Investigative Reporter
David Migoya
David writes investigative projects and has been at The Denver Post since 1999. He was a founding member of the investigations team before moving on to write about banking, finance, human services and consumer affairs, then returned to investigations. David has also worked at publications in New York City, St. Louis and Detroit over a 38-year career.
His work has been recognized by Investigative Reporters & Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Society of Business Editors and Writers, and the National Association of Real Estate Editors. His 2018 expose about hidden court cases across Colorado was chosen as the state's best by the Colorado Press Association.
David is fluent in Spanish.
All Stories

Residents describe gunfire and fear at Highlands Ranch complex where deputy died
Residents of a Highlands Ranch apartment complex where one Douglas County deputy was fatally shot and four others wounded described a Sunday morning filled with sporadic volleys of gunfire, the...

Physical therapists can continue to stick it to their patients, judge rules in acupuncture challenge
The more than 6,000 licensed physical therapists in Colorado can continue to offer "dry needling" as a form of treatment after a Denver judge knocked down a lawsuit by the...

Colorado is using pot tax money to save programs funded by big tobacco settlement
It was nearly two decades since tobacco manufacturers had agreed to pay billions of dollars to end litigation several states had initiated to recoup healthcare costs attributed to smoking-related illnesses...

Colorado judicial departments paid $55,000 to pair of sexual harassment victims in past five years
The state has paid more than $50,000 the past two years to a pair of female employees who had alleged sexual harassment within the Colorado judicial branch where they worked,...

Police across Colorado questioning whether youths are using marijuana less
School resource officers in Colorado – police who are assigned to public schools across the state – say that marijuana use among students has increased in recent years, based on...

What school resource officers say: “They get the product from their parents or other family members”
Police officers who work in Colorado schools say in surveys that many students are getting marijuana from their parents' supply.

Surveys state of Colorado relies on for youth marijuana use are flawed, critics say
The state of Colorado relies on a handful of youth surveys to support its claim that youths aren't using marijuana as often as they were before legalization, or even using...

Oilman Roger Parker acquitted in second SEC insider trading trial
A federal civil jury in Denver has sided with fallen oilman Roger Parker and his five-year battle against securities-fraud allegations that he tipped buddies about a lucrative deal he was...

Biden tells Denver crowd there’s reason for optimism, but offers little in the way of a White House bid
Former Vice President Joe Biden used a 90-minute stopover Saturday night at the Paramount Theater in Denver to say there was cause to be upbeat, but he wasn't hinting at...

Feds try again to prove insider trading by oilman in case touching Denver elite
Federal securities authorities will take a second run at trying to prove to a Denver jury that one-time oil executive Roger Parker a decade ago leaked insider information to his...