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Our Mission
The Colorado Sun is a journalist-founded, award-winning and nonprofit news outlet based in Denver that strives to cover all of Colorado so that our state — our community — can better understand itself.
In this way, we believe we can contribute to a more vibrant, informed and whole Colorado.
We are committed to fact-based, in-depth and nonpartisan journalism. We cover everything from politics and culture to the outdoor industry and education.
Our goal is to produce the best possible journalism. We do that with the help of you, our readers, and community backers.
We launched on Sept. 10, 2018.
Who We Are
Leadership
Larry Ryckman, Publisher | larry@coloradosun.com
Lamont Browne, Chief Operations Officer | lamont@coloradosun.com
Dana Coffield, Editor | dana@coloradosun.com
Jennifer Brown, Executive Operating Committee Member & Government/Human Services Writer | jennifer@coloradosun.com
Editors
Lance Benzel, Team Editor | lance@coloradosun.com
David Krause, Team Editor | davidkrause@coloradosun.com
Jesse Paul, Political Editor and Writer | jesse@coloradosun.com
Reporters
Jason Blevins, Outdoors/Business Writer | jason@coloradosun.com
Michael Booth, Health/Environmental Writer | booth@coloradosun.com
Erica Breunlin, Education Writer | erica@coloradosun.com
Tamara Chuang, Business/Technology Writer | tamara@coloradosun.com
Taylor Dolven, Political Writer | taylor@coloradosun.com
Brian Eason, Part-time Government Writer | brian@coloradosun.com
John Ingold, Health/Criminal Justice Writer | johningold@coloradosun.com
Shannon Mullane, Water Writer | shannon@coloradosun.com
Olivia Prentzel, General Assignment Writer | oliviaprentzel@coloradosun.com
Tracy Ross, Rural Economic Development Writer | tracy@coloradosun.com
Kevin Simpson, Colorado Lifestyle/General Assignment Writer/Editor | kevin@coloradosun.com
Parker Yamasaki, Arts & Culture Writer | parker@coloradosun.com
Audience
Kristina Pritchett, Marketing and Events Specialist | kristina@coloradosun.com
Product
Eric Lubbers, Technology & Strategy | eric@coloradosun.com
Kevin Jeffers, Product Producer | kevinjeffers@coloradosun.com
Fundraising
Alyssa Pinkerton, Director of Development | alyssa@coloradosun.com
Danika Worthington, Membership Manager | danika@coloradosun.com
Sales
Sylvia Harmon, Director of Sales | sylvia@coloradosun.com
Caleb Hardy, Sales Associate | caleb@coloradosun.com
Operations
Meg Napper, Executive Operations Manager | meg@coloradosun.com
Board of Directors
Contact us
We are live humans in Colorado at The Sun (not chatbots or call centers) who are happy to connect and hear from you. Please reach out to us with questions, suggestions, tips or corrections:
To reach our newsroom with general inquiries, you can send an email to newsroom@coloradosun.com or call us at (720) 263-2338.
Send tips to tips@coloradosun.com. You can also reach us via Signal, WhatsApp or voicemail: (720) 263-2338.
The Colorado Sun has an ethical responsibility to correct all factual errors. To request a correction, please send an email to corrections@coloradosun.com. Read more about our correction process.
For letters:
Our mailing address is: The Colorado Sun, 2101 Arapahoe St., Denver, CO 80205.
For underwriting & events:
Anyone interested in underwriting can reach us at underwriting@coloradosun.com.
Event inquiries can be sent to events@coloradosun.com.
For freelancing:
The Sun also employs several contributing writers and photographers across the state. If you’re interested in working with us, please send clips and a resume to dana@coloradosun.com.
For fundraising & support:
Want to join the thousands of supporters of The Colorado Sun? Become a member today! Or have questions about your membership or other ways to support our work? Please reach out to us at development@coloradosun.com
For sponsorships:
Align your business with The Sun — the brand that represents your ethics and values — while supporting your community. To become a sponsor, email: sylvia@coloradosun.com.
How we are funded
On Nov. 15, 2023, The Colorado Sun became a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Prior, we were a public benefit corporation, which meant we were a for-profit company incorporated with a mission to provide our community with quality, nonpartisan journalism — without a paywall. While our business model changed, our mission remains focused on serving Colorado with trustworthy information. You can peruse our annual reports here to see how we’ve grown and the impacts of our journalism over the years: 2019, 2020/2021, 2022, 2023)
The majority of The Sun’s funding comes directly from readers through donations and individual grants with additional revenue from sponsorships, events and foundation grants. The Colorado Sun makes news judgments that aren’t based on or influenced by donors or any revenue source. If you’d like to learn more about who funds The Sun, please see our recognition page. More on how we accept funding and our transparency rules can be found in our ethics policy.
Every dollar we raise directly powers The Sun’s mission of serving free, high-quality journalism to people who care about Colorado. That’s our promise to our readers — along with striving to make sure each and every one of our stories are worth your time.
Join us and become a Sun member today!
Ethics policy
To view our ethics policy, visit coloradosun.com/ethics.
Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
The Colorado Sun is committed to the work of fighting racism, bigotry and exclusion, and to promoting a more just and equitable world. Read our statement codifying that commitment, which includes actionable goals to hold us accountable.
SunLit
Through a feature we call SunLit, done in partnership with Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book, The Colorado Sun will present current excerpts of works from some of the best Colorado fiction and nonfiction writers — always for free. We offer these literary appetizers, as well as author Q&As to lend context to the selections, as part of our mission to reinforce our shared sense of community, and to perhaps introduce readers to a new favorite writer.
To learn more, visit coloradosun.com/about-sunlit.
Opinion columns
The Colorado Sun is a nonpartisan news organization, and the opinions of columnists and editorial writers do not reflect the opinions of the newsroom.
We label opinion pieces (including cartoons) prominently, using the clearest words possible to note that they are separate from news coverage. This includes when we post links to opinion pieces on social media accounts.
For more on how we will handle opinion pieces, see our ethics policy.
If you are interested in sending a guest column to be considered for publication, check out our submission guidelines. Submissions must be 800 words or less and should be sent to opinion@coloradosun.com.
Transparency
Peruse the impacts and reach of our nonprofit journalism for Colorado. We couldn’t do this work without the support of readers who care about this state.
Before The Colorado Sun transitioned to a nonprofit on Nov. 15, 2023, it was a public benefit corporation registered with the State of Colorado.
A public benefit corporation is a for-profit corporation “that is intended to produce a public benefit or public benefits and to operate in a responsible and sustainable manner.”
State law required us to produce annual reports detailing the value we have brought to the community. It also requires us to conduct an assessment of how we’re doing against an independent standard.
Read our reports:
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