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Olivia Doak

Olivia Doak covers higher education for the Boulder Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call, including the University of Colorado Boulder, Naropa University and Front Range Community College. She reports on everything from tuition costs and new research to student life and matters affecting faculty and staff. She also helps cover Boulder's federal labs, including NOAA, NIST and NCAR. Olivia moved to Colorado in 2023 to join the Camera after covering city government for the NewsTribune in La Salle, Illinois. There, she was a 2023 DePaul FOIA fellow and won a first-place award in 2022 for public service from the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors. Olivia grew up in the Chicago suburbs and graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Augustana College. She's passionate about holding public officials and institutions accountable through her reporting. When she's not writing, she can be found hiking in the mountains, curled up at the library with a good book or cheering on the Nuggets and Broncos. Send news tips, say hi, or share book recs to odoak@prairiemountainmedia.com and follow oliviatdoak on X.  

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