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Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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<i>Denver Post</i>‘s YourHub: Community Journalism Project’s Life and Death

Denver Post‘s YourHub: Community Journalism Project’s Life and Death

By Michael RobertsJune 6, 2025

“Facebook and Google have blown newspaper advertising out of the water.”

Did Adolf Hitler Own Land in Colorado?

Did Adolf Hitler Own Land in Colorado?

By Michael RobertsJune 5, 2025

Some accounts portray him as an absentee Colorado landlord who had fifteen sections of cattle country. No bull.

Pearl Street Mall Attack and Boulder King Soopers Shooting: Similarities and Differences

Pearl Street Mall Attack and Boulder King Soopers Shooting: Similarities and Differences

By Michael RobertsJune 4, 2025

The assaults had different assailants and outcomes, but both stirred anti-Muslim hate.

Boulder Attack Grabs National Media Obsessed With Divisive Content

Boulder Attack Grabs National Media Obsessed With Divisive Content

By Michael RobertsJune 3, 2025

A lack of facts didn’t stop cable-news pundits from opining.

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How Fifty Years of Gentrification Has Changed Denver

By Michael RobertsJune 2, 2025

Denver is among the U.S. cities with the most gentrifying neighborhoods since the ’70s, with Uptown being a clear example.

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Nuggets Fans on How to Fix Team After Game 7 Pulverizing by Thunder

By Michael RobertsMay 19, 2025

Favorite trade targets include Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray.

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Nuggets Fans Debate Who to Blame After Second Straight Fourth Quarter Gag

By Michael RobertsMay 14, 2025

The defeat leaves Denver on the brink of playoffs elimination.

Nuggets Fans as Exhausted as Players After Game 4 Loss to Thunder

Nuggets Fans as Exhausted as Players After Game 4 Loss to Thunder

By Michael RobertsMay 12, 2025

Denver’s short bench proved to be a major liability.

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Nuggets Nation Reacts to Crushing Game 2 Loss to Thunder

By Michael RobertsMay 8, 2025

The Nuggets’ doom was sealed in the first half, when Oklahoma City scored almost 90 points.

Nuggets Nation in Happy Shock After Game 1 Win Over OKC Thunder

Nuggets Nation in Happy Shock After Game 1 Win Over OKC Thunder

By Michael RobertsMay 6, 2025

Everything went wrong for Denver…until it didn’t.

Nuggets Fans Looking Ahead to OKC After Game 7 Blowout of Clippers

Nuggets Fans Looking Ahead to OKC After Game 7 Blowout of Clippers

By Michael RobertsMay 4, 2025

The Nuggets role players finally showed up and showed out

Nuggets Fans Suffer Ugly Flashbacks After Game Six Win by Clippers

Nuggets Fans Suffer Ugly Flashbacks After Game Six Win by Clippers

By Michael RobertsMay 2, 2025

And game seven at home on Saturday is far from a lock…

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Denver Club King Regas Christou’s Party Is Almost Over

By Michael RobertsApril 30, 2025

The man behind Club Vinyl and the Church, which now have new owners, is moving on.

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Nuggets Fans Are F-ing Pissed After Game 3 Annihilation By Clippers

By Michael RobertsApril 25, 2025

The playoff blow-out was among the most embarrassing in Nuggets history.

Shedeur Sanders Stars in NFL Draft’s First Round By Being Rejected

By Michael RobertsApril 25, 2025

The Sanders storyline was months in the making, but some analysts never saw him as first-round material.

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Nuggets Fans: Jokic Mistakes Led to Game Two Loss to Clippers

By Michael RobertsApril 22, 2025

Fair? Probably not – but such is reality for the squad’s 2024-2025 edition.

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Nuggets, Russell Westbrook Avoid Gagging Away Versus Clippers

By Michael RobertsApril 20, 2025

The Nuggets eventually overcame a fifteen-point deficit.

What Netflix’s Forrest Fenn Treasure Hunt Docuseries Tries to Bury

What Netflix’s Forrest Fenn Treasure Hunt Docuseries Tries to Bury

By Michael RobertsApril 9, 2025

As many as eight people may have died looking for Fenn’s gold.

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Records on Main in Littleton Opening April 26

By Michael RobertsApril 3, 2025

Metro Denver’s latest record store has a life-and-death backstory that postponed its opening.

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The Twelve Best Radio Stations for Music in Denver

By Michael RobertsMarch 28, 2025

Denver’s radio variety is the envy of cities across the country

Sundance Film Festival’s Move to Boulder Is a Colorado Coup

Sundance Film Festival’s Move to Boulder Is a Colorado Coup

By Michael RobertsMarch 27, 2025

Sundance founder Robert Redford has lots of Boulder connections.

Remembering Norm Clarke, Swashbuckling Denver Journalism Legend

Remembering Norm Clarke, Swashbuckling Denver Journalism Legend

By Michael RobertsMarch 20, 2025

“I can’t name a time when he got something wrong, but if he did, he was devastated, because he always wanted to get it right.”

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