There are 16 candidates running in the April 4 election to lead the Mile High City. The race will likely move to a runoff between the top two vote-getters in June.
Danika Worthington
Danika Worthington is the Social and Presentation Editor for The Colorado Sun.
She manages audience engagement, social media, newsletters, graphics and design. Previously, she was a digital strategist at The Know for The Denver Post, and a breaking and general assignment reporter before that.
She is attempting to set a record for the most plants crammed into a small apartment, a pursuit not supported by her wife.
Topic expertise: Audience, SEO, digital presentation, social media, newsletters, tripping over innocuous objects
Location: Denver
Language(s) in addition to English: My cat's meows
Education: Bachelor and Master of Arts in journalism and mass communication from Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University
Honors & Awards: 2022 Excellence in Social Media Engagement, Small Newsroom — Online Journalism Awards. 2023 Best Website — Colorado Press Association. 2018 Excellence in Profile Writing Award — National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association. 2000 Arizona State Championship — Elementary School Chess Club.
Professional organizations: Online News Association, National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association
Contact:
X (Formerly Twitter): @dani_worth
Mastodon: @danikascowo
Threads: @d_worth
Instagram:@d_worth
LinkedIn: Danika Worthington
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Satellite images show Marshall fire moving in on Louisville, Superior
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Where did they get the guns? A comprehensive look at Colorado’s history of public gun violence.
Six days before Colorado’s latest mass shooting, the suspect bought a Ruger AR-556 pistol at a gun store near his home. Seven days before an Arapahoe High School student killed a classmate in 2013, he picked up a 12-gauge shotgun at a Cabela’s store. One day before an 18-year-old allegedly obsessed with the Columbine murders […]