- Colorado Confidential
Infobox Website
name = Colorado Independent
caption =
url = [http://www.coloradoindependent.com/ coloradoindependent.com]
type = News
language = English
registration =
owner =
author = David Bennahum
launch date = 2006
current status = Active
revenue =Colorado Independent (formerly known as Colorado Confidential is a news
website started on July 11, 2006 by author and former Wired contributor, David Bennahum. In its first year, it reported that it posted more than 2300 stories, had more than 800,000 page views and more than 430,000 unique visitors. It also won awards from theSociety of Professional Journalists and the Association of Capitol Beat Reporters. [ [http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2387 "Colorado Confidential: Our First Year in Pictures"] , Wendy Norris, [http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/magFront.do Colorado Confidential website] , Wed Jul 11, 2007.] [ [http://www.capitolbeat.org/ Captiol Beat- Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors official website.] ] It features paid writers, and is funded byCenter for Independent Media . [ [http://www.westword.com/2006-10-26/news/blogs-2-0/full "Blogs 2.0: Colorado Confidential tries to give blogs a journalistic upgrade"] , Michael Roberts, Denver Westword News, October 26, 2006.]Colorado Independent advertises itself as "an award-winning independently-produced political news daily featuring original and investigative reporting." [http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9 "About"] , Soapbox, [http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/magFront.do Colorado Confidential website] , July 3, 2006] It states that it consists of "a coalition of long-time progressive bloggers, freelance writers, and professional journalists" with the "aim is to enhance and expand the political dialogue in the Centennial State"
Colorado Independent has several prominent journalists involved with it, including former
Denver Post columnist Jim Spencer, Kay Jarvis, former Denver Post deputy managing editor of operations, and Editorial Mentor Rowena Alegría, veteran of twelve years at the Denver Post and currently editor and columnist at Spanish language publicationViva Colorado . Colorado Confidential Senior Fellow Cara DeGette is former editor-in-chief at theColorado Springs Independent . Colorado Independent Managing Editor Wendy Norris previously wrote forDailyKos . Jeff Morley, National Editorial Director for Colorado Independent is a former editor at theWashington Post . The contributors at Colorado Independent include several others, including novelist and longtime journalist Dan Whipple andUniversity of Colorado at Boulder journalism instructor Sandra Fish.Colorado Independent is growing, and adding staff that are being cut from conventional newspapers. [http://mt.laweekly.com/mt-search.cgi?tag=Colorado%20Confidential&blog_id=17 "Colorado Confidential to the Rescue"] , Michael Roberts, The Latest' Word,
Westword blog s, Jul 24, 2007.]References
External links
* [http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/magFront.do Colorado Confidential official website]
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