Roger McDonough
Producer, News Host at KCPW
Roger has an M.A. in Public Policy and Development Management from Georgetown University, a parallel degree from the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Argentina), and a B.A. in English from the University of Utah. A practiced freelance print and radio journalist and Salt Lake City native, Roger provides local news weekday afternoons and hosts Behind the Headlines. He previously contributed to KCPW with an award-winning local history segment that was developed in partnership with the Salt Lake City Public Library, where he worked for nine years. Roger says he is drawn to public radio because he’s an auditory learner, and calls radio “the best medium in the world.” E-mail him in English or Spanish at rmcdonough@kcpw.org.
A storm over the Great Salt Lake on May 29, 2022 (Roger McDonough | KCPW)
A storm over the Great Salt Lake on May 29, 2022 (Roger McDonough | KCPW)
The Great Salt Lake has again dropped to a new historic low. The U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Natural Resources report that measurements gathered Sunday showed an average daily surf...
A dust storm envelops Salt Lake City on Nov. 28, 2021 (Roger McDonough | KCPW)
A dust storm envelops Salt Lake City on Nov. 28, 2021 (Roger McDonough | KCPW)
“Is this the toxic lake dust?” That’s a question many people in northern Utah are now asking themselves when the air turns brown with particulate pollution during windstorms. The human health and envi...