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Our Mission
The Colorado Sun is a journalist-owned, award-winning 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.
We are a public benefit corporation, which means we’re a for-profit company incorporated with a mission. Our mission is to provide our community with quality, non-partisan journalism — and no paywall. To read our most recent annual report, please visit coloradosun.com/annualreport. (Here are our past reports: 2019, 2020/2021)
Our goal is not to turn a profit. Our goal is to produce the best possible journalism. We do that with the help of you, our readers, and community backers.
Every dollar we take in goes directly toward the journalism we produce. Period. That’s our promise to our readers — along with striving to make sure each and every one of our stories are worth your time.
We launched on Sept. 10, 2018.
Who We Are
The Colorado Sun is made up of staff writers, editors and photographers:
They are:
Larry Ryckman, Editor | larry@coloradosun.com
Dana Coffield, Senior Editor | dana@coloradosun.com
Eric Lubbers, Technology & Strategy | eric@coloradosun.com
Jennifer Brown, Government/Human Services Writer | jennifer@coloradosun.com
Jason Blevins, Outdoors/Business Writer | jason@coloradosun.com
Tamara Chuang, Business/Technology Writer | tamara@coloradosun.com
John Ingold, Health Care Writer | johningold@coloradosun.com
Michael Booth, Health/Environmental Writer | booth@coloradosun.com
Kevin Simpson, Colorado Lifestyle/General Assignment Writer/Editor | kevin@coloradosun.com
Jesse Paul, Political Editor and Writer | jesse@coloradosun.com
Erica Breunlin, Education Writer | erica@coloradosun.com
Olivia Prentzel, General Assignment Writer | oliviaprentzel@coloradosun.com
Tatiana Flowers, Inequality/General Assignment Writer | tatiana@coloradosun.com
Tracy Ross, Rural Economic Development Writer | tracy@coloradosun.com
Shannon Mullane, Water Writer | shannon@coloradosun.com
Parker Yamasaki, General Assignment Writer | parker@coloradosun.com
Lance Benzel, Team Editor | lance@coloradosun.com
David Krause, Team Editor | davidkrause@coloradosun.com
Jeff Thomas, Opinion Editor | jeff@coloradosun.com
Danika Worthington, Presentation Editor | danika@coloradosun.com
Olivia Sun, Photographer | oliviasun@coloradosun.com
Hugh Carey, Photographer | hugh@coloradosun.com
Kevin Jeffers, Product Producer | kevinjeffers@coloradosun.com
For information on how to support The Colorado Sun, reach out to our business development team:
Sylvia Harmon, Director of Sales | sylvia@coloradosun.com
Caleb Hardy, Sales Associate | caleb@coloradosun.com
Lauren Whynott, Director of Membership, Marketing & Audience Engagement | lauren@coloradosun.com
Kristina Pritchett, Marketing and Events Specialist | kristina@coloradosun.com
Isabella Hutchinson, Operations Manager | isabella@coloradosun.com
Contact Us
For readers:
To otherwise get in touch with The Sun, you can reach us by email at newsroom@coloradosun.com or tips@coloradosun.com.
You can also contact us via Signal, WhatsApp or voicemail: (720) 263-2338 or (720) CO-32338.
Our mailing address is:
The Colorado Sun
2101 Arapahoe St.
Denver, CO 80205
For help regarding your account, reach out to support@coloradosun.com.
For underwriting and events:
You can also 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.
How We Are Funded
We were fortunate to find partners interested in creating a new model for local journalism. Civil helped The Colorado Sun get started with some financial and technical backing. We no longer are partnered with them. (We also got help from several Kickstarter backers.)
The news we report on has always been sourced, reported, edited and published right here in Colorado, except for those times that we’ve traveled out of state to bring you stories.
Now, we rely on member support and sponsorships to sustain The Colorado Sun. More on how we accept sponsorships and our transparency rules can be found in our ethics policy.
Every dollar we receive goes directly toward the journalism we produce. Period. Join us today.
To become a sponsor, email sylvia@coloradosun.com.
To learn more about membership, visit our membership page or email lauren@coloradosun.com.
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 & Letters to the Editor
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) and letters to the editor 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 and letters to the editor, see our ethics policy.
To submit letters to the editor or if you are interested in becoming an opinion contributor, email opinion@coloradosun.com.
For more details on submission guidelines, check out this page.
Annual Reports
As a public benefit corporation, we are required by state law to produce an annual report 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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