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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The 25 most read Colorado Sun stories of 2019
These are the 25 Colorado Sun stories that received the most readership in 2019. They touch on a wide variety of issues and topic areas, from reporter Jason Blevins’ investigation into Backcountry.com, to a look at production of Neil Young’s new album and persistent coverage of Colorado’s deadly 2018-19 avalanche season. Backcountry.com sues anyone who […]
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Vincent Carroll: A local media dependent on taxes will be too tame at crunch time
Sometimes a poorly conceived response to a problem is worse than no response at all. Witness the Colorado Media Project’s proposed solution to the sad decline of local news gathering in this state. The media project, a group of concerned citizens, civic leaders and former journalists, wants government to step up and funnel tax dollars into […]
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Opinion: Colorado journalism needs public support
There was a time, not so long ago, when the two of us were foes in a “newspaper war.” We thought that the winner would be in a position to thrive as the sole surviving major newspaper in the Denver metropolitan area. Were we ever wrong. John’s Rocky Mountain News died 10 years ago. Greg’s […]
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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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Here are all of The Colorado Sun’s award-winning stories from 2018
The Colorado Sun hasn’t been around for very long — we began publishing on Sept. 10, 2018 — but already we’ve won several big regional journalism awards for our stories on everything from health and political reporting to the outdoors and trash. Here’s a look at the work we did that has been honored: 2019 […]
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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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16 weeks and counting … on you
Be the change. The phrase has probably gotten more mileage lately than it has in a long time, scrawled in graffiti, plastered on bumpers, written on signs hoisted above throngs of (insert favorite affinity group here) marching for cause — enough mileage that their power has begun to diminish. And yet, we can’t stop thinking […]