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Michael de Yoanna

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Michael de Yoanna’s Biography

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I'm a journalist with more than two decades of experience, much of it as an investigative reporter and editor. I’m expert at taking complex findings and crafting nuanced long-form narratives in audio/podcast, print, and film/documentary.

Whether you live in a mansion or have no home to speak of, there is nothing more valuable than your story. At the end of the day, your story is everything.

I got my start as a newspaper reporter and went on to spend several years as a freelancer, balancing loca…

Michael de Yoanna’s Journalist Portfolio

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Stopping a movement | Reveal

Stopping a movement | Reveal

In the second segment, reporters Michael de Yoanna and Rae Solomon from KUNC public radio investigate the use…

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Medics In Colorado Dosed 902 People With Ketamine For 'Excited Delirium' In 2.5 Years

Medics In Colorado Dosed 902 People With Ketamine For 'Excited Delirium' In 2.5 Years

More than 100 agencies across Colorado have approval from the state to allow medics to use ketamine to sedate…

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Colorado Schools Don't Have To Track Sports Concussions, But We Found 6,039 Cases

Colorado Schools Don't Have To Track Sports Concussions, But We Found 6,039 Cases

Kelli Jantz lost her son, Jake Snakenberg, during a high school football game. She will never forget his last…

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To the ends of the Earth

To the ends of the Earth

Reporter Michael de Yoanna travels to a military radar site in Alaska’s Bering Strait. It’s part of a network…

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Arctic Warning: As Sea Ice Melts, Threats To National Security Heat Up

Arctic Warning: As Sea Ice Melts, Threats To National Security Heat Up

The return of Russian bombers and fighter jets highlights the ongoing importance of the radars to NORAD -- it…

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The Thousands Of Colorado Ski Injuries That Resorts Don't Tell You About

The Thousands Of Colorado Ski Injuries That Resorts Don't Tell You About

On a Sunday afternoon in February, a 6-year-old girl fell 29 feet from a chairlift at Eldora Mountain Resort …

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Rescue task force deploys from Nevada to help with anticipated New Mexico, Arizona flooding

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By Austen Erblat Verified, Michael de Yoanna Verified
| 89.1 KANW-FM
Officials in New Mexico, Arizona and other western states are preparing for the aftermath of Hurricane Polo, which pummeled Mexico on Tuesday and kept barreling toward the U.S. border. Projections from the National Weather Service predicted 75 mph winds could reach the two U.S. states this afternoon. The Category 5 hurricane made landfall as a less-strong Category 2 on Monday.
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Rescue task force deploys from Nevada to help with anticipated New Mexico, Arizona flooding

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By Austen Erblat Verified, Michael de Yoanna Verified
| KUNC-FM (Greeley, CO) Verified
Officials in New Mexico, Arizona and other western states are preparing for the aftermath of Hurricane Polo, which pummeled Mexico on Tuesday and kept barreling toward the U.S. border. Projections from the National Weather Service predicted 75 mph winds could reach the two U.S. states this afternoon. The Category 5 hurricane made landfall as a less-strong Category 2 on Monday.
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In New Mexico, massive Project Jupiter data center faces criticism over water allocation Original

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By Jenny Kinsey, Michael de Yoanna Verified
| 89.1 KANW-FM
The Project Jupiter data center is again drawing opposition, this time from Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury. Citing state documents, the New Mexico Democrat said the site could consume up to 2,400 acre‑feet of water a year. That’s roughly 782 million gallons, enough water to supply about 30,000 homes or to irrigate as much as 3,000 pounds of green chiles, Stansbury said.
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Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Clark Kent. Peter Parker would be 1st, but he's a photographer.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

It means I am a servant of the public. I know for a lot of journalists it's about ego. For me, it's about free press and democracy.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

I delete pitches. I'm usually enticed by things people randomly say. I'm always looking for stories that nobody has done yet.