Daniel Petty

Digital Director of Audience Development

Daniel Petty

Digital Director of Audience Development for 抖阴ap. He is a former senior editor, director of audience development, digital director of sports and social media editor at The Post. He has covered running, endurance and outdoors sports for years for The Denver Post and other publications. Outside of work, he enjoys running, cycling, snowboarding and hiking. He left The Post on April 30, 2017.

Team Samaritan members Carolyn Milano chats with Andre van Hall before saying good by following final day of the 33rd annual Ride the Rockies on June 15, 2018 from Winter Park to Breckenridge. van Hall, who is blind, inspired Milano to join the team.

Ride the Rockies cyclist battles breast cancer, raises money for homelessness

February 4, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

The 87-mile road to the finish line for this year鈥檚 Ride the Rockies did not give riders any kind of break. Winds gusted during the final -- and steadily uphill...

A view of The Denver Post building in 2011.

Denver Post captures 5.6 million unique visitors in March 2017

May 2, 2018 at 11:46 p.m.

The Denver Post reached 5.6 million unique visitors in March and nearly one-in-five online adults in the Denver market on its digital platforms, according to data released by analytics firm...

Riders process along the Pedal the Plains route in 2016.

Pedal the Plains will loop through Kersey, Keenesburg, Brush in 2017

April 17, 2017 at 9:27 p.m.

The Denver Post's Pedal the Plains event will stay close to the Denver metro area for its sixth edition, winding through Weld and Morgan counties for three days.

According to a 2016 study from the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of U.S. adults get news on social media, and 18 percent do so often.

Petty: Is social media destroying the news?

March 26, 2017 at 5:15 p.m.

The news industry is being squeezed by tectonic shifts resulting in mass migration of revenue to large technology companies, making our prospects potentially disastrous.

Denver Post reaches 7.1 million unique visitors in January, a 41 percent jump over a year ago

March 14, 2017 at 7:53 a.m.

Digital properties from The Denver Post together reached more than 7.1 million people in January, a 41 percent jump over the same month in 2016, according to digital analytics firm...

Dani Jones races during the NCAA cross country championships

Dani Jones becomes first CU athlete to win two NCAA indoor titles in the same year

March 13, 2017 at 10:24 p.m.

Colorado's Dani Jones won her first individual NCAA title on Saturday night at the NCAA indoor track and field championships in Texas, stunning the race favorites with a brutal final...

Mostafa Hassan is pictured outside of ...

Mostafa Hassan wins shot put at NCAA championships, capturing Colorado State’s first individual title since 2005

March 11, 2017 at 8:28 p.m.

Mostafa Hassan became Colorado State University's first ever national title winner in the shot put on Friday, throwing 69 feet, 9.5 inches.

Colorado wins first NCAA title in distance medley relay after come-from-behind finish

March 11, 2017 at 1:31 p.m.

Dani Jones anchored the Colorado women's distance medley team to an NCAA title on Friday night at the NCAA indoor track and field championships, outleaning former Niwot star Elise Cranny,...

Adams State's Sydney Gidabuday (14), Jackson Sayler (20) and Chandler Reid (19) look ahead during the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Cross Country Championships at Washington Park on Nov. 5, 2016, in Denver.

After Adams State cross country鈥檚 national cross country title, an eye for the ‘Triple Crown’

February 21, 2017 at 3:42 p.m.

Adams State cross country surged over the final kilometer of the NCAA cross country championship in November. Now, it wants to carry that momentum to potentially win a Triple Crown.

cyclist rides down a hill during the first day of the 31st annual Ride the Rockies tour from Carbondale to Aspen.

Ride the Rockies makes return to southwest Colorado with 2017 route

June 20, 2017 at 4:16 p.m.

The 2017 edition of Ride the Rockies will take an estimated 2,000 cyclists from Alamosa to Salida, stopping in Pagosa Springs, Durango, Ridgway, Montrose and Gunnison.

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