PLEASE, PLEASE WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO BY THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
Its over, the Rocky Mountain News will close it's doors after publishing their last issue today, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.
We've known that this day was coming since December but seeing the headline pop up on my computer screen this afternoon isn't something that I was expecting. You can never truly prepare yourself for these situations and as a result, they make you fill sick to your stomach. The Rocky, as it's known to Coloradans, is a daily online stop for me when when I go through my list of bookmarks. I check up on what's going on in and around the city as well as take a look at what I believe is one of the most user friendly newspaper photo sections in the country. I look at The Rocky's Day in photos every single day. As a photojournalist I am always eager to see what some of the best in the industry produced the day before. As a Colorado and Denver native I love to get a sense visually of what is going on in my city.
This really hits me hard because as a young photojournalist I can't help but think that my chances of working for a paper in my hometown, or state for that matter, just became a lot more difficult.
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I'm struggling to get through this post. I'm just speechless. Nothing I write is going to seem adequate considering what just happened. This is a HUGE loss for Denver and Colorado.
The above picture is a tight crop from a self portrait that I shot back in 2007 on the steps of the State Capital which is just across the street from the Denver Newspaper Agency where the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post are located. For whatever reason the image seemed fitting. Good luck to all of the talented staff who produced one of the finest publications in the Nation.
I will miss The Rocky.
-JCE
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