Aspen Journalism received nine awards in the Colorado Press Association’s 2025 Better News Media Contest, including four first-place honors, recognizing work produced across our local investigations, water, social justice, environment, data and history beats. The awards, announced Aug. 29 at the Colorado Press Association’s annual convention, reflect a tremendous breadth of work, with honors for […]
Tag: Award-winning journalism
Posted inThe second coming of Albert Schweitzer
French book highlights Aspen’s efforts to elevate Albert Schweitzer legacy
Local efforts to recenter the philosophies of French-German humanist Albert Schweitzer as morally and culturally imperative in modern Aspen have been recognized in a French book written by authors from his home region.
Posted inEnvironment
St. Benedict’s Monastery sells for $120 million
Sale and closure of the monastery has been a possibility for years, as the monks of St. Benedict’s have grown older and their community has gotten smaller. Five monks celebrate Mass there now, down from 18 members present in 2009.
Posted inWater
Boaters, anglers want clarity around public access to Colorado’s streams
The issue of stream access highlights a basic tension in Colorado’s laws and values: Are rivers just another category of property that can be privately owned and fenced off?
Posted inSocial justice
New data confirms rising immigration arrests, and a changing profile of who gets detained
As the Trump administration carries out its promise to ramp up Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, recently released data confirms that a growing number of people have been arrested in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties.
Posted inAward-winning journalism
Aspen Journalism recognized with six awards in 2024 Better News Media Contest
Aspen Journalism received six awards in the Colorado Press Association’s 2024 Better News Media Contest. The awards, announced on Aug. 24 at the Local News Solutions 2025 conference, honored three stories by Heather Sackett, the 10-part “In Search of Community” series by Paul Andersen, and Kaya Williams and Laurine Lassalle were twice awarded for their collaborative […]
Posted inEnvironment
A crisis of the commons
The idea of selling off lands held in public trust throughout the United States is grounds for national reflection on the significance of these very lands. Historically, the privatization of land across the continental United States has been, in large part, a protracted scandal of greed, corruption, exploitation and opportunism.
Posted inSocial justice
Indigenous youths finish historic journey down Klamath River with help of Aspen-based nonprofit after dams removed
Now that the dams are out, Thompson hopes reconnecting with the river, including through salmon fishing and recreation opportunities, can help address a rise in health concerns such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as mental health challenges faced by tribes in the region, including addiction and suicide.
Posted inWealth and Property
The Aspen 80
There have never been more billionaires in the world—3,028, by Forbes’ count, crossing the 3,000 threshold for the first time in 2025. It stands to reason that there also have never been more billionaires in Aspen, their collective influence shaping the community’s social fabric.
Posted inWater
Upper Basin water managers want monthly drought meetings with feds
This is a critical time for Colorado River management as the Upper Basin states are in talks with the Lower Basin states (California, Arizona, Nevada) about how the nation’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, will be operated and cuts will be shared after 2026 when the current guidelines expire.