I vividly remember the pride and happiness I felt back in 2015 when I asked my dad to pull over so I could pick up The Sopris Sun in Basalt, where I went to school. My poem had been published — “I’d be lying if I told you…”It was a poem I wrote in my […]
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The Sopris Sun and me
When I was a Roaring Fork High School sophomore in Carmen McCracken’s AP English Composition class, a man named James Steindler came to speak with us about a relatively new invention: The Sopris Sun’s Youth News Bureau. James himself was a somewhat disheveled man wearing a mismatched suit and a cowboy shirt. He was enthusiastic, […]
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Community enthusiasm encourages Aspen Daily News membership model
“I believe independent local newspapers are the last bastion in written communication,” declared David Cook, longtime publisher and co-owner of the Aspen Daily News. He and Director of Development Megan Tackett introduced a membership model as an option for readers to support the paper just five weeks ago. Based on the community response, locals agree. […]
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Freedom’s just another word…
“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.” I love the curious lyric in Kris Kristofferson’s ballad of Americana, and it’s good enough for Bobby McGee. I resonate more with Dylan’s perspective on such values as freedom: “I spoke the word, as if a wedding vow.”On the birthday of The Sopris Sun, I keep […]
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One phone call and 15 years later…
By Elizabeth PhillipsFounding and Current Board Member A brief phone call from Rebecca Young was all it took. The Valley Journal of 34 years was closing. It was 2009, one year into a worldwide financial crisis. Small, local newspapers were rapidly folding as advertising revenues dropped. Even large newspapers were closing or merging. Rebecca knew […]
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Slug It: Happy to be here
I read that John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan, might be released in a year if his mental health remains stable. Hinckley also ushered me into my 22-year stretch of freelancing for The New York Times. So whenever I hear about Hinckley, I recall that grim day in March, 40 years ago, […]
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The Sopris Sun looks to the future
Earlier this year, The Sopris Sun decided to formalize an aspect of the nonprofit publication that has long been an important part of its character. In addition to informing, inspiring and building community, The Sopris Sun seeks to nurture the practice of journalism through cultivating new and diverse talent. “Locally, you’re doing a service for […]
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Youth Journalism Program now receiving applications
The Sopris Sun is proud to present the Future of Journalism Youth Incubation Program, free to all local high schoolers with interest in the industry. From ethics, to interviewing, to photography, cartooning and more. The course will run on Wednesdays in Carbondale from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. from Sept. 15 through Dec. 15. with […]