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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2011 Stories by Joel Warner

• The Denver Diatribe: Celebrate the podcast's 50th episode at live "Love & Hate" taping tonight

  published Oct 12, 2011

  Last year at about this time, I blogged about why my friends and I had launched the Denver Diatribe podcast, a labor of digital love that was heavy on the labor. Along with taking some pot shots at Co... More >>

• Goodbye Westword, hello Humor Code: I'm off on a global search for what makes things funny

  published Sep 09, 2011

  After five years at Westword, I'm bidding you all adieu (at least for now). I'm taking a leave to work on the Humor Code, a book project in which I travel around the world with a humor professor in se... More >>

• Goodbye Westword, hello Humor Code: I'm off on a global search for what makes things funny

  published Sep 09, 2011

  After five years at Westword, I'm bidding you all adieu (at least for now). I'm taking a leave to work on the Humor Code, a book project in which I travel around the world with a humor professor in se... More >>

• Goodbye Westword, hello Humor Code: I'm off on a global search for what makes things funny

  published Sep 09, 2011

  After five years at Westword, I'm bidding you all adieu (at least for now). I'm taking a leave to work on the Humor Code, a book project in which I travel around the world with a humor professor in se... More >>

• Diane Israel, ex-Boulder triathlete, confronts her athletic demons in Beauty Mark (VIDEO)

  published Aug 24, 2011

  This week's cover story, "Running on Empty," profiles Diane Israel, a former endurance athlete who in the 1980s helped put the fledgling Boulder triathlete scene on the map -- but in the process nearl... More >>

• Diane Israel, ex-Boulder triathlete, confronts her athletic demons in Beauty Mark (VIDEO)

  published Aug 24, 2011

  This week's cover story, "Running on Empty," profiles Diane Israel, a former endurance athlete who in the 1980s helped put the fledgling Boulder triathlete scene on the map -- but in the process nearl... More >>

• Diane Israel, ex-Boulder triathlete, confronts her athletic demons in Beauty Mark (VIDEO)

  published Aug 24, 2011

  This week's cover story, "Running on Empty," profiles Diane Israel, a former endurance athlete who in the 1980s helped put the fledgling Boulder triathlete scene on the map -- but in the process nearl... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Once addicted to running, a battered Diane Israel has sobered up from triathlons

  published August 25, 2011

  "Go as hard as you possibly can for two minutes! Go! Go! Go!" The spin-class instructor hollers instructions to the two dozen sweating... More >>

• Michael Hancock's new DIA greeting begs for the sound of a cracking whip -- so we added one!

  published Aug 02, 2011

  It's become a rite of passage for Denver mayors to record a welcome greeting for Denver International Airport's underground train. John Hickenlooper started the trend; then came Bill Vidal's bilingual... More >>

• Michael Hancock's new DIA greeting begs for the sound of a cracking whip -- so we added one!

  published Aug 02, 2011

  It's become a rite of passage for Denver mayors to record a welcome greeting for Denver International Airport's underground train. John Hickenlooper started the trend; then came Bill Vidal's bilingual... More >>

• Michael Hancock's new DIA greeting begs for the sound of a cracking whip -- so we added one!

  published Aug 02, 2011

  It's become a rite of passage for Denver mayors to record a welcome greeting for Denver International Airport's underground train. John Hickenlooper started the trend; then came Bill Vidal's bilingual... More >>

• Rick Griffith and MATTER create Market Street mural for New Belgium Brewing (VIDEO)

  published Aug 01, 2011

  Last January, we profiled local type-and-design maestro Rick Griffith and his MATTER studio. Much of the story focused on small details -- the tiny serifs on a font, miniscule measurements between blo... More >>

• Rick Griffith and MATTER create Market Street mural for New Belgium Brewing (VIDEO)

  published Aug 01, 2011

  Last January, we profiled local type-and-design maestro Rick Griffith and his MATTER studio. Much of the story focused on small details -- the tiny serifs on a font, miniscule measurements between blo... More >>

• Rick Griffith and MATTER create Market Street mural for New Belgium Brewing (VIDEO)

  published Aug 01, 2011

  Last January, we profiled local type-and-design maestro Rick Griffith and his MATTER studio. Much of the story focused on small details -- the tiny serifs on a font, miniscule measurements between blo... More >>

• Mighty Fudge Studios launches war against clipboard hoards on Pearl Street Mall (VIDEO)

  published Jul 26, 2011

  Mighty Fudge Studios, the Boulder-based animation studio, is best known for its graphic hijinks, from cartoons attacking Jay Leno to boner ditties that are too risque for YouTube. But it also dabbles ... More >>

• Mighty Fudge Studios launches war against clipboard hoards on Pearl Street Mall (VIDEO)

  published Jul 26, 2011

  Mighty Fudge Studios, the Boulder-based animation studio, is best known for its graphic hijinks, from cartoons attacking Jay Leno to boner ditties that are too risque for YouTube. But it also dabbles ... More >>

• Mighty Fudge Studios launches war against clipboard hoards on Pearl Street Mall (VIDEO)

  published Jul 26, 2011

  Mighty Fudge Studios, the Boulder-based animation studio, is best known for its graphic hijinks, from cartoons attacking Jay Leno to boner ditties that are too risque for YouTube. But it also dabbles ... More >>

• LEGO Universe: Want to work for the online LEGO game developed in Louisviller

  published Jul 25, 2011

  A while ago, we profiled NetDevil, a Louisville game developer hard at work on LEGO Universe, a massively multiplayer online game based on LEGO bricks. LEGO Universe was a critical hit on its release ... More >>

• LEGO Universe: Want to work for the online LEGO game developed in Louisviller

  published Jul 25, 2011

  A while ago, we profiled NetDevil, a Louisville game developer hard at work on LEGO Universe, a massively multiplayer online game based on LEGO bricks. LEGO Universe was a critical hit on its release ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  LEGO Universe: Want to work for the online LEGO game developed in Louisviller

  published Jul 25, 2011

  A while ago, we profiled NetDevil, a Louisville game developer hard at work on LEGO Universe, a massively multiplayer online game based on LEGO bricks. LEGO Universe was a critical hit on its release ... More >>

• Al Franken destroys Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery at same-sex marriage hearing

  published Jul 22, 2011

  It's good to know that Focus on the Family is still around to provide unintentional comedy when that organization's narrow-minded rhetoric slams head-first into reality. Case in point: On Wednesday du... More >>

• Al Franken destroys Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery at same-sex marriage hearing

  published Jul 22, 2011

  It's good to know that Focus on the Family is still around to provide unintentional comedy when that organization's narrow-minded rhetoric slams head-first into reality. Case in point: On Wednesday du... More >>

• Al Franken destroys Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery at same-sex marriage hearing

  published Jul 22, 2011

  It's good to know that Focus on the Family is still around to provide unintentional comedy when that organization's narrow-minded rhetoric slams head-first into reality. Case in point: On Wednesday du... More >>

• IKEA Centennial: Fear and loathing and meatballs at the megastore's press preview

  published Jul 21, 2011

  Unless you've been living under a poorly-designed rock for months, you know that IKEA Centennial opens on July 27, at which point everyone within a four-state area will charge through its doors, froth... More >>

• IKEA Centennial: Fear and loathing and meatballs at the megastore's press preview

  published Jul 21, 2011

  Unless you've been living under a poorly-designed rock for months, you know that IKEA Centennial opens on July 27, at which point everyone within a four-state area will charge through its doors, froth... More >>