Senior Editor for Public Affairs — The Denver Post
Jon Murray
Jon Murray is the senior editor for public affairs, leading a team of reporters who cover local and state government and big public policy issues. Until August 2023, he was an enterprise reporter with a focus on transportation. He previously covered Denver city government.
Jon grew up in Colorado and joined The Post in 2014 after a decade at The Indianapolis Star, where he was a reporter in stints covering city hall, the legal system, education and military affairs. He graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and history. He has won multiple awards from the Colorado Press Association, including sharing a first-place award for best news story in 2021 with two Denver Post colleagues for their report, "58 minutes of terror: How the Boulder King Soopers shooting unfolded."
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Denver’s population rebounds slightly, but it’s among metro counties facing growth headwinds
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