Danielle Prokop

LWV News:

This month’s League of Women Voters of Los Alamos (LWV) community event, Lunch with a Leader, is 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall on Sage Street. This month’s speaker is award-winning journalist Danielle Prokop.

Prokop was born and raised in Los Alamos. While pursuing international studies at the University of New Mexico, she got her first taste for print at the Daily Lobo, and hasn’t stopped since. After graduation, she worked at the Santa Fe New Mexican, first on the copy desk and eventually on general assignment.

In 2020, Prokop moved (sight unseen) to the western Nebraska panhandle, covering wildfires, water fights and paved road drama for the Scottsbluff Star-Herald. She then headed to far west Texas, embarking on environmental coverage for both sides of the Rio Grande in El Paso.

Prokop returned to writing stories about New Mexico in 2022, first as a freelancer, then full-time staff writer for the online publication Source NM. Her work has included a 14-part series on the Rio Grande from Colorado through New Mexico and west Texas and breaking news inside the Roundhouse and along roads less traveled.

One of the topics she will address during her Thursday talk is whether the role journalism plays in society is changing.

Prokop is an aspiring skier, avid reader and a martial artist. When not at her desk, she can be found reading at a coffee shop, often with her husband, Justin, or out walking their three rescue dogs.