John Temple

Denver Post puts local news first in echo of Rocky Mountain News

The front page of today's Denver Post -- the physical version, not its website -- features a note from editor Greg Moore announcing that the paper has been "reordered." Specifically, local news, which previously ran after national and international stories, will now appear in the lead section -- a ... More >>

John Temple: Honolulu Civil Beat isn't like INDenver Times

John Temple has gone Hawaiian.​After the Rocky Mountain News shut down in February 2009, Rich Boehne, CEO of the tabloid's owner, E.W. Scripps, promised Rocky editor/publisher/president John Temple a job. But Temple turned it down to pursue other opportunities -- the largest of which turned o ... More >>

Denver won't have John Temple to kick around anymore -- because he's moving to Hawaii

That shirt looks kind of Hawaiian, doesn't it?​After the closure of the Rocky Mountain News last February, E.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne publicly promised a job to Rocky editor/publisher/president John Temple -- but he turned it down to explore other opportunities. Since then, he's consulted a ... More >>

Wall Street Journal publishes John Temple's want ad

Photo by J. KnightJohn Temple at the February news conference announcing the impending closure of the Rocky Mountain News.​ This past Friday, the Wall Street Journal gave readers a look at "Confessions of an Organization Man," an op-ed penned by John Temple, former editor, publisher and presi ... More >>

John Temple: We didn't wish death upon Dean Singleton

John Temple. It didn't take former Rocky Mountain News editor, publisher and president John Temple long to react to a startling assertion in 5280's intriguing account of the Rocky's death -- that execs at E.W. Scripps, the tabloid's owner, thought the paper might survive if MediaNews Group CEO and ... More >>

John Temple turns down E.W. Scripps job offer

Photo by J. Knight.John Temple at the February 26 press conference announcing the impending closure of the Rocky Mountain News. The months between the December announcement that the Rocky Mountain News had been put up for sale and word that it would be shutting down for good last week were filled w ... More >>

Rocky Mountain News' John Temple on whether or not this week will be "boxless"

John Temple. At staff meetings he's held on Thursdays since the December announcement that the Rocky Mountain News had been put up for sale by its owner, E.W. Scripps, John Temple, the paper's editor, publisher and president, has frequently reassured his staff that a given week would be "boxless" - ... More >>

Rocky Mountain News editor John Temple on the future of the paper: "We have no idea"

John Temple. In the February 2 blog "Rocky Mountain News' John Temple Expects Something Related to the Sale of the Paper to Happen Soon," Temple, the tabloid's editor, publisher and president, foresaw an imminent update from parent company E.W. Scripps, which put the Rocky on the block in December. ... More >>

Rocky Mountain News' John Temple expects something related to the sale of the paper to happen soon

If any press observer thought the fate of the Rocky Mountain News, which was put up for sale by E.W. Scripps almost two months ago, would remain unresolved in early February, he must have kept his opinions to himself. "I think people felt the way you did," confirms John Temple, the tabloid's edito ... More >>

Rocky Mountain News' John Temple deems KOA's alleged Scripps scoop "BS"

When he arrived at his office yesterday, Rocky Mountain News editor/publisher/president John Temple was greeted by an e-mail letting him know about a report from KOA radio claiming that executives from E.W. Scripps, the paper's owner, which put it up for sale last month, would be arriving in the n ... More >>

Debate over spiked Rocky Mountain News media column heats up

Since November 2004, Cause Communications president Jason Salzman (pictured) has written a media column for the Rocky Mountain News; his pieces run every two weeks, alternating with offerings by the Independence Institute's Dave Kopel, whose perspective is typically as conservative as Salzman's is ... More >>

The Rocky Mountain News is going down

See the video of the Rocky Mountain News for-sale announcement

The opening section of Westword's main article about the plight of the Rocky Mountain News, mentions a video of the announcement in the tabloid's newsroom featuring E.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne and John Temple, the Rocky's editor, publisher and president. Click above to witness this painful yet in ... More >>

Rocky Mountain News doesn't downplay for-sale story

There was plenty of incentive for the Rocky Mountain News to soft-pedal the decision of its parent company, E.W. Scripps, to put the tabloid up for sale on the cusp of its 150th anniversary. But to the paper's credit, editors put the story front and center. As seen here, the cover shot features Jo ... More >>

The Denver dailies: no post-election shrinkage yet

Rocky Mountain News' John Temple on new endorsement policy and "The Crevasse" series

Instead of countering the Denver Post's Obama endorsement, the Rocky Mountain News doesn't offer one

Last rites on the Rocky Mountain News's Twittering

Rocky Mountain News editor John Temple responds to criticism about Twittering a child's funeral

The Rocky Mountain News's Obama-Kenya Mea Culpa

The Rocky Mountain News's Obama-Kenya Mea Culpa

RedBlueAmerica.com Lowered to Half Mast

Olympics Travel a Hurdle for Local News Media

When it comes to travel, news organizations are asking themselves: Should we stay or should we go?

The Rocky's John Temple Warns Staffers About Consequences of Caucus Participation

A Denver Daily Wouldn't Touch Michael Garcia

The Rocky balked at printing a salacious story from an anonymous source. The Post and a political website didn't. Who was right?

Rocky Reverses Caucus Ban For Employees

The Funnies Aren't Anymore

A two-week binge on daily comic strips bored this columnist to tears.

John Temple on Why The Rocky Mountain News Won’t Go the Way of the Albuquerque Tribune

Wielding the Red Pen at the Rocky Mountain News

John Temple Melts Down

Dusty Saunders Hits the Trail

The Rocky's veteran broadcasting critic is the latest casualty of the paper's financial troubles.

The Rocky-Go-Round

Slim, Fast

Attrition has reduced the Rocky staff's size, but it's not happening quickly enough. A buyout targets another twenty positions.

Alumni Report

Shrinkage

Is the new, smaller Rocky more "convenient" than ever, or a sign of an impending newspaper apocalypse?

More Messages: "Crossing" Guard

More Messages: Snapped Up

More Messages: Open House

The Message

Skin City

The Message

Teaming Up

The Message

7th Hell

The Message

Plus-Minus

The Message

What's in a Name?

The Message

Fact or Fiction?

The Message

Diverse Opinions

Letters to the Editor

From the week of August 15, 2002

Rocky Designs

The daily gets a facelift

Inside the Temple

The Rocky's leader believes his paper is a survivor.

Conspiracy Nuts

In search of the lost boys of summer.

The Subject of a Lifetime

Gene Amole savors the opportunity to document his own demise.