KQED Radio Staff

Associate Producer, Climate Watch

It says on Gretchen's resume that her key strength is "synthesizing complex information." Boy, is that an understatement (and a good thing that she doesn't list it under "hobbies"). Gretchen's fingerprints are on virtually every facet of the Climate Watch operation, from gathering radio sound to writing for the Web. Prior to her arrival at KQED, she led wilderness expeditions in Australia and Alaska as an adventure travel guide. If the assignment for Climate Watch involves a backpack, she's first in line. Gretchen loves exploring the west but left her heart in her native New England, where she studied anthropology at Yale and freelanced for the Boston Globe. In her spare time, she snagged an M.A. in journalism from NYU.