Joshua Zaffos

Pressing On

If you’ve never worked at a small business that shuts down because it cannot sustain itself, I can tell you this: It catches you like a bad breakup to a good relationship and leaves a lot of unanswered questions. At a homegrown newspaper, there is this feeling: Our work is not yet done. There are stories still to be told.

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Fire Water

Gasland is taking hydraulic fracturing to the Oscars. In 2005, we reported across Colorado to see how frac'ing and gas drilling were affecting families and their land. It wasn't pretty and, six years later, the problems are lingering.

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Rainbow Blight?

Anyone looking for something to do this Fourth of July and within striking distance of the tiny town of Cuba, New Mexico, should go check out the Rainbow Family at its annual gathering on national forest lands. In 2005, I reported on the Rainbow gathering outside Steamboat Springs for the Colorado Springs Independent, definitely one of the more entertaining assignments I've had.

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