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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Editorial: Denver must close schools. Here’s how to make it less painful.
Denver Public Schools should give students being displaced by closed schools a priority preference during the school choice lottery that opens in January. -- Denver Post Editorial Board

The Denver Post editorial board opposes the ban on mountain lion, lynx and bobcat hunting
Coloradans are being asked to ban mountain lion hunting and the hunting and trapping of bobcats and the endangered lynx should the animal ever get delisted.

Endorsement: “Do not retain” votes on Colorado judges could inadvertently give a win to Trump supporters
Coloradans should vote to retain Justice Monica M. Márquez and send a message to those wielding her retention as a political cudgel that far-right extremists cannot bully Colorado justices.

Endorsement: Fund services for victims with a tax on guns. Yes on Proposition KK.
If a crime or tragedy happens in Colorado, the second person a victim talks to after the police is often an advocate from one of the dozens of organizations primarily...

Endorsement: Colorado isn’t ready for ranked-choice voting, yet
Colorado isn’t ready for major changes to our election system, even if adopting an all-party primary and ranked-choice general election could mean more and perhaps better choices for voters in...

The Denver Post’s endorsements for the 2024 election
Denver Post Editorial Board endorsements for Amendment 79, Denver Public Schools' bond issue and more.

Endorsement: Guarantee all Coloradans have reproductive freedom with Amendment 79
Endorsement: Amendment 79 would make certain that women who choose to have an abortion can do so quickly, with Medicaid coverage, and with their own doctors.

Editorial: A weak policy at CU allows coaches or professors to pursue sex with students
"Professors, coaches, and other University of Colorado employees are technically allowed to use their positions of authority to develop intimate relationships with students and athletes."

Endorsement: The folly behind Denver’s slaughterhouse and fur bans
Denver voters can reject two misguided ballot measures and send a strong message to animal welfare advocates that Colorado will not bully our ranchers and hat makers out of business.

Endorsement: Ballot Issue 2Q is a much needed sales tax for Denver Health
Health care in America is broken. But one thing we can fix, this November, is ensuring that Denver Health has the resources it needs to serve the Front Range for...