6 days ago · Aspen Journalism's nonprofit newsroom reporting on water, environment, social justice, history and data from Aspen to Marble to upper Colorado River Basin.

Aspen Journalism is a nonprofit, reader-funded newsroom providing communities in the Roaring Fork watershed and upper Colorado River basin with independent, investigative, data-driven reporting on complex issues of water, environment, social justice and history — coverage that is unique in our local media landscape.

Aspen Journalism is a nonprofit journalism organization based in Aspen, Colorado. Our mission is to produce investigative and in-depth journalism for those with a stake in the Aspen region, by virtue of their living, voting, owning, working, recreating, or visiting here. Our area of geographic concern radiates outward from Aspen to include Pitkin, Eagle and […]

Nov 20, 2024 · Recently at Aspen Journalism, we dig deep into critical water issues on the Western Slope and across the wider Colorado River basin, working conditions at a key Aspen lodging and convention site, and what the fate of a small, historic former gallery in the Castle Creek Valley has to say about our community’s history and […]

Chautauqua “In Search of Community” December 12, 2024 | Morgridge Commons, Glenwood Springs. Community Builders and Aspen Journalism seek to engage the community in a conversation that expands on the idea of the interrelatedness of …

Dec 12, 2024 · Our water desk, staffed by Heather Sackett, produces the most authoritative reporting available on Roaring Fork and upper Colorado river basin water policy and politics.

Feb 6, 2024 · Reservoir along Thompson Creek voluntarily canceled. A company that was seeking to extend its nearly 60-year-old conditional water right for a reservoir tied to oil-and-gas drilling that would be sited along Thompson Creek near Carbondale backed away from its application in water court, after Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett broke the news last month that the application was proceeding.

Dec 18, 2023 · Even in the midst of our end-of-year campaign, we are keeping up the high quality editorial production you know us for. See below for a comprehensive report on ski town affordable housing from Data Editor Laurine Lassalle and an investigation into what has come of the predictions from 10 years ago that the CRJ-700 — the only commercial aircraft serving the Aspen airport — would be phased ...

Nov 7, 2024 · No matter how you feel about the election results, we can all agree on the importance of fact-based civil discourse and an informed public. “Well informed citizens make better decisions” has been our motto since Aspen Journalism’s founding in the wake of the Great Recession. In our almost 14 years in business, we’ve published more […]

Recently at Aspen Journalism, we dig deep into critical water issues on the Western Slope and across the wider Colorado River basin, working conditions at a key Aspen lodging and convention site, and what the fate of a small, historic former gallery in the Castle Creek Valley has to say about our community’s history and […]