Community Action
For the second year in a row, Denver’s MLK Jr. Marade impacted by harsh weather
Organizers are still encouraging would-be attendees to get involved in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy causes.
Alec Berg
Multimedia Journalist
Alec Berg is a journalist at Rocky Mountain PBS. Alec’s coverage spans broadly, but has focused heavily on homelessness, LGBTQ+ issues and the housing crises in high-country mountain towns.
Alec’s coverage of homelessness in Colorado Springs has garnered statewide and national attention, as well as brought about change in Colorado’s second-largest city.
Alec grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Utah State University, where they worked as the editor-in-chief of their college newspaper and completed internships at four Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers: The Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, East Bay Times and Chronicle of Higher Education. Alec started their full-time journalism career covering city government, housing and the ski industry for the Steamboat Pilot & Today in Steamboat Springs, Colorado’s greatest mountain town. Alec enjoys covering topics that shed light on important issues and bring about change.
Areas of expertise: LGBTQ+ coverage, Colorado mountain towns, homelessness
Honors & Awards: Several Society of Professional Journalists awards in California, Utah and Colorado; Colorado Press Association award winner; 2024 Colorado Broadcaster's Association award
Recent posts
Community Action
Colorado lost its only lesbian bar. Then a new joint opened.
Two entrepreneurs have opened a new bar for Colorado’s lesbian community nearly two months after Blush & Blu permanently closed.
News
Honoring Kelly Loving and Daniel Aston on Transgender Day of Remembrance
Two years after the Club Q shooting, Rocky Mountain PBS spoke to friends and family of two transgender victims who died in the shooting.