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Manny Salzman’s long, strange – and wondrous – trip

Editor's note: Manny Salzman died on Saturday, July 28. This tribute by his son, our friend Jason Salzman of bigmedia.org, caught our eye on Facebook....

WATCH: ‘There is no federal personhood bill’

  Colorado U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner has made national headlines for adopting a campaign strategy that de facto concedes he can not run on...

Vail newspaper to launch next week

Here’s a sentence you don’t see much these days: A new newspaper will hit the streets Thursday. Erin Chavez, former Associate Publisher of the Vail Mountaineer, which closed in June along with the Denver Daily News, will launch a weekly called “Sneak Peak Vail.”

Media critic says Tipton, Perlmutter are on solid ground ethically

Media critic Jason Salzman this week calls out The Denver Post for casting aspersions on Congressmen Ed Perlmutter and Scott Tipton for having investments in businesses or industries that might be affected by committees the two congressmen sit on.

VIDEO: Romney in CO: MA health plan is good; Obamacare is...

With Mitt Romney having come and gone (and collected a whole bunch of endorsements), Coloradans are left to wonder what it all meant.

McInnis exonerated? Not so fast, says media blogger

Former U.S. Rep. and gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis will not lose his law license as a result of the plagiarism that probably cost him last year's GOP nomination for Colorado governor. While McInnis has been crowing about this, media critic Jason Salzman writes in his Big Media blog today that McInnis is still guilty of plagiarism and is still guilty of misrepresenting his work to the Hasan Foundation, which paid him $300,000 for a series of original water articles.

Green Party to Tea Party: So what about military spending?

In the nailbiter Colorado U.S. Senate race watched by the nation this week, Green Party candidate Bob Kinsey came in third place, after Democratic...

Saccone talks Colorado journalism with Salzman: ‘The show goes on’

Colorado Independent contributor Jason Salzman has been tracking down veteran Colorado journalists who have exited the field, at least temporarily, to talk about...

McInnis camp tries and fails to put press dodge on event...

Republican gubernatorial candidate McInnis didn’t show up for a scheduled news conference after his speech before the Denver Petroleum Club yesterday. The Colorado Independent reported...

Journalist Bill Menezes on opportunities seized and squandered in Colorado’s shifting...

Colorado Independent contributor Jason Salzman has been hunting down veteran Denver journalists no longer reporting regularly to talk about Colorado journalism in the era...