The Trouble with Mind Springs
Dec 19, 2021
Two counties are breaking from their mental health provider. Others are taking notes.
Susan Greene
Susan Greene is a reporter, editor and coach for the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab). She was editor and executive director of The Colorado Independent before it merged with COLab and a longtime reporter and metro columnist at The Denver Post. She was selected as a 2020-2021 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow, and is the inaugural recipient of the Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal Grant for Mental Health Investigative Journalism.
Having Each Other’s Hearts In Our Hands
Dec 6, 2021
Dear Fellow Coloradan, I wrote a whole different letter to you last night about the investigation COLab and our media partners have been working on, which started appearing in big outlets like The
State Mental Health Safety Net is “Failing” Coloradans
Dec 5, 2021
Will planned reforms fix or further the problems?
Fatal Shooting Lawsuit Alleges Culture of Excessive Force in Kiowa County
Oct 20, 2021
Kiowa County Sheriff’s Department’s pattern of condoning illegal searches and tolerating excessive force led to last year’s killing of a handyman by the local undersheriff and a rookie deputy, a
Watch: Right-to-be-Forgotten Panel
Jul 28, 2021
Join us for a discussion about the movement to minimize longterm harm in crime reporting Newsrooms in Colorado and nationally are starting to adopt policies seeking to reduce harm to criminal suspects and make it easier for them to move
How to Cultivate and Keep Sources
May 21, 2021
COLab journalist Susan Greene shares strategies for maintaining long and fruitful relationships with the people you cover. Presented as part of the 2021 Joint Virtual Conference of the Colorado and
The Art of the Interview
May 21, 2021
COLab journalists Susan Greene and Tina Griego provide training for journalists on the basics of culling more – and better – information from subjects, with extra tips for handling COVID-related
Collaborating on Big Stories
May 20, 2021
COLab journalist Susan Greene moderates a conversation with Niki Turner, owner/publisher/reporter of the Rio Blanco Herald Times and Priscilla Waggoner, journalist for the Alamosa Valley Courier and former editor of
On Butting In
May 7, 2021
Dear reader, If I have learned anything about Kiowa County, it’s that the phrase “You’re not from around here” isn’t a compliment. I’d been warned last spring by then-Eads-based journalist
Kiowa County’s Sheriff Resigns Amid Controversy Around Fatal Shooting
May 5, 2021
Casey Sheridan has announced his resignation as Kiowa County sheriff a year after two of his officers gunned down an unarmed handyman during a routine traffic stop. The second-term law