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David O. Williams is the editor and co-founder of RealVail.com and has had his awarding-winning work (see About Us) published in more than 75 newspapers and magazines around the world, including 5280 Magazine, American Way Magazine (American Airlines), the Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), the Anchorage Daily Press (Alaska), Aspen Daily News, Aspen Journalism, the Aspen Times, Beaver Creek Magazine, the Boulder Daily Camera, the Casper Star Tribune (Wyoming), the Chicago Tribune, Colorado Central Magazine, the Colorado Independent (formerly Colorado Confidential), Colorado Newsline, Colorado Politics (formerly the Colorado Statesman), Colorado Public News, the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Colorado Springs Independent, the Colorado Statesman (now Colorado Politics), the Colorado Times Recorder, the Cortez Journal, the Craig Daily Press, the Curry Coastal Pilot (Oregon), the Daily Trail (Vail), the Del Norte Triplicate (California), the Denver Daily News, the Denver Gazette, the Denver Post, the Durango Herald, the Eagle Valley Enterprise, the Eastside Journal (Bellevue, Washington), ESPN.com, Explore Big Sky (Mont.), the Fort Morgan Times (Colorado), the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, the Greeley Tribune, the Huffington Post, the King County Journal (Seattle, Washington), the Kingman Daily Miner (Arizona), KUNC.org (northern Colorado), LA Weekly, the Las Vegas Sun, the Leadville Herald-Democrat, the London Daily Mirror, the Moab Times Independent (Utah), the Montgomery Journal (Maryland), the Montrose Daily Press, The New York Times, the Parent’s Handbook, Peaks Magazine (now Epic Life), People Magazine, Powder Magazine, the Pueblo Chieftain, PT Magazine, the Rio Blanco Herald Times (Colorado), Rocky Mountain Golf Magazine, the Rocky Mountain News, RouteFifty.com (formerly Government Executive State and Local), the Salt Lake Tribune, SKI Magazine, Ski Area Management, SKIING Magazine, the Sky-Hi News, the Steamboat Pilot & Today, the Sterling Journal Advocate (Colorado), the Summit Daily News, United Hemispheres (United Airlines), Vail/Beaver Creek Magazine, Vail en Español, Vail Health Magazine, Vail Valley Magazine, the Vail Daily, the Vail Trail, Westword (Denver), Writers on the Range and the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Williams is also the founder, publisher and editor of RealVail.com and RockyMountainPost.com.
To hell with vulture capitalists like Alden … and newspapers that screw freelancers
It’s been a brutal decade for freelance journalists. From a high-water mark of 2007, when I actually made a living wage, through the great recession that led to the death…
Kennedy, Stapleton take top lines on primary ballots in governor’s race
Former Colorado treasurer and Denver Deputy Mayor Cary Kennedy kept her powerful push to the primary rolling Saturday at the Democratic Party state assembly in Broomfield, securing nearly 62 percent of…
More than 2 feet of fresh snow at Vail, Beaver Creek as closing day looms
I spent a couple hours Monday morning in Royal Elk Glade – my favorite part of Beaver Creek. A recent, multi-day storm cycle deposited 27 inches of thick, wet snow…
Ski-racing, broadcasting legend Beattie dies at age 85
According to the Aspen Times, legendary ski-industry broadcast and ski-racing innovator Bob Beattie of Aspen died Sunday at his son’s home in Fruita. Beattie was 85. In honor of Beattie,…
Forget the blue wave, Coffman, Kennedy see women’s wave in governor’s race
Two women considered among the frontrunners in Colorado’s 2018 gubernatorial election say female voters are energized, angry and engaged in the current campaign cycle because of the ongoing debate over…
Mitsch Bush says CD3 now in ‘very real play’ after Lamb victory in Pennsylvania
Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush on Wednesday pounced on Tuesday’s apparent special-election win by Democrat Conor Lamb in the former Trump-Country stronghold of western Pennsylvania as evidence Republic U.S. Rep. Scott…
Vail’s Johnston tops preference poll at Eagle County Democratic Party Precinct Caucuses
Not surprisingly, Eagle County Democrats would like to see Vail’s own Mike Johnston become the next governor of the state of Colorado. At the 2018 Eagle County Democratic Party Precinct Caucuses…
Parkland massacre sparks debate on threat reporting versus privacy at Colorado schools
Colorado schools are reacting in a variety of ways to the most recent high school massacre Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida, and Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman has reached out to…
Kobe win during #MeToo #TimesUp Oscars a painful blast from past for Vail Valley residents
The Vail Valley got a much-needed blast of winter snow during the Oscars Sunday night, but the awards themselves provided a somewhat painful blast from the past when former Los…
Dems blast GOP for handling of Colorado Senate sexual harassment claims
The state representative for Eagle and Routt counties, Democratic Rep. Dylan Roberts, took to Twitter Thursday to castigate Colorado Senate Republicans for their handling of sexual harassment claims against three…