Many visitors enjoy Yosemite National Park in the spring and summer, but behind the scenes, it hasn’t been so pretty lately. A hiring fiasco amid federal budget cuts has left some seasonal workers without pay. NPR reporter Chiara Eisner spoke with the workers who were asked to volunteer, and spoke with us about the status of hiring at the park during its busiest season.
A Valley native, Elizabeth earned her bachelor's degree in English Language Literatures from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her master's degree in journalism from New York University. She has covered a range of beats. Her agriculture reporting for the Turlock Journal earned her a first place award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association.
Jonathan Linden is a podcast producer at KVPR. Born and raised in Riverside, he's a Southern California native. Jonathan's passion for public radio began at a young age when his brother would play NPR while driving him home from middle school. He earned his B.A. in journalism from Biola University in 2019.
