In January 2023, Aspen Journalism published a two–part investigative analysis of the 1,650 or so units making up the ownership inventory of the Aspen Pitkin County Housing Authority, from AJ data editor Laurine Lassalle and longtime freelance collaborator Catherine Lutz. The idea behind the project was to take stock of the component parts of what […]
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The Roundup | Greater Roaring Fork fates intertwined
Greater Roaring Fork fates intertwined 10-part “In search of community” series concludes, equating housing with social justice Recently at Aspen Journalism, we concluded our 10-part “In search of community” series from Paul Andersen with a look at how a growing movement is treating the scarcity of affordable housing as a social justice issue and moral […]
The Runoff | Using less of the Colorado River takes a willing farmer and $45 million in federal funds
A special edition of The Runoff, the Aspen Journalism Water Desk newsletter. On Thursday we published a collaboration with KUNC’s Colorado River reporter Alex Hager about a controversial water conservation program in the Upper Basin.
The Roundup | Land, water and fish management
A note from Elizabeth Stewart-Severy, reporter for two-part series on North Star Nature Preserve North Star nature preserve The North Star Nature Preserve of my youth is long gone. Back then, we called it Stillwater, and I, like so many others at the time, first floated that stretch of flat river with the very specific […]
The Runoff | Study brings new accounting of Colorado River water uses
Welcome to the Runoff, where Aspen Journalism’s Water Desk provides insider news and water-related updates you won’t read anywhere else under The Briefing and additional context and updates on the most recent reporting from our water desk under The Recap. Thanks for going deeper with us and for supporting our nonprofit, in-depth, investigative reporting. –Heather […]
The Roundup | Dissecting the pressures we’re feeling
When did things change in Aspen anyway? Change, of course, is constant, as emphasized by Clark Anderson, who runs the Glenwood Springs-based nonprofit Community Builders, which has a mission of helping build more livable communities and was featured in our eighth installment of Paul Andersen’s In Search of Community series. Failing to recognize and respond […]
The Roundup | Crystal River, community and coexistence
Happy Friday and welcome back to The Roundup. To the charge of having gone too long since last sending this newsletter, we must plead guilty, begging for leniency given the mitigating factor that it has been a busy couple of weeks with many in depth stories — including the latest on the Crystal River Wild […]
The Roundup | Bauhaus, Bayer and the recycling symbol
In the last week as Aspen Journalism, we had the privilege of publishing work from Tim Cooney and Andrew Travers, telling stories relevant to Aspen History. Cooney, whose local history coverage for AJ spans volumes and who last summer authored a three-part series on the experience of the Northern Utes when white settlers arrived, now […]
The Runoff | Why the Crystal River runs dry
One thing this project uncovered (no surprise to most water experts) is that ditches on the Crystal are very inefficient, posing the question: Does the small amount of water used by the crops justify the large amounts diverted from the river, to the detriment of its ecosystem?
The Roundup | Hero’s boundary closure a sign of the times
The “unique nature” of the border between resort and adjacent land around the skier’s right and lower portion of the new Hero’s terrain on Aspen Mountain is among the justifications offered by Aspen Skiing Co. as to why a decades-old open boundary policy does not apply there, as reported by Elizabeth Stewart-Severy in a detailed […]