Westword editor Patty Calhoun to host Fireside Chat

Westword editor Patty Calhoun will be featured in a Fireside Chat at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place. The program, sponsored by the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, is free and open to the public. Calhoun received the SPJ Colorado Pro Keeper of the … Continue reading Westword editor Patty Calhoun to host Fireside Chat

Colorado Pro Chapter names scholarship recipients

Six college students from five schools were selected to receive 2016 scholarships from the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The chapter awards two kinds of annual scholarships — the Helen Verba print journalism scholarship and the Sheldon Peterson broadcast journalism scholarship. The scholarships, totaling $6,500, will be sent to the students' … Continue reading Colorado Pro Chapter names scholarship recipients

Cloudy conditions for Sunshine Week: A pile of paper instead of a spreadsheet

This is one in a series of Sunshine Week columns for the SPJ Colorado Pro Chapter. By Jeffrey A. Roberts For an ongoing series on race in Colorado, Rocky Mountain PBS investigative reporter Katie Wilcox requested five years of records from six cities on when police stop people for suspicious behavior and other reasons. Grand Junction provided … Continue reading Cloudy conditions for Sunshine Week: A pile of paper instead of a spreadsheet