Jim Sheeler was not a big man. His spindly frame, topped by wire glasses that always seemed slightly askew, looked like it could have been swept away by winds howling off the Flatirons towering over his beloved Boulder. But Jim’s appearance was deceiving. He had his own hidden superpowers. Jim died at the age of […]
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Littwin: How do you write an obit for Jim Sheeler, the brilliant writer who made the death beat his own?
Writing an obituary for Jim Sheeler is like writing a primer on how to paint for Picasso or how to dunk for Shaquille O’Neal. It feels, well, more than a little presumptuous. It also feels, in this case, like writing through a haze as I mourn a close friend. The calls came one after the […]
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Colorado Sun receives Facebook grant to extend statewide outreach
The Colorado Sun this week was awarded a $20,000 grant from the Facebook Journalism Project to help support its initiatives to reach readers statewide. The funds are part of $700,000 in grants Facebook is giving to 32 alumni of its global Accelerator program to bolster continuing digital transformation nationwide. Last year, The Sun was awarded […]
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Opinion: As media professors surveying Colorado’s local-news landscape, we have good news and bad news
The role of local news has never been more important than today during a pandemic that has killed millions and at a time when anyone can spew rumors and conspiracies while sitting behind a screen. In Colorado, online misinformation has led some to believe COVID-19 vaccines alter DNA, distrust legitimate philanthropic organizations in the community, […]
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Colorado Sun adds photojournalist to its expanding team
The Colorado Sun continues to grow. Olivia Sun has been named as the first staff photojournalist to join our growing team, thanks to a partnership with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Sun (no, she wasn’t selected because of her last […]
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Opinion: Some Colorado newspapers are rethinking criminal justice coverage
In 1864, when U.S. cavalry troops slaughtered more than 100 Cheyenne and Arapaho in what became known as the Sand Creek Massacre, The Rocky Mountain News didn’t report it as a mass murder on behalf of white settlers. Instead, the newspaper heralded the soldiers for what it called a “needed whipping” — and it slurred […]
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Hutchins’ year in review: Here’s what happened in Colorado’s media world in 2020
Dumpster fire, clown show, a glitch in the simulation, whatever you want to call it, 2020 was a kind of something else we should have seen from the start. In Colorado, think of how it began: Around this time last year, residents and law enforcement were reporting troubling nightly sightings of mysterious lights in the […]
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From our editor: Like so many, The Colorado Sun had its ups and downs in 2020. Here’s where we are today.
The pandemic upended life in so many ways for so many of us. And that was true for The Sun, too. It threw challenges at our business, our coverage and our personal lives, but we’re wrapping up the year stronger than ever. The Sun saw spectacular growth this year and is poised for even more […]
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Opinion: Colorado’s small-town newspapers connect communities – and deserve community support
Imagine, for a moment, that you live in a rural Colorado community of, say, 1,000 people. Then imagine a major news event happening in your town. You know, like a dangerous pandemic, invisible and deadly, that threatens your neighbors, your friends, your family. Where do you go for the latest information on health guidelines, on […]
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Opinion: Denver’s protest shooting a superspreader of online misinformation
The recent killing of 49-year-old Lee Keltner following protests in downtown Denver brought national attention to Colorado news organizations. In particular, eyes were on KUSA-9News, the station that brought the private security guard – hired through Pinkerton – who shot Keltner, and who is now charged with second-degree murder. But the danger of what happened […]