SPJ Colorado Pro’s DeGette on Hyperlocal News Panel at Denver Press Club

By SPJ COLORADO PRO SPJ Colorado Pro Pro board member Cara DeGette was part of a panel Thursday night [Feb. 27, 2020] at the Denver Press Club on hyperlocal news sources. Panel  members were, from left, Donna Bryson, reporter at Denverite; Patricia Calhoun, editor of Westword; DeGette; and David Sachs, reporter at Denverite. Other panel … Continue reading SPJ Colorado Pro’s DeGette on Hyperlocal News Panel at Denver Press Club

Report for America to Support 19 Journalists to Cover Native American Communities

By HANAA’ TAMEEZ NiemanLab Feb. 24, 2020 It’s hard to say that Native Americans have, historically, gotten the kind of journalism they deserve. Mainstream news outlets typically pay them little attention, and when they do, indigenous people are more often the subject of reporting than its target audience. Less than one half of one percent … Continue reading Report for America to Support 19 Journalists to Cover Native American Communities

SPJ Region 9 Conference Details Are Set

The schedule for SPJ's Region 9 Conference -- The New West -- has been set. Details are on the Utah chapter's Facebook page: facebook.com/utahspj/ The conference will be in Salt Lake City March 26-28. Region 9 consists of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

Denver Post owner Buys Greeley Tribune

By SPJ COLORADO PRO A subsidiary of Media News Group, which owns The Denver Post and numerous other newspapers, has purchased the Greeley Tribune. The Daily Camera in Boulder has the story. Click here to read it.

Ken Papaleo, Rocky Photographer, Dies at 73

By JOHN MEYER The Denver Post Feb. 13, 2020 Out of all the myriad images Ken Papaleo captured in his long career as a newspaper photographer and the years since the closure of his beloved Rocky Mountain News, his son has a favorite Papaleo took last year during a cancer fight that claimed his life … Continue reading Ken Papaleo, Rocky Photographer, Dies at 73