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Robert Tann

Verified
Denver
Covers:  State politics, housing, transportation, tourism, outdoors
Colorado politics reporter for @VailDaily, @SummitDailyNews, @TheAspenTimes & other mountain papers 🏔️

Awards

Colorado Press Association

2024 - Best news story

First-place for my article on a mobile home park that went nearly two months without reliable running water and the state investigation that ensued.

Colorado Press Association

2024 - Best education story

Second place for my graduation feature on the class of 2024, the first high school class to experience all four years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colorado Press Association

2023 - Education reporting

First-place for an education feature story about how a federal proposal for tuition-free community college would have impacted Colorado students.

Colorado Press Association

2023 - News reporting

First-place for a co-authored story about the fentanyl crisis' impact in south metro Denver.

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2023 - Enterprise reporting

Second-place for my analysis of police chase policies in two different south metro Denver jurisdictions following several crashes.

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2022 - Political reporting

First-place for my story on how the results of Littleton's 2021 municipal election could change the city council's political ideology.

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2020 - Online News Reporting (Collegiate)

Damon Runyon Award

2020 - Scholarship

A scholarship awarded to student journalists each academic year and presented at the Denver Press Club, the nation's oldest press club.

Helen Verba Award

2020 - Scholarship

A scholarship awarded to student journalists in print news each academic year.