On the exact date of its first meeting, CPW celebrated its 75th anniversary at the beautiful Stonebrook Manor and Gardens in Thornton. The program featured Prof. Lee Anne Peck's presentation on CPW's early history, gleaned from her research on the book she's writing about CPW. Bob Sweeney, publisher of The Villager Newspaper, discussed “ColoradoNewspapers: A History & [...]
"Celebrating Colorado Women Journalists," a special event honoring pioneering women journalists in Colorado and CPW's 75th anniversary, planned by the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. The event featured a panel discussion, "Breaking Barriers in Broadcast Journalism," with guest panelists: Reynelda Muse, veteran anchor and reporter for KCNC and CNN Cynthia Hessin, executive producer of Rocky Mountain [...]
Ever since the University of Colorado-Boulder announced a radical remodeling of its journalism-mass comm school, we've been eager to learn about the new plan. When the first dean of the new college turned out to be a woman who was on the national advisory board of the Poynter Institute, a member of the Arthur W. Page [...]
Colorado Press Women started the new year with a program on"Exploring gender equity for professional women in journalism and mass communications in Colorado." We used this gathering to launch a conversation about how far women have come in our members' professions, how far we have to go, and how we can "lean in" to level the [...]
Colorado Press Women was proud to host the successful national conference Sept. 7-9 at the Adam's Mark in Denver. Included below are links to summaries of the week's events. 200+ attend Rendezvous in the Rockies More than 200 journalists and communicators attended Rendezvous in the Rockies, the National Federation of Press Women's annual conference, Sept. [...]
