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org"><i>Rocky Mountain News</i></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Last_Rocky_Mountain_News_front_page.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Last_Rocky_Mountain_News_front_page.jpg/200px-Last_Rocky_Mountain_News_front_page.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Last_Rocky_Mountain_News_front_page.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="276" data-file-height="361" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The last front page of the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i>, printed February 27, 2009</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Daily newspaper</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)" title="Tabloid (newspaper format)">Tabloid</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/E._W._Scripps_Company" title="E. W. Scripps Company">E. W. Scripps Company</a>, Operated by <a href="/wiki/Denver_Newspaper_Agency" title="Denver Newspaper Agency">Denver Newspaper Agency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">John Temple</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data agent">John Temple</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">April 23, 1859</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Ceased publication</span></th><td class="infobox-data">February 27, 2009</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">101 West Colfax Ave.<br />Suite 500<br /><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">CO</a> 80202<br />United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper circulation">Circulation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">255,427 daily (March 2006)<sup id="cite_ref-circ_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-circ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />704,806 Sunday (March 2006)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/">rockymountainnews.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Rocky Mountain News</b></i> (nicknamed the <i><b>Rocky</b></i><sup id="cite_ref-close_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-close-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was a daily newspaper published in <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, Colorado, from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the <a href="/wiki/E._W._Scripps_Company" title="E. W. Scripps Company">E. W. Scripps Company</a> from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006,<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the Monday–Friday circulation was 255,427.<sup id="cite_ref-circ_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-circ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the 1940s until 2009, the newspaper was printed in a <a href="/wiki/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)" title="Tabloid (newspaper format)">tabloid</a> format. </p><p>Under the leadership of president, publisher, and editor John Temple, the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> had won four <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prizes</a> since 2000. Most recently in 2006, the newspaper won two Pulitzers, in <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Feature_Writing" title="Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing">Feature Writing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Feature_Photography" title="Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography">Feature Photography</a>. The paper's final issue appeared on Friday, February 27, 2009, less than two months shy of its 150th anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-close_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-close-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its demise left Denver a one-newspaper town, with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Denver_Post" title="The Denver Post">The Denver Post</a></i> as the sole remaining large-circulation daily. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:February_10,_1960_cover_of_the_Rocky_Mountain_News.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/February_10%2C_1960_cover_of_the_Rocky_Mountain_News.jpg/220px-February_10%2C_1960_cover_of_the_Rocky_Mountain_News.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/February_10%2C_1960_cover_of_the_Rocky_Mountain_News.jpg/330px-February_10%2C_1960_cover_of_the_Rocky_Mountain_News.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/February_10%2C_1960_cover_of_the_Rocky_Mountain_News.jpg/440px-February_10%2C_1960_cover_of_the_Rocky_Mountain_News.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="3734" /></a><figcaption>February 10, 1960, cover of the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_issue">First issue</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First issue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> was founded by <a href="/wiki/William_N._Byers" class="mw-redirect" title="William N. Byers">William N. Byers</a> and John L. Dailey along with Dr. George Monell and Thomas Gibson on April 23, 1859, when present-day Denver was part of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Territory" title="Kansas Territory">Kansas Territory</a> and before the city of Denver had been incorporated.<sup id="cite_ref-washpost_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washpost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It became Colorado's oldest newspaper<sup id="cite_ref-washpost_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washpost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and possibly its longest continuously operated business.<sup id="cite_ref-denverpost_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denverpost-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its first issue was printed on a printing press from <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a>, that had been hauled by oxcart during the start of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Gold Rush">Colorado Gold Rush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-washpost_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washpost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elizabeth "Libby" Byers accompanied the press from Nebraska to Denver and joined her husband as a copublisher and journalist at the paper.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That first issue was printed only 20 minutes ahead of its rival, the <i>Cherry Creek Pioneer</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-washpost_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washpost-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Rocky</i> went from a weekly to a daily newspaper in August 1860, and from an evening to a morning newspaper in July 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crime_fighter">Crime fighter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Crime fighter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1883, the newspaper took a stand against corruption and crime in Denver. One of its primary targets was city crime boss Jefferson Randolph Smith, alias <a href="/wiki/Soapy_Smith" title="Soapy Smith">"Soapy" Smith</a>. In one crime-fighting campaign, the managing editor, John Arkins, allowed disrespectful comments about Smith's wife and children to be published and Smith assaulted Arkins with a cane, severely injuring the editor. The <i>News</i> continued its crusade to rid Denver of its most celebrated bad man, which took nearly a decade to complete. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jack_Foster">Jack Foster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Jack Foster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The E. W. Scripps Company bought the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> in 1926. The <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> and its competitors, including <i>The Denver Post</i>, resorted to gasoline giveaways and other promotions in an attempt to boost circulation. By the early 1940s, the <i>Rocky</i> had nearly died. </p><p>It was saved by then editor <a href="/wiki/Jack_Foster_(journalist)" title="Jack Foster (journalist)">Jack Foster</a> when he convinced Scripps to approve changing the newspaper from a <a href="/wiki/Broadsheet" title="Broadsheet">broadsheet</a> format to a tabloid design. Foster reasoned that the new format would make it easier for readers to hold and navigate and would make advertising more affordable. </p><p>Foster's wife, Frances, introduced America's first <a href="/wiki/Advice_column" title="Advice column">"advice" column</a>, called Molly Mayfield. It became an instant favorite among readers and was soon adopted in many other newspapers, paving the way for advice columnists such as <a href="/wiki/Ask_Ann_Landers_(advice_column)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ask Ann Landers (advice column)">Ann Landers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dear_Abby" title="Dear Abby">Abigail Van Buren</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Joint_operating_agreement">Joint operating agreement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Joint operating agreement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a continued rivalry that almost put both papers out of business, the <i>Rocky</i> and <i>The Post</i> merged operations in 2001 under a <a href="/wiki/Joint_operating_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint operating agreement">joint operating agreement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through the agreement, the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Newspaper_Agency" title="Denver Newspaper Agency">Denver Newspaper Agency</a> was formed. The new company ran all noneditorial operations of both papers, namely advertising and circulation, and was equally owned by the E. W. Scripps Company and by <a href="/wiki/MediaNews_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="MediaNews Group">MediaNews Group</a>, which owns <i>The Post</i>. </p><p>The two newspapers continued to publish separately except during the weekends, when the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> was published only on Saturday and <i>The Denver Post</i> only on Sunday; each newspaper had one page of editorials in the other paper's weekend edition. They maintained their rivalry. The <i>Rocky</i> was considered more politically conservative than the <i>Post</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RMN_Cover_May_2_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/RMN_Cover_May_2_06.jpg/220px-RMN_Cover_May_2_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/RMN_Cover_May_2_06.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="278" data-file-height="359" /></a><figcaption>The May 2, 2006, front page of the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i>, before the 2007 redesign</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Redesign">Redesign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Redesign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 23, 2007, the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> redesigned the newspaper to a smaller, magazine-style format with more color pages and photographs, full-page photo section covers, a new masthead logo, and different page numbering from the previous design. </p><p>The redesign was the result of new presses that allowed the newspaper to print about 25% faster than its old presses, at an average speed of 60,000 issues per hour.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Closure">Closure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 4, 2008, E. W. Scripps put the <i>News</i> on the market, with industry analysts saying the move was possibly a prelude to shuttering the paper.<sup id="cite_ref-denverpost_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denverpost-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Brian Ferguson, a <a href="/wiki/Private_equity" title="Private equity">private equity</a> investor from Texas, contacted Scripps to express interest, that deal fell-through for reasons that included complications of the joint operating agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 26, 2009, Scripps announced that the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> would print its final edition the next day, and that the newspaper's masthead, archives, and web site would be offered for sale, separate from its interest in the newspaper agency.<sup id="cite_ref-close_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-close-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the shutdown of the <i>Rocky</i>, the <i>Post</i>, now the only daily newspaper in Denver,<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resumed seven-day-a-week publication. A few years later, a study by a <a href="/wiki/Portland_State_University" title="Portland State University">Portland State University</a> professor attributed a decline of 30% in civic engagement following the closure of the <i>Rocky</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two years after the shutdown of the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i>, Scripps would re-enter the Denver market when it purchased the broadcasting assets of <a href="/wiki/McGraw_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="McGraw Hill">McGraw Hill</a>, which included <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/KMGH-TV" title="KMGH-TV">KMGH-TV</a>. At the time, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> prohibited cross-ownership of newspapers and TV stations in the same market, meaning Scripps would have either been forced to sell the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> or KMGH-TV had the company never shuttered the paper. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Revival_plans_and_successors">Revival plans and successors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Revival plans and successors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="INDenver_Times_and_the_Rocky_Mountain_Independent"><i>INDenver Times</i> and the <i>Rocky Mountain Independent</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: INDenver Times and the Rocky Mountain Independent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 16, 2009, several former <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> staffers announced a plan to develop a new on-line, real-time local newspaper, with a staff of about 30 journalists. The plan required 50,000 subscriber pledges before April 23, 2009; if that goal was met, the full website, with the name <i>INDenver Times</i>, would launch on May 4, 2009. On April 23, 2009, <i>INDenver Times</i>, the name for the proposed restart, reported that only 3,000 people had subscribed to the premium content subscription model.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three co-founders said that they did not intend to continue the planned business model, and, instead, would create a less-staffed news site, while Steve Foster and several former <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> journalists said that they believed that the original business model of a robustly staffed on-line alternative newspaper could succeed and were looking for new backers.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>INDenver Times</i>, still on-line as of April 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, does not use the subscription model, instead depending on advertising for its revenue. As of October 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the three co-founders Kevin Prebuld, Brad Gray, and Ben Ray, editor Steve Haigh, and contributors Drew Litton and Ed Stein were the only remaining staff from the original venture.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site relies on 15 contributors and six "INSighters". On September 7, 2009, INDT.com unveiled a new website design, allowing readers to read the news in a more organized format. </p><p>On July 4, 2009, Steve Foster and several former <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> employees launched a new venture known as the <i>Rocky Mountain Independent</i>. The new website used a three-pronged revenue strategy: advertising, subscription revenues, and outside contributors. Subscriptions cost $4.00 per month and yearly subscriptions were 50% for the first three months, at $24. The 12 owners of the website committed to working for free until the end of September 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The website stopped publishing new content on October 5, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Possible_revival">Possible revival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Possible revival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2014, Denver billionaire <a href="/wiki/Philip_Anschutz" title="Philip Anschutz">Philip Anschutz</a> was reported to be exploring the possibility of reviving the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i>; he had placed a prototype online and was conducting market research to assess the feasibility of a relaunch.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The intellectual property was purchased by Clarity Media Group, Anschutz's newspaper holding company, and the web site posts links to articles from Denver television media.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anschutz launched a Denver edition of the Colorado Springs <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gazette_(Colorado_Springs)" title="The Gazette (Colorado Springs)">Gazette</a></i> in 2020, which publishes material from the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> archives daily.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2000, the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> photo staff was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Breaking_News_Photography" title="Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography">Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography</a> "for its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the <a href="/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre" title="Columbine High School massacre">student shootings at Columbine High School</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, the paper won more first-place awards than any other Western newspaper.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2003, the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography was awarded to the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> photography staff "for its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado's raging forest fires."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paper also won the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Press_Association" title="Colorado Press Association">Colorado Press Association</a>'s General Excellence Award, the award for the best large daily newspaper in Colorado (for the eighth year in a row). </p><p>The photo and design staffs won 25 <a href="/wiki/Society_for_News_Design" title="Society for News Design">Society for News Design</a> awards, placed eighth in the world, and won nine <a href="/wiki/National_Press_Photographers_Association" title="National Press Photographers Association">National Press Photographers Association</a> awards and six <a href="/wiki/Pictures_of_the_Year_International" title="Pictures of the Year International">Pictures of the Year International</a> awards.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2006, Jim Sheeler of the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> won the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Feature_Writing" title="Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing">Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing</a> for his "Final Salute" special report, the story of a Marine major assigned to casualty notification and how he helps families with fallen relatives in Iraq cope with their losses.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Todd_Heisler" title="Todd Heisler">Todd Heisler</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Feature_Photography" title="Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography">Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography</a> the same year for his photos in the same special report.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_newspapers_of_the_United_States" title="List of defunct newspapers of the United States">List of defunct newspapers of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_Preservation_Act_of_1970" title="Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970">Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Circulation figures include combined figures from the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> Saturday editions and <i>The Denver Post</i> Sunday editions. At the time of its demise, the <i>News</i> did not publish a Sunday edition.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Mountain_News&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-circ-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-circ_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-circ_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2006_Top_100List.pdf">"2006 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/BurrellesLuce" class="mw-redirect" title="BurrellesLuce">BurrellesLuce</a>. 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