Housing & Transportation
Denver’s only youth homeless shelter facing more demand after Boulder facility shuts down
The closure of Boulder’s youth shelter leaves young people with fewer options — and Denver’s facility is feeling the strain.
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.
Language spoken: English
Topic expertise: Civil rights, housing, labor
Local expertise: Coverage of Colorado's LGBTQ+ community, Colorado mountain towns and 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
Arts & Culture
Rainbows, horses and boots on display at Colorado’s 42nd Gay Rodeo
How Colorado Gay Rodeo Association is working to redefine what it means to be a cowboy.
Housing & Transportation
City officials, homeless advocates disagree over Denver’s homeless count
Denver’s official count shows unsheltered homelessness has dropped in the city. City officials and homeless activists have butted heads over its accuracy.