Rich Jones, widely seen as a superhuman nerd and a hero among progressive policy reformers, died Jan. 2 of cancer, about four years after retiring from the Bell Policy Center.
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2022 Review: Did We Err in Drawing Horns on Boebert?
For artwork to accompany my 2022 review of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) autobiography, the Colorado Times Recorder used a photo of her book, with little devil’s horns drawn on Boebert’s head in her cover photo.
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2022 Review: The CO Times Recorder’s Stories About Attacks on LGBTQ People Before & After Club Q Massacre
Our quick reporting on the Club Q massacre presented the violence as a culmination of ongoing attacks – by right-wing conservatives, including some leading Colorado Republicans — on LGBTQ people in Colorado.
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2022 Review: Here’s a List of Nat’l Media Outlets That Cited the CO Times Recorder This Year
The Colorado Times Recorder aims to offer stories that our bigger competitors are unable to cover due to staff cuts and shifting priorities.
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Christian University Is ‘Safest’ Campus in CO Because ‘We’re Committed to Jesus,’ Claims University Leader
Colorado Christian University (CCU) is “honestly, the safest campus in Colorado because we’re deeply committed to Jesus,” said Jeff Hunt, a CCU leader on his podcast last month. “There’s not a lot of craziness going on.”
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Conservative CO News Outlet Stops Publishing Articles from a Conservative News Service
Colorado Politics, a digital and print news outlet with a conservative editorial page, has stopped republishing articles from Center Square, a conservative news service that claims to be competing with the Associated Press and other newswires.
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Reporters Are ‘Cynical and Selective,’ Leaving Conservative Radio As ‘Only Way We Got Our Voice Out,’ Says Ganahl
“What really was frustrating to me is that the public, the people of Colorado, didn’t get to hear my heart. They didn’t get to hear who I am, or how I wanted to solve problems for them because [the news media] were so jaded and cynical, cynical and selective,” Heidi Ganahl told KOA radio host Mandy Connell last week.
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‘All Lives Matter:’ Aurora Councilwomen Wants ‘Hate Crime’ Designation Expanded Beyond Special Groups Like LGBTQ
Referencing the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, which was not designated as a hate crime, Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky on Wednesday spoke out against labeling the Club Q massacre a ‘hate crime,’ due to the apparent targeting of LGBTQ people, saying, “All Lives Matter.”
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If You Call the Club Q Shooting a Hate Crime, You ‘Pander to the LGBTQ Community,’ Says CO Springs Conservative
Jeff Crank, a former Colorado Springs radio host who now has a weekly “Jeff Crank Show” podcast, criticized the media and others on Nov. 26 for referring to the Club Q shooting as a hate crime before it’s known that it was, in fact, a hate crime.
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Listen To Our Reporter Heidi Beedle Discuss Club Q, CO Springs, and How We Got Here
Beedle In an appearance this week on City Cast Denver, a podcast that covers local news and culture, the Colorado Times Recorder’s reproductive justice reporter Heidi Beedle discusses the political environment in her hometown of Colorado Springs and the attacks on transgender people that preceded the massacre at Club Q.