EDITOR’S NOTE access to stable housing, nutritious food, quality healthcare and advanced education. They want a world where people with uteruses have the right to choose whether or not they want to give birth. A world where universal healthcare separates the ability to maintain physical wellbeing from full-time employment. A world where free childcare and colLeft to right: Matt Cortina, Caitlin Rockett, Amanda Moutinho lege education means and Angela Evans circa 2016. a single parent can Public Radio before bringing his talstill follow their professional dreams. ents to Boulder Weekly; and reporter A world where a physician isn’t comKaylee Harter, a journalism graduate mitting a felony by providing genderfrom Ohio State who came to Boulder affirming care to a 25-year-old transgender individual. A world where cap- Weekly after dipping her toes in the nonprofit world at Community italism doesn’t justify endless extracResource Center in Denver. It’s a tion. small but mighty staff, and each of Community journalism localizes them, including Shay, has lifted my these issues and brings them home, where change can truly begin. When spirits when I didn’t think I could do done correctly, journalism does much the job. My gratitude to and respect for each of them is boundless. more than merely inform: It speaks Thanks to publisher Fran truth to power. Zankowski for asking me to challenge I hope I’ve made some positive changes through my work at Boulder myself in the role of editor-in-chief. I didn’t always like it, Fran, but I invariWeekly, even if that’s simply to help ably loved it. people feel seen and heard. I know My final plea as editor is to ask you this job has changed me for the better. I’ve expanded my mind and heart to continue to support local journalexponentially by engaging with count- ism — you’re already doing it by less people across many walks of life. reading this. Boulder Weekly is a truly independent newspaper, staffed by Thank you for sharing your stories people who live in your community. with me. Thanks for calling me out when I was wrong … and when I was This isn’t “the media,” these are your right. Thanks for showing me things I neighbors. Become a regular donor to the paper at boulderweekly.com/ never would have seen otherwise. donate, share BW stories on socials Thanks for reading. and write letters to the editor (letAs I close my chapter at the paper, ters@boulderweekly.com). I’m ecstatic to welcome the new ediMay your fortune be as rewarding tor-in-chief, Shay Castle, whose work as mine at Boulder Weekly. with the Daily Camera, and then her Caitlin Rockett was a reporter and own enterprise, Boulder Beat, exemeditor at Boulder Weekly for 10 years. plifies her versatility, resiliency, empathy and dedication as a journalist. She She has freelanced at alternative newsweeklies across the country, has a fantastic team of reporters including LA Weekly. She’s now the behind her: arts and culture editor director of communications at Out Jezy Gray, a prolific writer and crackBoulder County, which facilitates conerjack editor whose title belies the nection, advocacy, education, weight he carries around the office; reporter Will Matuska, who got his first research and programming to ensure experience in journalism at Minnesota LGBTQ+ people thrive. BOULDER WEEKLY
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