Navigating the Sixth Avenue Death Trap and Other Denver Traffic Hazards

Denver blog posts can feel drivers' pain. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies vintage post suggesting ways to deal with Denver traffic, from irritating I-25 to the Sixth Avenue death trap, has just gone viral again — and it's more timely than ever. At The Colorado Independent, Kyle Harris interviews...
By Michael Roberts
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Denver blog posts can feel drivers’ pain.

At our Arts blog, Bree Davies vintage post suggesting ways to deal with Denver traffic, from irritating I-25 to the Sixth Avenue death trap, has just gone viral again — and it’s more timely than ever.

At The Colorado Independent, Kyle Harris interviews 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Fenn, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Big Media’s Jason Saltzman assembles a list of all the staffers who’ve left the Denver Post over the past year or so — and urges the paper to hire a new opinion writer to fill the slot vacated by Alicia Caldwell.
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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

michaelrobertscolo@gmail.com

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