5 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 […]

Jan 23, 2025 · Most media describe Aspen as a monument to excess marked by an ambiance of opulence. Perhaps the Machiavellian triad is conspicuous in Aspen because the Platonic triad made it so appealing. Money, fame and power are drawn to Aspen because the good, the true and the beautiful are still here.

The Roundup | J-1 worker woes, basin states deadlocked and digging in. 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 …

Jan 25, 2024 · Speaking of the past and future, in another story published in the last week, Aspen Journalism Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett illuminates how relics of the past are continuing to pose ongoing challenges for Colorado’s water system.The issue is decades-old conditional rights to build dams and reservoirs on Western Slope waterways, which remain on the books to this day, so long as the ...

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 ...

Our Approach to Reporting in 2021 Bolstered by a staff that grew to three full-time journalists in June, Aspen Journalism published stories on a diverse array of topics in 2021. It was also a year of transition at the top of the organization. Our water desk, staffed by Heather Sackett, produced 42 stories as Sackett […]

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 […]