Veteran Colorado Journalist Neil Westergaard Dies

Neil Westergaard, an award-winning Colorado journalist who served as executive editor of The Denver Post and editor of the Denver Business Journal, died July 7, 2019. Westergaard received Colorado SPJ's Keeper of the Flame   Award in 2018 for his lifetime contributions to journalism   in the state. The Colorado Press Association named him  Newspaper Person of the … Continue reading Veteran Colorado Journalist Neil Westergaard Dies

SPJ Colorado Pro awards Kaufman Keeper of the Flame Award

The Colorado chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists board of directors sends their condolences to the family, friends and co-workers of Kevin Kaufman, who died of cancer Feb. 10.  Longtime Boulder Daily Camera editor Kevin Kaufman is 2019's recipient of the Keeper of the Flame Award, bestowed by from the Colorado chapter of the … Continue reading SPJ Colorado Pro awards Kaufman Keeper of the Flame Award

Top of the Rockies and Region 9 conference 2018 overview

Society of Professional Journalists Region 9 winners and finalists in the Mark of Excellence contest were announced April 21, 2018 at the Excellence in the Rockies conference on the Auraria campus in Denver. The 2017 contest for collegiate journalists in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming attracted 359 entries, an increase over the 253 entries … Continue reading Top of the Rockies and Region 9 conference 2018 overview

Top of the Rockies 2018 results spreadsheet

See the winners of this year's Top of the Rockies on this spreadsheet: Judging_result_vertical2111174542(2018-03-14) Please check back next week for posts with links to all the winning work.