Plus: Abortion “reversal” update

John Ingold
John Ingold is a co-founder of The Colorado Sun and a reporter currently specializing in health care coverage.
Born and raised in Colorado Springs, John spent 18 years working at The Denver Post. Prior to that, he held internships at the Rocky Ford Daily Gazette, the Colorado Springs Gazette and the Rocky Mountain News, as well as National Geographic and Outside magazines. He also interned one summer in the public relations office at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, where he got to sit on an elephant's knee and get his photo taken.
John has covered criminal justice, state and federal courts, gun violence, marijuana legalization and health care. He was part of The Denver Post's 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning breaking news team for its coverage of a shooting at an Aurora movie theater, and, in 2015, he was a Pulitzer finalist for a series he wrote on parents whose children suffer from a rare form of epilepsy and the help they hoped to find through Colorado's medical marijuana system.
Topic expertise: Health and health care
Location: Denver
Newsletter: The Temperature, a weekly dive into climate and health topics with a special emphasis on where they intersect
Education: University of Colorado
Honors & Awards: Member of The Denver Post staff that won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting. 2015 Pulitzer finalist for Explanatory Reporting. First-place awards in the Best of the West, Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies and the Colorado Press Association contests.
Contact:
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