Email Author Joel Warner

Awards

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

  "Black and Blue"

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

  "Martial Law"

• 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"

• 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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2010 Stories by Joel Warner

• Zook's Coffee and Ice Cream opens in the Denver Puppet Theater

  published Nov 16, 2010

  After months of construction and permitting work, Zook's Coffee and Ice Cream is finally open in the Denver Puppet Theater, the bright-yellow institution at 3156 West 38th Avenue. And just like the pu... More >>

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  Social Media Sobriety Test: top signs you're too drunk to use Twitter/Facebook

  published Nov 12, 2010

  As we reported yesterday, Boulder-based Internet security company Webroot has released the Social Media Sobriety Test, an app that checks your level of inebriation before you risk making a drunken foo... More >>

• Social Media Sobriety Test: Boulder's Webroot tests if you're too drunk to Facebook, Twitter

  published Nov 11, 2010

  Remember when, after one too many tequila shots, you confessed your undying love all over your ex's Facebook wallr Or how you posted a YouTube vid of a certain projectile-vomiting incident right after... More >>

• Sage Building, YesPleaseMore! and Heirloom Gardens among 2010 Mayor's Design Awards

  published Nov 10, 2010

  How many cities can boast an annual city-wide contest honoring the most kick-ass building designsr Denver can, thanks to its six-year-old Mayor's Design Awards, which recognizes achievement in new arc... More >>

• Marijuana election round-up: More losses than wins for MMJ in Colorado

  published Nov 09, 2010

  While the big weed setback last week might have been the defeat of California's Proposition 19, marijuana didn't fare too well in Colorado, either. As per the state's new medical marijuana laws, local... More >>

• 127 Hours fainting attack: Man passes out during Starz Denver Film Festival

  published Nov 09, 2010

  Reports have been coming in from all over the country of people passing out or suffering panic attacks during the infamous arm-amputation scene in the new Danny Boyle and James Franco vehicle 127 Hour... More >>

• City Lax: Coach Gregory Crichlow earns national recognition from Play City

  published Nov 08, 2010

  In the May feature "Lax in the City," we detailed City Lax, Denver's only inner-city youth lacrosse program, which was turning heads nationwide. Now, the endeavor's picked up a new honor: Coach Gregor... More >>

• Marijuana legalization: Did Obama's "pot cheat sheet" kill California's Proposition 19r

  published Nov 05, 2010

  Why did Proposition 19, the CA pot legalization measure, failr One reason might have been Obama administration antagonism exemplified by the memo "Marijuana legalization: A bad idea." As Colorado begi... More >>

• LEGO Universe: Local developer NetDevil's new online game wows critics

  published Nov 03, 2010

  Last January, we looked at the high stakes for NetDevil, a Louisville game developer chosen to build LEGO Universe, a massively multiplayer online game based on LEGO bricks. Building a successful MMO ... More >>

• Marijuana and Colorado Springs cops: Should dispensary taxes be used to fund policer

  published Nov 02, 2010

  One of the main arguments for the marijuana-legalization measure that Californians will vote on today is the tax revenue that legal pot would bring to struggling communities -- ones like Colorado Spri... More >>

• "Pink UFO" rap video for Denver's proposed UFO commission: best political ad everr

  published Nov 02, 2010

  Unsure of how to vote today on Initiative 300, which would create an official Denver UFO commissionr On the fence regarding whether or not the city should bother creating a body "to help ensure the he... More >>

• Cops and meth: More success stories from Denver's one-of-a-kind drug treatment program

  published Oct 28, 2010

  This week's cover story, "The Damage Done," details the Denver-based Justice Initiative for Drug Endangered Families, a unique approach to drug treatment that employs cops in their off hours to mentor... More >>

• Pandora and Bernie Buescher: Colorado's first and only streaming-radio political adsr

  published Oct 27, 2010

  So you're happily listening to your custom-made MGMT station on Pandora Radio when suddenly a dude starts talking to you about elections and stuff and a photo of an earnest-looking guy pops into your ... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Denver brings meth addicts and cops together in an unprecedented fight against drugs

  published October 28, 2010

  Audrey had one foot in the grave, the other one on it. Meth will do that. One cold day in February 2009, high on drugs, the 25-year-old... More >>

• Medical marijuana election: 26 cities and towns vote on new MMJ rules next week

  published Oct 26, 2010

  While a move to follow California's lead and put the legalization of marijuana on next week's state-wide ballot didn't come to pass, many Colorado voters will still asked to vote about pot issues on N... More >>

• Cannabis University vs. Mile High Marketplace: Grandma Ganj protests on the street (video)

  published Oct 25, 2010

  As we reported last month, the Mile High Marketplace, aka Mile High Flea Market, isn't high enough for medical marijuana, since the operation kicked out Cannabis University Dean Michelle LaMay when sh... More >>

• Marijuana Mad Men: Meet Grow Room, the country's first MMJ marketing company

  published Oct 22, 2010

  What's a poor dispensary owner to do to stand out in an oversaturated market featuring dispensaries on every street cornerr One solution would be to hire Grow Room Communications, a new Denver-based c... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  The Squire Lounge: The meth of Denver's late-night scene

  published Oct 22, 2010

  Everybody's seen those lovely "Meth Will Change That" billboards dreamed up by the Colorado Meth Project, which depict scenarios so vile they'll surely make you want to drop the dope or at least rea... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Medical marijuana and guns don't mix if you're looking to buy a new firearm

  published Oct 20, 2010

  Coloradans can use marijuana medicinally and purchase firearms -- but due to conflicts between state and federal laws, they can't do both at the same time. As first reported by the Vail Daily and Face... More >>

• John Hickenlooper, Tom Tancredo & Dan Maes show Real Gubernatorial Genius in new "ads"

  published Oct 19, 2010

  Colorado's gubernatorial race has offered a good dose of unintentional humor on its own. But Complete Colorado has upped the laugh ante by creating "Real Gubernatorial Genius," satirical commercials ... More >>

• The CELL 2.0: Our top 15 new acronyms for Denver's just-renamed terrorism Disneyland

  published Oct 19, 2010

  The CELL: The Center for Empowered Living and Learning, the super-creepy Denver terrorism museum, has a new name. Now it's The CELL: The Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab, which makes it no less... More >>

• Glee features bread bag designed by Boulder studio Mighty Fudge... next to Grilled Cheesus!

  published Oct 15, 2010

  A cameo on the red-hot-high-school-musical-dark-comedy-Jane-Lynch-extravaganza Glee is nothing to sneeze at, even if that cameo involves nothing more than a glimpse of an unexceptional bread wrapper. ... More >>

• Medical marijuana sodas: Take the Pepsi Challenge for pot with Keef Cola, Dixie Elixirs

  published Oct 12, 2010

  Pot brownies are so 2009. Now you can find THC infused in nearly every product imaginable, from marijuana cheesecakes to marijuana teas to marijuana hummus. It's not too surprising, then, that you c... More >>

• Chipotle and Jamie Oliver team up, want you to dress as a Halloween McNugget to earn $2 burrito

  published Oct 11, 2010

  Hometown hero Chipotle has made a name for itself with its innovative marketing gimmicks, and now it's partnering with cheeky British chef-turned-food-crusader Jamie Oliver for a special Halloween tre... More >>

• TechStars post-mortem: Could Boulder startup Next Big Sound suffer same fate as EventVuer

  published Oct 07, 2010

  This week's feature story, "Wired for Sound," tells the tale of Next Big Sound, a Boulder tech company that's found a new way to look for rock and roll's future and is poised to become the next big th... More >>