Washington Park Profile

The Denver Newspaper Guild Local 37074 is a union representing newspaper employees across Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Montana, as well as employees of unions and nonprofit organizations. Their mission is to advocate for local journalism, support workers’ rights, and promote transparency within the media industry. Through various initiatives, including collaborative events like beer releases with local businesses and campaigns to protect local newspapers, the Guild actively engages the community in preserving quality journalism. They strive to diversify newsroom coverage and confront challenges posed by corporate ownership in the media landscape. Generated from the website

Westword is one of the largest alternative weeklies in the country. The newspaper features stories on film, music, dining, culture, nightlife, news and features. The newspaper caters to the young, being read in college classrooms, coffeehouses and corporate offices. Westword is the recipient of numerous awards including being awarded second place for an editorial story by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. The paper was founded in 1977 in Denver, Colo. and was purchased by New Times Media in 1983. Readers can pick up the paper locally, or subscribe and read its contents online.