Denver Post: When a hedge fund tries to kill the newspapers it owns, journalists must fight back
Professional newspaper journalists aren’t known for publicly expressing their opinions, so imagine my surprise back in June 2016 when my Denver Post colleagues asked me if I would join them in a protest.
My colleagues were planning to demonstrate against a New York hedge fund that was choking out a respected Colorado institution, a Denver business that had served the public for more than a century.
Fellow editors, reporters, page designers and artists — normally known outside the newsroom for their unbiased public presence and stringent ethical standards — made T-shirts and picket signs, organized a slate of speakers and invited media outlets with which The Post competes to attend.