[AEJMC Newspaper Division list] Off-site visit to the Denver Post

[John Carvalho]

The History Division is planning an off-site visit to the Denver Post on
August 6, during the AEJMC convention.  I was asked to pass this along
to our list, in case anyone is interested.  Not sure on the time, but
that will be on the program, I assume.

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The Denver Post and the ‘bucket of blood’

This off-site will feature a conversation with Gregory L. Moore, who
has been editor of the Denver Post since 2002, a period that coincided
with the culmination of a newspaper war with the now-defunct Rocky
Mountain News. We’ll also take a look back to the late 19th century
and the early days of the Post, when its lurid content gave rise to the
moniker the “bucket of blood.” The Post's owners then were Gilmer
Bonfils and Harry Tammen, and Time magazine once said they “stirred up
a brand of journalistic dust in Denver’s rarefied air which made
Hearst look stuffy.” We’ll also speak with Dick Kreck, a former Post
reporter and de facto historian of the newspaper.




John Carvalho
Associate Professor of Journalism
Auburn University
217 Tichenor Hall
Auburn University, AL  36849
334-844-4454 (office)