Email Author Melanie Asmar

Awards

• 2012 - GLAAD Media Awards, published May 5, 2011

  "Coming Out in America"

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published March 17, 2011

  "Say What?"

• 2012 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published May 26, 2011

  "Passing on Education"

• 2011 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published June 10, 2010

  "Teacher's Fret"

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2010 Stories by Melanie Asmar

• Read the reports that helped seal P.S. 1 Charter School's fate

  published Jan 13, 2010

  The evidence against P.S. 1 Charter School, the subject of this week's feature, "P.S. 1 Didn't Make the Grade, But Can Anything Replace Denver's Longest-running Charter Schoolr," is harsh. Several rep... More >>

• Hoax caller Rozita Swinton, who may have set off polygamist raid, pleads guilty to unrelated charge

  published Jan 13, 2010

  Rozita Swinton may finally get the help she needs. The 35-year-old Colorado Springs woman, who authorities believe made a hoax call that triggered a massive raid on a breakaway Mormon polygamist sec... More >>

• Does Miss Rodeo Colorado 2010 want to save animalsr Or eat themr

  published Jan 12, 2010

  If you can't make it to the National Western Stock Show to see Miss Rodeo Colorado Kasie Pigg -- either the way cartoonist Kenny Be imagined her, or the way she appears on her website and her Faceboo... More >>

• Three new DPS boardmembers talk charters

  published January 14, 2010

  The future of charter schools in Denver looked bright in 2009. Despite voting to close More >>

• P.S. 1 didn't make the grade, but can anything replace Denver's longest-running charter school?

  published January 14, 2010

  Five students stand together at the front of a bright, spacious classroom. The tables that serve as desks are pushed aside and the chairs... More >>

• Will La La and Melo help NBA stars find lover

  published Jan 11, 2010

  La La Vazquez, former MTV veejay and fiance of Nuggets starter Carmelo Anthony, knows a bit about love-themed reality shows -- especially the VH1 kind that star gold-toothed-'80s-rappers-who-once-had... More >>

• Colorado law: Banjos be deadly

  published Jan 11, 2010

  Everyone knows that banjos are awesome. But are they also deadlyr According to Colorado law, that depends on how you use them. If you use your banjo for, say, pickin', you're all good. If you use it... More >>

• Report: 12 percent of youth report sexual abuse at youth corrections facility in Golden

  published Jan 07, 2010

  Nearly one in eight youth in juvenile corrections facilities nationwide report having been sexually assaulted, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Justice. There are other s... More >>

• DIA has been looking at passengers naked since 2008

  published Jan 06, 2010

  The debate over whether TSA's full-body scanners are porn-y or not has been ignited again by reports that one of the fancy machines would have detected an explosive packet carried aboard a Detroit fl... More >>

• Gay Ski Week is back at Vail

  published Jan 05, 2010

  Vail's Gay Ski Week is back! According to the Associated Press, the days-long celebration of everything gay and ski-y was canceled last year due to the economic downturn. But this year, the economy... More >>