She continued audio reporting by producing Soundslides videos for the newspaper’s web site. Much of her reporting focused on the cattle industry, water and soil quality issues, and the effects of environmental legislation on farmers.
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About 1,600 freshmen began their fall semester at the University of Wyoming this week. For many of them, it’s their first time away from home, and they’ll…
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Coal lease sales potentially undervalued, leading to possible millions lost for government The Bureau of Land Management is responsible for coal on…
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The University of Wyoming will kick off a new school year on Monday. It’s an exciting time for incoming freshmen, but the college years bring new freedoms…
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Now, for the latest edition in our occasional series, Upstarts, we’ll hear from a stay-at-home mom who launched a multimedia publishing company from her…
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The Hardluck Fire in the Shoshone National Forest has been creeping north, toward a few abandoned frontier cabins near Needle Creek. Forest Spokeswoman…
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Unemployment rates have been steadily falling in each Wyoming county for the last year. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says this might…
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A new report shows that Wyoming’s obesity rate dropped slightly in the last year.According to the report from Trust for America’s Health and the Robert…
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Wyoming’s fire season is much smaller than last year.State forester Bill Crapser says there have only been a couple of major forest fires this year, and…
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New custom bike racks will be popping up across Downtown Laramie this fall.In response to complaints about parked bicycles cluttering up the sidewalks –…
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The maternity ward at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper is seeing a baby boom.The Casper Star-Tribune reported this week that 123 babies were born in July…