The Denver Post Editorial Board
The Denver Postap editorial board takes positions on issues and politics that affect Colorado. To contact the board or to set up an editorial board meeting, email Megan Schrader at [cq comment="mailto:mschrader@denverpost.com" ]. Send letters of up to 250 words to the editor to openforum@denverpost.com. Send columns of up to 750 words to columns@denverpost.com.
The members of the board are all employees of The Denver Post:
Megan Schrader is the editor of the editorial pages. She started as an opinion writer at The Post in 2016 and before that covered the Colorado Capitol for the Colorado Springs Gazette. As editor, she writes the editorials that represent the board's opinions and she helps select letters and columns for publication in print and online. She covered schools and politics at The Oklahoman and the Gainesville Sun (Florida). She also interned at the Kansas City Star and the Grand Junction Free Press.
Lee Ann Colacioppo is the editor of The Denver Post, a position she has held since 2016. She joined the editorial board in 2018 and in that role is a voting member of the board and frequently edits Denver Post editorials. Her first job at The Post was in 1999 as an assistant city editor. She previously worked at The Des Moines Register, Greenville (S.C.) News and Kingsport (Tenn.) Times-News.
Bob Kinney is vice president of technology for The Denver Post and its parent company, ap. He’s worked at various newspapers throughout his career, arriving in Denver in 1995 to work for the Rocky Mountain News. Kinney joined The Post in 2001.
Monica Brewer has been with The Denver Post for 26 years. She assists the editor with newsroom operations and manages the editorial operating budget. Monica is a native of Colorado and an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota nation.
TJ Hutchinson is the systems editor of The Denver Post and has worked at The Post since 1997. Hutchinson compiles and edits letters to the editor for the ap pages in addition to her role on the board. A Metropolitan State University Denver graduate, she previously worked at the Long Beach Press-Telegram in California and Orange Coast Daily Pilot in California.
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ap: In a slap to nearby residents, Colorado will let 18 manufacturers pay to continue to pollute
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