With degrees in philosophy and journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he has also worked as a community organizer, activist and campaigner. Years of reporting on commonplace catastrophes made him unusually safety-conscious and data-driven, so car crashes are his greatest phobia but he’s got no problem with spiders, heights and public speaking. He feels blessed to live on the boundary between two of the Earth’s most sublime bioregions, the Colorado Plateau and Great Basin, and when he’s not at work he’s often out there contemplating the nature of things. Jesse’s email is jfruhwirth@kcpw.org, and his office line is 801-359-5279 extension 211.