We are in historic times. With the stock market in turmoil, supermarket shelves being stripped and schools closing, anxiety is growing at least as fast as the coronavirus is spreading. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how best to describe The Sun and how we approach the news. I came up with this: “Beyond […]
Larry Ryckman
Larry Ryckman is Editor and co-founder of The Colorado Sun.
Previously he was senior editor at The Denver Post, managing editor at The Gazette in Colorado Springs and city editor at the Greeley Tribune. Ryckman spent 22 years at The Associated Press, where he was assistant managing editor, a national editor and supervisor of the AP's national desk in New York.
He spent nearly four years as a Moscow correspondent for AP and helped cover the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of a new Russia. He also supervised AP's coverage of the Columbine High School massacre and directed AP's coverage of the presidential election recount in Florida in 2000.
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Evan Smith discusses how to make our communities healthier by making them better informed
Before we published our first word at The Colorado Sun in 2018, we turned our gaze south for inspiration from The Texas Tribune. The Tribune is a member-supported, digital, nonpartisan news organization that has changed the narrative about the news business. While legacy newspapers around the country shrink, consolidate and even disappear, the Tribune has […]
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From the Editor: It’s a wonderful life, or at least a well-informed life, that enjoys local journalism. Help us keep it alive.
In the classic Christmas movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” George Bailey is given the great and terrible gift of seeing what the world would be like if he had never been born. His friendly town of Bedford Falls becomes the cold, hard Pottersville, where unrestrained greed and power create a dystopian nightmare of vice and […]
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From our editor: We’re stronger together, Colorado. The Colorado Sun offers thanks on its first birthday
The Colorado Sun is officially 1 year old today, and we have you and so many others to thank. So much has happened and changed in the past year, but some things have remained the same: The Sun is still 100% Colorado-owned and -operated by its 10 founding journalists. We took a chance by launching […]
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From the Editor: Every week, some readers aren’t happy with us. Here’s why we’re OK with that.
Someone is going to be mad at The Colorado Sun today, and we have ourselves to blame. They’re likely to get fired up about one or more of our opinion columns, so I want to offer some thoughts about why we bother sharing such opinions when we know that they’re guaranteed to rub someone the […]
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Letter from the Editor: One year later, The Colorado Sun has accomplished much. But we still need your help.
One year ago, a group of us stood before cameras and fellow journalists at Denver’s Civic Center park and announced that we had become something that none of us had intended: entrepreneurs and business owners. We were announcing the creation of The Colorado Sun. We created The Sun because we felt we had to, that […]
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From the Editor: Columbine memories bind us together 20 years later, as do the issues that grew out of tragedy
“Have you heard the news?” came the phone call on my day off, my birthday. “There’s been a school shooting.” I learned about the April 20, 1999, shooting at Columbine High School while standing in the parking lot at Target with a new bicycle in the trunk of my car, a gift for my daughter’s […]
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A note from our editor: The Rocky is long gone, but The Colorado Sun and others are rising to fill the gaps
“We hope Coloradans will remember this newspaper fondly from generation to generation, a reminder of Denver’s history — the ambitions, foibles and virtues of its settlers and those who followed. We are confident that you will build on their dreams and find new ways to tell your story.” — From the final edition of The […]
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A note from our editor: We have so much to be thankful for at The Colorado Sun
This Thanksgiving is particularly special for those of us here at The Colorado Sun. Let me tell you why. The journalists who founded The Sun just months ago did so because we believe that Colorado needs and deserves deep, meaningful journalism that sheds light on the people, places and policies woven throughout the fabric of […]
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Editor’s note: The Colorado Sun is growing — with an eye on education
The Colorado Sun is wrapping up Week 7 with an exciting announcement: We’re growing. Thanks to a generous grant we just received, The Sun will soon add a reporter dedicated to education coverage. It’s a big vote of confidence in the excellent journalism we are producing, and we’re thrilled to be able to expand our […]