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

• WeedPhone: Medical marijuana technology whose time has come... and goner

  published Jan 25, 2011

  Even as the Colorado dispensary scene matures out of its heady boom days, ganjapreneurs still hope to strike it rich with one MMJ-themed enterprise or another -- although like a lot of the product mov... More >>

• Alex Landau and police brutality: Ricky Nixon, one of cops involved, tied to '06 shooting death

  published Jan 24, 2011

  Last week, Westword detailed how nineteen-year-old college student Alex Landau was beaten bloody by three Denver police officers -- Randy Murr, Tiffany Middleton and Ricky Nixon -- after being pulled ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Rick Griffith's Westword cover gets spoofed around town

  published Jan 20, 2011

  They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and if that's the case, everyone involved in coming up with the cover image for Westword's recent feature on local type and design maestro Rick Gr... More >>

• Boulder B-cycle: Google helps get new bike-sharing program rolling

  published Jan 19, 2011

  With the success of Denver's B-cycle program, it was only a matter of time until Boulder, our pedalicous neighbor to the north, would be clamoring, "Me too! Me too!" It turns out Boulderites won't hav... More >>

• Cannabis Press Association launches: Calling all pot newshounds

  published Jan 18, 2011

  In Colorado, where there's medical marijuana, there's media. So it was only a matter of time before someone attempted to organize all those newshounds on the weed beat -- and now that time has come. ... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Alex Landau was pulled over for making an illegal left turn and ended up beaten bloody

  published January 20, 2011

  Trapped in shackles Wonderin' why, feelin' baffled I was handed to the system like a ticket in a... More >>

• Taxicab regulations: Senator Ted Harvey introduces bill to deregulate industry

  published Jan 17, 2011

  The November cover story "Mean Streets" revealed allegations of discrimination and abuse at Yellow Cab, the city's oldest taxi company, and detailed how attempts to launch alternative companies have b... More >>

• Medical marijuana odors: Boulder battles the funk

  published Jan 14, 2011

  Talk about the smell of success. Apparently Boulder now has so many MMJ businesses that folks all over are complaining about the ever-present aroma of pot in the air -- and officials are struggling ... More >>

• Alexander Landau got pulled over for an illegal left turn -- and ended up beaten bloody

  published Jan 12, 2011

  Update, January 20: Westword published today a much longer cover story on Landau, his lawsuit and life. Read it here: "Black and Blue: Alex Landau was pulled over for making an illegal left turn and e... More >>

• Mile High Cab appeals denial of cab-company application by Public Utility Commission

  published Jan 12, 2011

  The November feature story "Mean Streets" detailed how frustrated taxi drivers had been attempting to launch company of their own, Mile High Cab, since September 2008. The process culminated in a Publ... More >>

• Metro Taxi's $10,000 for Hick's inauguration payback for opposing Mile High Cabr

  published Jan 11, 2011

  November's "Mean Streets" detailed how politicians with ties to existing taxi companies -- Mayor John Hickenlooper among them -- stymied attempts to start new operations such as Mile High Cab. Now, M... More >>

• Rick Griffith's cult of letters: Do complicated typefaces make people smarterr

  published Jan 10, 2011

  Last week's cover story, "Extra Bold" deconstructs the weird, wonderful world of Denver designer Rick Griffith, a man who's constantly scrutinizing how words and letter-forms are used everywhere -- in... More >>

• Rick Griffith: If Denver's letter connoisseur were a typeface, what type would he ber

  published Jan 07, 2011

  This week's cover story, "Extra Bold," details local designer Rick Griffith's love affair with everything having to do with letters. It made sense, therefore, to ask his friends, family and colleagues... More >>

• Best American Nonrequired Reading highlights Denver Voice story by William Hillyard

  published Jan 07, 2011

  Some people surely pay for the Denver Voice simply because the money goes to the homeless and hardly glance at it before tossing it -- although that would be a mistake. Not only does the Voice represe... More >>

• Rick Griffith's "Definition of Graphic Design": Can you dig itr

  published Jan 05, 2011

  "Extra Bold," this week's cover story, details the creations of Denver type maestro Rick Griffith, including his "Definition of Graphic Design," a 59-word sentence he spent eighteen months crafting th... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Rick Griffith has designs on Denver. Bold ones.

  published January 6, 2011

  The admonition greets visitors as they arrive for MATTER's eleventh annual print sale and party. High on a wall of the design studio's... More >>

• Hipsters roll deep in Denver Skeeball League at the Breckenridge Brewery

  published Jan 04, 2011

  Add one more sport to Denver's lengthy list of athletic obsessions. The city now has its very own Denver Skeeball League. For the past month, twenty teams have been battling for ruler of the ramp ever... More >>

• Colorado Teapot Party: Willie Nelson's legalized-pot movement finds a home here

  published Jan 04, 2011

  Move over, Sarah Palin, there's a new grassroots movement afoot: the Teapot Party, a legalization movement founded after everybody's favorite midnight rider, Willie Nelson, was busted in Texas in Nove... More >>