Bob Beck
Retired News DirectorBob Beck retired from Wyoming Public Media after serving as News Director of Wyoming Public Radio for 34 years. During his time as News Director WPR has won over 100 national, regional and state news awards.
In addition to duties as News Director, Bob was the co-creator, host and producer of the news magazine Open Spaces, which has won 11 national Public Media Journalist Association awards. Bob has personally won four PMJA awards for reporting and five regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. He has also won numerous Associated Press and Wyoming Association of Broadcasters awards in his career.
Bob was given the WEA School Bell Award for education reporting and was honored by the Governor’s Council on Impaired Driving for his reporting. On the television side, Bob has been part of two Emmy Award-winning PBS telecasts.
In his career, Bob covered the legislature longer than any Wyoming broadcaster. Additional coverage as a reporter includes events such as the Mark Hopkinson execution, the Jessica Dubroff plane crash, the Matthew Shepard murder and a drunk driving crash that killed eight University of Wyoming Athletes.
Professionally, he served on the PMJA Board and has been state coordinator for the Radio Television Digital News Association and Project Vote Smart.
Bob taught broadcast news at the University of Wyoming for 20 years and twice was honored with a Top Prof award by the UW Mortar Board.
Around Laramie, Bob was active in community events. He co-chaired the 2009 Albany County United Way Campaign, served as President of the United Way Board, and has been involved with other non-profit organizations as a board member and volunteer.
Prior to coming to WPR, Bob worked as a News and Sportscaster at stations in Wyoming and Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Radio-Television from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and is a native of Wheaton, Illinois in suburban Chicago.
Email: btwo@uwyo.edu
Phone: 307-766-6626
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After rejecting another attempt at taxing the facility, the Wyoming Senate gave final approval to a bill that clarifies state and federal regulation for the proposed TerraPower Nuclear power plant slated for Kemmerer. -
The Wyoming Senate gave final approval to a bill that intends to ban abortion in Wyoming if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe versus Wade. -
The Wyoming Senate voted 19 to 10 to strip Cheyenne Sen. Anthony Bouchard of his committee assignments. -
The Wyoming Senate is continuing to work on a bill that addresses state and federal roles when it comes to the proposed TerraPower’s planned Natrium Nuclear Power Plant. -
The Wyoming Senate voted 15-14 to amend a bill that intends to ban abortions in the state if the U-S Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade. -
After getting a Do Not Pass recommendation by the House Appropriations committee the Wyoming House of Representatives put the final nail in the coffin of a bill that would have tried to limit crossover voting in a primary election. -
The Wyoming Senate gave initial support to a bill that would reduce coal taxes by half a percent. -
A Wyoming House and Senate conference committee have started trying to iron out the differences in the legislative redistricting bill. -
A bill is trying to address some concerns by the National Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding Terra Power’s Natrium nuclear power plan in Kemmerer. -
The Wyoming House and Senate approved the state budget and agreed on restoring funding for the University of Wyoming Gender Studies program while also requiring the University to provide them with some information.
