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Natasha Gardner

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Denver
As seen in: MSN, Substack, Outside Magazine, Medical Xpress, The Week Magazine (US), 5280 Magazine
Covers:  Denver, Colorado, politics
Writer and editor living at a mile high.

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Natasha Gardner’s Biography

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Natasha Gardner is an award-winning writer and editor living in Denver, Colorado. From gritty investigations to craft beers, her writing focuses on the West.

Gardner worked at 5280 for 13 years, where she wrote long-form narrative pieces and supervised digital special projects.

She was named a finalist for a 2012 National Magazine Award in the public interest category for “Direct Fail,” an expose of Colorado’s “direct file” policy of sending juveniles to adult prison. Her investigation of Colo…

Natasha Gardner’s Journalist Portfolio

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How Colorado Women Won the Right To Vote-And What Now?

How Colorado Women Won the Right To Vote-And What Now?

August 2020 marks 100 years since the 19th Amendment was ratified, granting women across America the right to…

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Colorado Faithless Elector Case Goes to the U.S. Supreme Court

Colorado Faithless Elector Case Goes to the U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Colorado Department of State v. Baca this spring. How did this …

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National Western Center Project: What You Need to Know

National Western Center Project: What You Need to Know

There's a large-scale infill project happening in the middle of Denver. Here's what's going up, what's coming…

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Why Does Hail Pummel Colorado and How Can We Prepare for It? - 5280

Why Does Hail Pummel Colorado and How Can We Prepare for It? - 5280

With hailstorms so common on the Front Range-and insurance payouts from the resulting damage increasing-how c…

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Leslie Herod Has a Story to Share

Leslie Herod Has a Story to Share

Forget political stereotypes: This history-making legislator is unapologetically progressive, is insistent th…

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Disrupters: 15 People Who Are Changing Denver - 5280

Disrupters: 15 People Who Are Changing Denver - 5280

These individuals—Jeff Fard, Brandon Rietheimer, Blake Angelo, Amanda Henderson, Tay Anderson, Elisabeth Epps…

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Articles

Academic Support to Meet Your Needs

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By Natasha Gardner Verified
| ucdenver.edu
Christine Galvez (right) and Sophia Sherman (center), who stopped by LynxConnect to get help from Will Leary (left) on an undergraduate research request. Studying, taking classes, and researching can feel like a solo mission. But, at CU Denver, we know that reaching your academic goals is often a collective experience.
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Need a Creative Break? Check Out the Emmanuel Art Gallery.

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By Natasha Gardner Verified
| ucdenver.edu
If you know, you know: CU Denver’s Emmanuel Art Gallery is a world-class exhibition space in the heart of the Auraria Campus. The building, which turns 150 years old this year, remains a gathering space for conversation and community in Denver. That was especially true on Jan.
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Welcome Back Students!

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By Natasha Gardner Verified
| ucdenver.edu
We were definitely feeling the energy this week as students poured back onto campus and into online classrooms to kick off another semester at CU Denver. Here, our staff photographer captured the liveliness in front of Lynx Central on the first floor of the Student Commons Building. Whether in-person or virtually, Lynx Central has many resources for students, including advising, financial aid, and more. Bonus: Thinking about what major to choose?
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I worked as an intern at Boulder Women's Magazine.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

It makes journalists join the conversation.