February 27, 2019 11:34 AM UTC

Colorado Still Misses the Rocky Mountain News

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• by: Colorado Pols

Today is the 10th anniversary of the final edition of the Rocky Mountain News. At the time of its demise, the News featured what we believed at the time to be the finest political newsroom in the state.

Coloradans were well-served by having two major daily newspapers with extensive coverage of politics and government. These days, unfortunately, hedge fund giants like Alden Global Capital are more interested in consuming profits than producing news. As Westword reports today, journalists at the Boulder Daily Camera learned on Tuesday of a new round of staff cuts — a particularly jarring announcement that was delivered on the same day as the funeral of longtime former Editor Kevin Kaufman.

We need more working journalists in Colorado, not less. Here’s to hoping this trend reverses itself in the very near future.