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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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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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 […]