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Parker Yamasaki
Arts & Culture Reporter
Lafayette
Parker Yamasaki covers arts and culture at The Colorado Sun as a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow and former Dow Jones News Fund intern. She has freelanced for the Chicago Reader, Newcity Chicago, and DARIA, among other publications, and had a short stint as a culture editor at Iceland's only English-written newspaper at the time, The Reykjavík Grapevine. Parker was born and raised in California and has lived all over the Southwest.
Topic expertise: Arts and culture
Education: A Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Cruz. A Master of Arts in Arts Journalism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Professional membership: Asian American Journalists Association
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LinkedIn: Parker Yamasaki
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Posted inCulture
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Posted inTransportation
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Posted inOutdoors
What a Colorado alpine rescue team can learn from the Cirque du Soleil
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Posted inArts
160 acres of sculptures are on display in rural Colorado through June 2025
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Posted inArts
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Posted inCulture
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