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DeGette wins nod for ‘Best of Statehouse’ online news series

By | 11.17.08 | 10:27 am

TCI’s own Cara DeGette snagged an honorable mention “Cappie” award for best online in-depth statehouse reporting at the annual Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors conference last weekend in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. It was a bold choice for an organization that admits its struggles with “shrinking capitol news bureaus and economic hard times for media outlets across the country” since our series took on one of their own.

Journalists’ Group Weighs In On Capitol Access

By | 01.25.08 | 3:34 pm

This week the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists delivered duplicate letters to House Speaker Andrew Romanoff and Senate President Peter Groff providing its position on the newly formed five-member Colorado Capitol Press Association. “To put

‘Colorado Matters’ to Air Segment on Capitol Press Credential Flap

By | 01.22.08 | 8:30 am

Restrictions to Media Access at State Capitol
Joe Hanel, who covers the state capitol for the Durango Herald, and Wendy Norris, managing editor of Colorado Confidential, talk with Dan Meyers about efforts to limit which reporters get

Colorado Confidential Founder Responds To Baseless Claim

By | 01.21.08 | 10:08 am

The founder and CEO of Colorado Confidential’s parent company is challenging a reporter who has publicly claimed that this news organization has direct links to the Democratic Party apparatus to either provide some “proof” — or back off.

Gene Amole: The Subtle Snub That Spoke Volumes

By | 01.15.08 | 11:01 am

The wall at the Denver Press Club is filled with framed caricatures honoring the (mostly) men and women who have chronicled and defined the people and events that have built and sustained Colorado. Rocky Mountain News reporter John…

Colorado Capitol Press Association: The Form

By | 01.09.08 | 7:46 pm

The following is the form established by the newly-formed Colorado Capitol Press Association that is currently posted at the Colorado General Assembly’s Web site. When completed, the CCPA, a group of five self-appointed reporters who regularly work at the

Proving Journalism Creds Inspires One Word: Demeaning

By | 01.09.08 | 7:45 pm

Don Knox, a well-known and respected past business editor at both the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post, described his entire experience applying for press credentials to cover the Colorado Legislature this year in one word. Then he repeated…

‘Real’ Colorado Journalists Wear Purple

By | 01.09.08 | 7:45 pm

In journalism, it’s been termed the Battle between the Old and the New.

And when news reporters who remain among the dwindling ranks of the still-employed descend this week on the hallowed halls of Colorado’s state Capitol to cover

Colorado Capitol Press Association: The Rules

By | 01.09.08 | 7:45 pm

Colorado Capitol Press Association’s rules, as specified on the Colorado General Assembly’s Web site.

“The Association’s rules are modeled on the Congressional Press Galleries,” according to the site. “A summary of the rules is below. Please read the full