Colorado Public News
Colorado Public News is created in partnership with Colorado Public Television 12, Denver鈥檚 independent PBS station. It is led by editor Ann Imse. Others on the Colorado Public News team include:
- Cara DeGette, managing editor
- Noelle Leavitt, recruiting and social media director
- Sonya Doctorian, video journalist
- Drew Jaynes, webmaster and photographer
- Journalists Bill Scanlon, Dennis Huspeni, Jody Berger, Sara Burnett, Jerd Smith, Michele Conklin, Andy Piper, Lauren Rickel, Raj Sharan, Amanda Turner
- Robert D. Tonsing, publication designer and entrepreneur
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Coloradans are four times more likely to die of suicide by gun than homicide by gun.鈥淭here鈥檚 far greater likelihood that a gun in the home will be used to鈥� -
High alcohol consumption is dragging down health in many Colorado counties, from Denver to the mountains.That's according to the annual County Health鈥� -
The Colorado State Patrol dramatically reduced enforcement of highway safety in 2011 and 2012. During those years, traffic-related deaths on state鈥� -
State Sen. Irene Aguilar wants Coloradans to imagine a day when 80 percent of them see their health care costs drop.She says the wildly different health鈥� -
Nearly every day in Colorado, someone having a mental health crisis tries to seek help at a hospital emergency room. There鈥檚 only one problem: ER doctors鈥� -
Colorado鈥檚 governor and legislature quietly agreed last year to pay millions to a private prison company for cells the state would not need.Rep. Cheri鈥� -
Three years ago, Sara Chapman left a career in mechanical engineering to follow her heart.Nursing was not only her passion, it seemed like a smart move:鈥� -
When Sonny Flock鈥檚 ski hit the edge of a hidden rock, he was thrown into the air. His body slammed onto the stone with a sharp crack.Flock recalls that鈥� -
Colorado鈥檚 prison population is diminishing so quickly that the state could close 2 to 10 prisons in the coming 18 months.That broad estimate is based on鈥� -
$3.4 billion. That鈥檚 the total value of some 50 hospital construction projects occurring all over the state, a Colorado Public News examination has鈥�
