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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.

Via @CharlesApple on Twitter

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.

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8 thoughts on “Colorado Still Misses the Rocky Mountain News

  1. Even though some of its editorial positions were a bit more conservative than I would have liked, I miss the RMN. Of course, since the RMN disappeared, the Post turned into the worthless rag that it is today.

    1. Actually, I think the Post is making a pretty good comeback under the circumstances.  They have been running an aggressive series of investigative and analytical pieces that are worth reading.  They have a lot of new faces in the newsroom, and it seems to have re-energized their news and editorial pages.

      Still running a lot of pieces sourced from smaller outlets, for better or worse, but having to compete with startups like Denverite, Colorado Independent, and of course their former coworkers now at the Colorado Sun, has given them the motivation they needed.

  2. It ended my long career in the news business. Many, many thousands of jobs have disappeared across the country and aren't coming back. For local and regional news, it's disastrous and getting worse. I see little reason for optimism and it's scary.

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