WRITING + EDITING
OPINION
An Unapologetic Pitch for the Home Team
At 6:30 p.m. on May 17, an alarm shattered my writing flow. This was my cue to transition between two unfortunate realities: reporting on Kim Keilin’s unceremonious termination from the helm of Aspen’s primary employee-housing development to attending David Krause’s farewell…
CULTURE & POLITICS
Hunter S. Thompson legacy lives on in Aspen; New 'Freak Power' Film Follows 1970 Campaign for Sheriff
“Best Feature,” 2020 Colorado Press Association
Fifty years after Hunter S. Thompson’s campaign for Pitkin County sheriff, the late journalist’s influence on Aspen’s cultural and political landscape lives on, while his platform is in many ways still relevant today…
ENTERPRISE
Media in Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley: Alive and well?
“Best Business Feature,” 2020 Colorado Press Association (two-parties series)
While it seems no industry has been left unscathed by the novel coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic recession, print media is grappling with a particularly unique situation: an enormous surge in demand for news coupled with record-low revenue.…
Media in Roaring Fork Valley, part two: Nonprofits faring better than for-profit counterparts in pandemic
Carbondale’s weekly, The Sopris Sun, is in a different league than its fellow valley papers as a nonprofit. Nevertheless, The Sun also relies on advertisers as its main source of income — albeit at 80%, versus the 90% model of its for-profit counterparts — with the remaining 20% from donations …
Quarantines Becoming Stressors for Aspen School District, Fate of Spring break, ‘blame game’ among points of contention
Days after the Aspen Education Association released a statement condemning comments made by a school board member that were perceived as blaming staff for continued quarantines and school shutdowns — and with the next school board meeting Monday — one thing is clear: emotions are running high within the Aspen School District community…
Aspen teacher union survey shows 20% of educators ‘seriously considering’ leaving school district
Among the contingent of educators to speak out at an Aspen School District Board of Education meeting on Monday — many using the words “bullied” or “attacked” — one staff member announced her resignation and cautioned that she would not be alone if the administration fails to improve culture and morale.…