Robert Frederick
Senior ReporterRobert Frederick is the Senior Reporter at KUNM as of August, 2026. Previously, he served on staff for the nonprofits Global Virus Network, American Scientist, Science, and St. Louis Public Radio and got his start thanks to a fellowship from AAAS while he was in graduate school to spend the summer of 2003 at Community Radio for Northern Colorado (KUNC). Throughout his journalism career, he has freelanced for a wide variety of outlets in print, radio, television, and online. Robert is also a journalism teacher and mentor, having taught students of all ages (16 to 60+) in Harvard's journalism program. Robert's awards include a year-long Nieman Fellowship and a radio series award from the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists. He is also a contributor to The Science Writers’ Handbook (2013 Da Capo).
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A second of Albuquerque’s nine city council districts will start piloting participatory budgeting, a process in which community members decide how to spend part of the city’s budget. -
This year’s congressional funding came through in part because, according to Representative Stansbury (D-N.M.), President Trump wasn’t paying attention. -
The federal government wants to allow roads in more than 44 million acres of national forests, which includes New Mexico's Carson, Cibola, Coronado, Gila, Lincoln, and Santa Fe national forests. -
The KCRW podcast "Question Everything" explores the undercover investigation that revealed how Facebook funneled predators to the fake accounts of two underage girls. -
Participatory budgeting allows community members as young as age 11 to choose how to spend part of the city's budget.
