Email Author Joel Warner

Awards

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "Black and Blue"

• 2011 - Mental Health America Media Awards, published February 4, 2010

  "Martial Law"

• 2011 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published April 22, 2010

  "The Boy Who Wouldn't Tell"

• 2011 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 27, 2010

  "Lax and the City"

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published July 22, 2010

  "Trial by Fire"

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published May 27, 2010

  "Lax and the City"

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published December 2, 2010

  "Taken for a Ride"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published May 27, 2010

  "Lax and the City"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 4, 2010

  "Martial Law"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published September 10, 2009

  "Cash Crop"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published February 5, 2009

  "Growth Industry"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 10, 2008

  "Father of Invention"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 20, 2008

  "The Good Soldier"

• 2009 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, published March 20, 2008

  "The Good Soldier"

• 2008 - Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma, published June 28, 2007

  "You Do the Meth"

• 2008 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published June 28, 2007

  "You Do the Meth"

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published November 3, 2005

  "Mr. Big"

• 2006 - Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals, published November 3, 2005

  "Mr. Big"

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2008 Stories by Joel Warner

• Are unions gunning for Ryan Frazier because of his Amendment 47r

  published Dec 31, 2008

  Has the other shoe finally dropped for up-and-coming Republican Ryan Frazierr The Aurora city councilman made headlines - as well as enemies - for sponsoring the controversial "right to work" ballot ... More >>

• According to NIST, your Christmas tree will soon kill you

  published Dec 29, 2008

  First spotted on Boing Boing, this cheery holiday film is brought to us, for some reason, by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the government agency that's based in part in Boulder. ... More >>

• Stuff Journalists Like: A disturbing look into the mind of newsies

  published Dec 24, 2008

  Journalists are an unusual bunch. We complain about our godawful pay and long hours, but we also live for such things. We make fun of all the self-indulgent and pointless press awards we constantly be... More >>

• Basil the robot delivers tea, once again does not kill human overlords

  published Dec 24, 2008

  You've read all about Basil the robot and his fancy cybernetic brain; now see him in action. To prove that their mechanical friend is actually capable of delivering delicious liquids (a feat Basil fa... More >>

• Red-hot photos of uncensored big blue bear lovin'!

  published Dec 24, 2008

  We've long known people love the iconic big blue bear that peeks into the Colorado Convention Center (it's officially titled "I See What You Mean"). Blue bear miniatures have been selling like hotcake... More >>

• Drunken Santa for hire: The gift that keeps on giving

  published Dec 23, 2008

  You've already read about the drunken Santas who took over downtown Denver during Santacon 08 this past weekend; now you can have a drunken Santa for your very own. DRUNKEN SANTAS FOR HIRE, a new oper... More >>

• Bad Santas unite at Denver Santacon 2008

  published Dec 22, 2008

  See more photos from Denver SantaCon 2008. Everybody sing along: "On the first and only day of SantaCon a drunken Santa gave to me, a fifth of vodka and a porno DVD." Such was the naughty yuletide s... More >>

• Help Christmas light-smashing Hulk win a year of KFC

  published Dec 22, 2008

  Update: As an eagle-eyed blog commentor pointed out, the voting for the KFC contest ended yesterday and the winner has already been announced. Turns out we were so awed by the Hulk's majestic green m... More >>

• An alternate view on the upcoming robot apocalypse

  published Dec 19, 2008

  I must take a moment to respond to my esteemed colleague Dr. Jason Sheehan, Chief Intelligence Officer of HARDON, who has, in his usual semi-coherent way, attempted to offer some thoughts on the so-ca... More >>

• Denver takes next step to help drug-endangered children

  published Dec 18, 2008

  This morning, the Denver District Attorney's Office will release new city protocols for how law enforcement, social services and legal agencies should deal with kids found in drug-endangered household... More >>

• Holiday happiness is a Red Trolley gingerbread house kit

  published Dec 17, 2008

  Someone forgot to tell Red Trolley Cake, Coffee and Cone that ice cream shops are supposed to focus on summer fare. This establishment at 2639 West 32nd Avenue is not only doing a brisk coffee, brea... More >>

• The Gundersons get us ready for Basil, the robot of our dreams

  published December 18, 2008

  When people ask Jim and Louise Gunderson if they have kids, they reply, "No, we have robots." But right now, Louise feels like any other... More >>

• Basil the robot makes a movie

  published Dec 17, 2008

  You'll be reading all about Basil the amazing bot in this week's Westword cover story (which will be available online later today, December 17). But you can see him in action here. While the video a... More >>

• Cafe Sci: When Nerds Unite

  published December 18, 2008

  If anyone can make dirt fascinating, it's J. John Cohen. That's why a recent meeting of Colorado Cafe Scientifique, a popular free seminar that... More >>

• Saggy-Boob Electric Penis: a video montage

  published Dec 16, 2008

  In case you haven't had enough of Westword-christened Saggy Boob Electric Penis, the molten-red glistening pile of suggestive public-art bulbousness that now graces one end of the Highland pedestrian ... More >>

• Spotted: more residential architecture atrocities

  published Dec 15, 2008

  What's up with Colorado and crappy houses these daysr The multi-unit rectilinear abominations sprouting up in West Highland and Sloan's Lake led to a neighborhood-splitting battle last spring about ho... More >>

• With New Yorker cover, pedicabs reach new heights of high culture

  published Dec 15, 2008

  Main Street Pedicabs owner Steve Meyer, Broomfield-based rickshaw-peddling extraordinaire, is dead set on bringing his three-wheeled contraptions to the world -- and now he's one step closer thanks to... More >>

• Right-to-work lightning rod Ryan Frazier cleared of wrongdoing for political contributions

  published Dec 12, 2008

  Up-and-coming Aurora city councilman Ryan Frazier put his political career on the line by backing Amendment 47, the hugely controversial right-to-work ballot measure that failed in the polls last mont... More >>

• The truth about the Downtown Aquarium's poorly confined piranhas

  published Dec 08, 2008

  As you may have read last week in "Denver Aquarium Unequipped to Handle Piranha Attacks or Reporter Queries," on a recent visit to the Downtown Aquarium I was disturbed to discover just how easy it ... More >>

• The Big Blue Bear's thoughts on being on Good Morning America today

  published Dec 05, 2008

  Millions of bleary-eyed Americans were greeted this morning by the sight of a big blue bear -- a living embodiment of the iconic "I See What You Mean" bear statue on the side of the Colorado Convent... More >>

• Denver aquarium unequipped to handle piranha attacks or reporter queries

  published Dec 02, 2008

  It all began with an innocent question. Never did I intend to uncover potential death and dismemberment, not to mention bureaucratic chaos, at the Downtown Aquarium. For some context, my family an... More >>

• Is Enstrom's toffee the "best candy in the world"r

  published Nov 28, 2008

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• Obama and Leeeeeeeeroy Jenkins: Change we can believe in

  published Nov 26, 2008

  Just when the world seems in capable hands with the election of Barack Obama, some disquieting news comes out: The president-elect has hired a disciple of Leeroy Jenkins, the wacko who g... More >>

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• published Nov 20, 2008

  Thanks to "EC," who commented on yesterday's blog "Denver ArtsWeek: Welcome to the Mile High City, Saggy-Boob Electric Penis," about the new public sculpture at the base of the 16th Street Pedestria... More >>