Hugh Carey
Hugh covers a variety of topics for The Colorado Sun with a focus on the outdoors, environment, breaking news and Western topics. Prior to working for The Sun, Hugh was a daily news photographer and videographer in Utah, Michigan, Wyoming and within the Summit County community, covering everything from winter Olympic qualifying events to breaking news and story features.
He also earned the Wyoming Press Association's Photographer of the Year Award while at the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, and served as a guide and backcountry first responder in Alaska and Montana in between newspaper gigs.
Job title: Photographer
Topic expertise: Western slope topics including ski and outdoor industry, mountain town news, ranching and farming, environment. and breaking news.
Location: Summit County
Newsletter: Colorado Sunday, slow 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.
Language(s) in addition to English: ASL
Education: University of Montana School of Journalism
Honors & Awards: 2016 Wyoming Press Association Photographer of the Year and a zillion Colorado-based awards
Professional membership(s): National Press Photographer Association
Contact:
Email: hugh@coloradosun.com
X (Formerly Twitter): @hughkcarey
Threads: @hughkcarey
Instagram: @hughkcarey