Dana Coffield
Dana Coffield is a Colorado native who became a journalist because of an outsized appetite for knowledge. On the quest, she has worked as an editor and reporter at a variety of publications along the Front Range ranging in size from the Rocky Mountain News to the Louisville Times.
Prior to helping start The Sun she was senior editor for News at The Denver Post, where she directed coverage of the Aurora theater shooting that led to the Post’s 2013 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news. Sadly, it was her second shared Pulitzer for a gun massacre. Coffield also did stints at The Associated Press and a couple of trade publications, where she developed a keen understanding of telecommunications infrastructure and organic food.
She lives in Lafayette, in a historic home rescued from demolition, with her husband, a bee hive, chickens and a fresh cocker spaniel puppy.
Job title: Editor, co-founder
Topic expertise: Business, environment, outdoor recreation
Location: Lafayette
Newsletter: Colorado Sunday, low down with us every Sunday with a magazine-style newsletter that is just the right amount of news, fun and ideas to go with your coffee
Education: I earned a Bachelor's Degree from Brandeis University and a MSJ from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and dabbled in make-up credits at the University of Colorado.
Honors & Awards: 2013 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news (shared)
Contact:
Email: dana@coloradosun.com
X (Formerly Twitter): @danacoffield
