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

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  FEATURED STORY

  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 >>

• Adam Cayton-Holland: Comic proposes onstage at Red Rocks to a girl who doesn't exist (VIDEO)

  published Jul 19, 2011

  Freaky weather shut down Film on the Rocks last week. But before being driven off by rains and lightning, at least the crowd got to see one spectacle: local stand-up comic and Westword alum Adam Cayto... More >>

• Adam Cayton-Holland: Comic proposes onstage at Red Rocks to a girl who doesn't exist (VIDEO)

  published Jul 19, 2011

  Freaky weather shut down Film on the Rocks last week. But before being driven off by rains and lightning, at least the crowd got to see one spectacle: local stand-up comic and Westword alum Adam Cayto... More >>

• Adam Cayton-Holland: Comic proposes onstage at Red Rocks to a girl who doesn't exist (VIDEO)

  published Jul 19, 2011

  Freaky weather shut down Film on the Rocks last week. But before being driven off by rains and lightning, at least the crowd got to see one spectacle: local stand-up comic and Westword alum Adam Cayto... More >>

• Operation Fortune Cookie: Judge tosses cop lawsuit alleging internal leaks and retaliation

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Operation Fortune Cookie, a 2008 raid netting 24,000 marijuana plants, was the largest weed bust in state history -- but it imploded among claims of police snitches, paid-off politicians and a secret ... More >>

• Operation Fortune Cookie: Judge tosses cop lawsuit alleging internal leaks and retaliation

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Operation Fortune Cookie, a 2008 raid netting 24,000 marijuana plants, was the largest weed bust in state history -- but it imploded among claims of police snitches, paid-off politicians and a secret ... More >>

• Operation Fortune Cookie: Judge tosses cop lawsuit alleging internal leaks and retaliation

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Operation Fortune Cookie, a 2008 raid netting 24,000 marijuana plants, was the largest weed bust in state history -- but it imploded among claims of police snitches, paid-off politicians and a secret ... More >>

• Operation Fortune Cookie: Judge tosses cop lawsuit alleging internal leaks and retaliation

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Operation Fortune Cookie, a 2008 raid netting 24,000 marijuana plants, was the largest weed bust in state history -- but it imploded among claims of police snitches, paid-off politicians and a secret ... More >>

• Peter McGraw, Humor Research Lab director, takes his comedy theory to the International Humor Conference

  published Jul 15, 2011

  As described in the cover story "The Nutty Professor," Boulder professor Peter McGraw, with the help of his Humor Research Lab (HuRL), has come up with a universal theory of comedy they call the Benig... More >>

• Peter McGraw, Humor Research Lab director, takes his comedy theory to the International Humor Conference

  published Jul 15, 2011

  As described in the cover story "The Nutty Professor," Boulder professor Peter McGraw, with the help of his Humor Research Lab (HuRL), has come up with a universal theory of comedy they call the Benig... More >>

• Peter McGraw, Humor Research Lab director, takes his comedy theory to the International Humor Conference

  published Jul 15, 2011

  As described in the cover story "The Nutty Professor," Boulder professor Peter McGraw, with the help of his Humor Research Lab (HuRL), has come up with a universal theory of comedy they call the Benig... More >>

• Peter McGraw, Humor Research Lab director, takes his comedy theory to the International Humor Conference

  published Jul 15, 2011

  As described in the cover story "The Nutty Professor," Boulder professor Peter McGraw, with the help of his Humor Research Lab (HuRL), has come up with a universal theory of comedy they call the Benig... More >>

• Public Utilities Commission, embroiled in taxi controversies, faces state audit

  published Jul 14, 2011

  Folks who have tried to start taxi companies in Denver -- an industry fraught with controversy -- often butt heads with the Public Utilities Commission. Lately, PUC officials seem to swing back and fo... More >>

• Public Utilities Commission, embroiled in taxi controversies, faces state audit

  published Jul 14, 2011

  Folks who have tried to start taxi companies in Denver -- an industry fraught with controversy -- often butt heads with the Public Utilities Commission. Lately, PUC officials seem to swing back and fo... More >>

• Public Utilities Commission, embroiled in taxi controversies, faces state audit

  published Jul 14, 2011

  Folks who have tried to start taxi companies in Denver -- an industry fraught with controversy -- often butt heads with the Public Utilities Commission. Lately, PUC officials seem to swing back and fo... More >>

• Public Utilities Commission, embroiled in taxi controversies, faces state audit

  published Jul 14, 2011

  Folks who have tried to start taxi companies in Denver -- an industry fraught with controversy -- often butt heads with the Public Utilities Commission. Lately, PUC officials seem to swing back and fo... More >>

• Denver cops getting free ride for DUIs, suggests Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal

  published Jul 14, 2011

  The new status report from Independent Monitor and Westword profile subject Richard Rosenthal contains a real whopper: He says off-duty Denver officers caught driving drunk in Denver may be scoring ge... More >>

• Denver cops getting free ride for DUIs, suggests Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal

  published Jul 14, 2011

  The new status report from Independent Monitor and Westword profile subject Richard Rosenthal contains a real whopper: He says off-duty Denver officers caught driving drunk in Denver may be scoring ge... More >>

• Denver cops getting free ride for DUIs, suggests Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal

  published Jul 14, 2011

  The new status report from Independent Monitor and Westword profile subject Richard Rosenthal contains a real whopper: He says off-duty Denver officers caught driving drunk in Denver may be scoring ge... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Denver cops getting free ride for DUIs, suggests Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal

  published Jul 14, 2011

  The new status report from Independent Monitor and Westword profile subject Richard Rosenthal contains a real whopper: He says off-duty Denver officers caught driving drunk in Denver may be scoring ge... More >>

• Anna's Taqueria vs. Illegal Pete's vs. Chipotle: The Great Fast-Casual Burrito Battle

  published Jul 12, 2011

  "Well, it ain't as good as Anna's Taqueria." My hometown Boston friends repeated this ad nauseam when they'd come to visit and I'd take them for a bite at Illegal Pete's, Chipotle or one of Colorado's... More >>

• Superheroes, HBO documentary, profiles real-life superheroes, but not Denver's Wall Creeper

  published Jul 11, 2011

  Real-life superheroes, those brave (and some would say foolhardy) folks who strap on costumes and battle evil wherever they can find it, are reaching media saturation. They've become a staple of night... More >>

• Superheroes, HBO documentary, profiles real-life superheroes, but not Denver's Wall Creeper

  published Jul 11, 2011

  Real-life superheroes, those brave (and some would say foolhardy) folks who strap on costumes and battle evil wherever they can find it, are reaching media saturation. They've become a staple of night... More >>

• Superheroes, HBO documentary, profiles real-life superheroes, but not Denver's Wall Creeper

  published Jul 11, 2011

  Real-life superheroes, those brave (and some would say foolhardy) folks who strap on costumes and battle evil wherever they can find it, are reaching media saturation. They've become a staple of night... More >>

• Superheroes, HBO documentary, profiles real-life superheroes, but not Denver's Wall Creeper

  published Jul 11, 2011

  Real-life superheroes, those brave (and some would say foolhardy) folks who strap on costumes and battle evil wherever they can find it, are reaching media saturation. They've become a staple of night... More >>