Email Author Joel Warner

Awards

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

  "Black and Blue"

• 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"

• 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"

• 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

• Career Service Authority wars with Denver Auditor's office: The "Inside Job" documents

  published Jul 06, 2011

  "During my tenure as Auditor, I have never had to write a transmittal letter as detailed and scalding as this one," Denver City Auditor Dennis Gallagher wrote in the cover letter to his office's recen... More >>

• Career Service Authority wars with Denver Auditor's office: The "Inside Job" documents

  published Jul 06, 2011

  "During my tenure as Auditor, I have never had to write a transmittal letter as detailed and scalding as this one," Denver City Auditor Dennis Gallagher wrote in the cover letter to his office's recen... More >>

• Career Service Authority wars with Denver Auditor's office: The "Inside Job" documents

  published Jul 06, 2011

  "During my tenure as Auditor, I have never had to write a transmittal letter as detailed and scalding as this one," Denver City Auditor Dennis Gallagher wrote in the cover letter to his office's recen... More >>

• Career Service Authority wars with Denver Auditor's office: The "Inside Job" documents

  published Jul 06, 2011

  "During my tenure as Auditor, I have never had to write a transmittal letter as detailed and scalding as this one," Denver City Auditor Dennis Gallagher wrote in the cover letter to his office's recen... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Inside Job: Denver's Career Service Authority watches out for employee trouble, but who watches out for trouble in the CSA?

  published July 7, 2011

  The trouble started not long after Troy Bettinger was hired in June 2008 as a supervisor for the Recruiting Section of Denver's Career Service... More >>

• Novo Coffee gets its hands on the Geisha, the world's most celebrated (and costly) bean

  published Jun 30, 2011

  As Denver's boutique coffee scene continues to develop, establishments are offering up an ever-increasing variety of Joe, from the essence of Tanzanian peaberries extracted through a French press to S... More >>

• Novo Coffee gets its hands on the Geisha, the world's most celebrated (and costly) bean

  published Jun 30, 2011

  As Denver's boutique coffee scene continues to develop, establishments are offering up an ever-increasing variety of Joe, from the essence of Tanzanian peaberries extracted through a French press to S... More >>

• Taxi controversy: PUC denies 300 new cabs, but is there data to back up the mover

  published Jun 29, 2011

  Yesterday the Colorado Public Utilities Commission reversed PUC Judge Paul Gomez's March ruling to allow 300 more cabs in Denver streets. Gomez's ruling was divisive because he had earlier denied a po... More >>

• Taxi controversy: PUC denies 300 new cabs, but is there data to back up the mover

  published Jun 29, 2011

  Yesterday the Colorado Public Utilities Commission reversed PUC Judge Paul Gomez's March ruling to allow 300 more cabs in Denver streets. Gomez's ruling was divisive because he had earlier denied a po... More >>

• Medical marijuana and pharmacists: A prescription for confusionr

  published Jun 28, 2011

  What should pharmacists do about medical marijuanar Because it's a criminalized substance under federal law, pharmacists, like other health-care workers, aren't supposed to have anything to do with it... More >>

• Medical marijuana and pharmacists: A prescription for confusionr

  published Jun 28, 2011

  What should pharmacists do about medical marijuanar Because it's a criminalized substance under federal law, pharmacists, like other health-care workers, aren't supposed to have anything to do with it... More >>

• RTD's airport rail car model takes off from Union Station: Where does it go nowr

  published Jun 27, 2011

  This afternoon, the full-scale model of a rail car that will run to DIA is scheduled to depart from Union Station, where it's been displayed for five weeks to gather feedback. But unlike the real DIA ... More >>

• RTD's airport rail car model takes off from Union Station: Where does it go nowr

  published Jun 27, 2011

  This afternoon, the full-scale model of a rail car that will run to DIA is scheduled to depart from Union Station, where it's been displayed for five weeks to gather feedback. But unlike the real DIA ... More >>

• Marijuana Miracle-Gror: Has medical pot finally hit the big timer

  published Jun 22, 2011

  Do you believe in marijuana miraclesr Jim Hagedorn, CEO of Scotts Miracle-Gro, certainly does. The multi-national plant-food company, which is based in Ohio, is eying a product line targeted to the me... More >>

• Marijuana Miracle-Gror: Has medical pot finally hit the big timer

  published Jun 22, 2011

  Do you believe in marijuana miraclesr Jim Hagedorn, CEO of Scotts Miracle-Gro, certainly does. The multi-national plant-food company, which is based in Ohio, is eying a product line targeted to the me... More >>

• Molly Midyette appeal: Judge rejects Alex & J. Nold Midyette's demand to be heard

  published Jun 21, 2011

  Update: At a status hearing today, Boulder District Judge Lael Montgomery denied requests by Alex and J. Nold Midyette to participate in Molly Midyette's fight for a new trial. That means Molly's form... More >>

• Molly Midyette appeal: Judge rejects Alex & J. Nold Midyette's demand to be heard

  published Jun 21, 2011

  Update: At a status hearing today, Boulder District Judge Lael Montgomery denied requests by Alex and J. Nold Midyette to participate in Molly Midyette's fight for a new trial. That means Molly's form... More >>

• Denver police brutality: City legal payouts pale compared to New York's $500 million problem

  published Jun 20, 2011

  Allegations of Denver police brutality, from Michael DeHerrera's beating in LoDo to Alex Landau getting pummeled after allegedly making an illegal left turn, continue to make headlines. But how bad i... More >>

• Denver police brutality: City legal payouts pale compared to New York's $500 million problem

  published Jun 20, 2011

  Allegations of Denver police brutality, from Michael DeHerrera's beating in LoDo to Alex Landau getting pummeled after allegedly making an illegal left turn, continue to make headlines. But how bad i... More >>

• Ones and Zeros machinima fest to feature Leeroy Jenkins, local World of Warcraft hero

  published Jun 17, 2011

  Leeroy Jenkins is back! The World of Warcraftvideo game character (and the local gamer behind him Ben Schulz) shot to international super-stardom thanks to a 2005 viral video. While the psycho-warrior... More >>

• Leeroy Jenkins, World of Warcraft hero, to appear at Ones and Zeros' Machinima Fest

  published Jun 16, 2011

  The Broomfield Council of the Arts and Humanities series Ones and Zeros features film and animation made with new technologies -- like this Saturday's showcase for machinima, the use of video games to... More >>

• Leeroy Jenkins, World of Warcraft hero, to appear at Ones and Zeros' Machinima Fest

  published Jun 16, 2011

  The Broomfield Council of the Arts and Humanities series Ones and Zeros features film and animation made with new technologies -- like this Saturday's showcase for machinima, the use of video games to... More >>

• Molly Midyette legal appeal: Special prosecutor to replace Boulder DA Stan Garnett

  published Jun 15, 2011

  The prosecution of Molly and Alex Midyette by the Boulder District Attorney's Office led to convictions for both regarding the 2006 death of their twelve-week-old son Jason. But now Molly is appealing... More >>

• Molly Midyette legal appeal: Special prosecutor to replace Boulder DA Stan Garnett

  published Jun 15, 2011

  The prosecution of Molly and Alex Midyette by the Boulder District Attorney's Office led to convictions for both regarding the 2006 death of their twelve-week-old son Jason. But now Molly is appealing... More >>

• Medical marijuana cost Paul Curry his job at MillerCoors: Could it set legal precedentr

  published Jun 14, 2011

  Paul Curry recently lost his job at MillerCoors in Golden for testing positive for pot -- even though he's a registered medical marijuana patient. Now, having retained big-shot pot attorney Rob Corry,... More >>