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February 27, 2009 | 8:11 am
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It’s been a long day and a long night. It is too early to say what’s next, but please stick with us as we regroup here in the coming days. Some of our friends and colleagues are moving on to the Denver Post, but it’s 10 people out of a newsroom of almost 250. Those moving on are not the only people responsible for bringing you the news nor the only people you’ve come to trust for the news. There is a group of copy editors, designers, reporters and web producers who want to do tomorrow what they were doing yesterday. We’ll see what shape that takes in the coming days, so stay tuned.
I sure hope that those at the Rocky responsible for its web site will be able to figure out a way to continue their excellent work. I definitely would be willing to pay a subscription to continue to get the news from the best the region, and possibly the country, has to offer. I am very sorry that the Rocky has been closed–the quality the Post offers doesn’t come anywhere close to that of the Rocky–and hope that we won’t lose the very important function you all perform.
I relocated to Colorado Springs 21 years ago from Chicago – a great sports and newspaper town. Your paper was the only paper on par with the Chicago Tribune for it’s indepth sports coverage. As my family grew and my son made his way into high school wrestling, it was your paper I turned to to get the most up to date prep news even for Colorado Springs. I was glad the Rocky made it through last weeekend to cover one last State Wrestling Championship and to offer the best coverage in the state of Colorado. I enjoyed opening the paper each morning to see the great pictures and stories from the Pepsi Center.
The coverage of the Rockies was second to none especially during the magical days of the great World Series run. My office door was plasetered with your front pages durign that heady time.
To the Staff I wish you the best of luck and hope to find you again someday soon!
Who among you is going on to The Post. The bigwigs?
I was disheartened to read this news today, was choked up when I watched the video, and had to post something on my own site.
Thank you for making it possible to embed the video.
Rock on!
I echo the calls for the Rocky staff to continue with an excellent product. Your Web site is great, and your content is in demand.
Kudos to a group of great journalists!
The Rocky will be missed.
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Dear our friends at the Rocky,
I come to you asking for those who want to continue on with the noble job of giving us Coloradan’s the best news coverage, People of Colorado want the rocky no matter what form it is in. This is your chance to own the Rocky!
I look forward to seeing content on this site showing everyone some dreams don’t die they get re-imagined.
This is heartbreaking. I am forever appreciative of all the staff and your example of true journalism with passion.
I have grown up with the Rocky Mountain News and I am devastated that I will not be able to read quality news anymore. As a young Denver native, the Rocky has provided me with information about my home and the world around me. We need a local paper with reporters covering what really matters to the people of Colorado. The mainstream media is not focused on our lives and events in the Mile High city; their concern is focused on celebrities with minimal coverage of the world outside of Hollywood. The Rocky and all of it’s incredible staff will be missed.
what can I do? just ask. go go go. do whatever it takes to work. Remember Ben Franklin…
I want my Rocky is my home page now, so I will be closely monitoring the site. I’m willing to pay a subscription fee to experience the same quality that was delivered to my door.
I believe there are others out there that are purest who also want that. We want the hard news, the serious news that’s researched, not the blog junk with loose details, unconfirmed information. Give us the real thing Rocky.
As a recent former copy editor at The Kansas City Star, I am deeply saddened by what’s happened to The Rocky. My God bless you and open doors for all of you. My thoughts and best wishes to everyone there.
I’m just angry about this whole situation and everyone affected by it. I’ve been reading the Rocky ever since I can remember, and closing it is a travesty.
Scripps could have done much more to prevent this. They should be ashamed of themselves!
My best to everyone involved with the paper. I will miss your talents, and hope to be able to enjoy them again someday.
Thank you for sharing the final chapter.
Much like the Titanic, your greatest story is that of your demise.
The edition that has actually gone coast to coast, the final edition.
I will never forget this story and the possible lessons that lie within, and I was only in Colorado a short time many many years ago.
Best regards to you all, thanks for sharing the videos, they were sureal….I now know what it looks like to have the rug pulled out from under you…..scary and sad.
Every end is a new beginning, and god has a plan for all of us. 150 years, and again, it is your final story that is the one that has touched the world. Best Regards to you all, and thanks…
No one will ever know how hard you guys fought for your newspaper and your city. You approached your work with so much commitment, talent and love. The work you did since December, both here on this website and in the Rocky, speaks to the best qualities of the human spirit and our American tradition.
I will always want my Rocky.
Who is going to hold the government’s feet to the fire for the issues related to “Deadly Denial.” The investigative reporting of Laura Franks and the entire team will be sorely missed. Who’s going to ask the tough RTD and transportation issues – without Kevin Flynn? Who’s going to question the mayor, Jeanne Robb and the rest of the group that wants to add a building to Civic Center Park? The team of top notch journalists at the Rocky MOuntain News will be sorely missed. Surely there’s a business model that will work for your voices to continue to be heard. Count me in for a subscription. Your work is too important to our community.
I went to work at the Rocky for the last time on February 27. I arrived around 8:00 a.m. and stayed until about 5:30, answering calls almost nonstop except for my break, during which I assured my Dad that I was going to be fine. At the end of the day one of my bosses expressed appreciation for my work over the years, and that was deeply appreciated. I will miss everyone (even those with whom I had differences) and everything about my job except 1. Researching and writing that freaking Rocky Flashback item – a tiny part of the weekly paper, but something that I’m ashamed to say that I rarely put 100% into, and 2. The random callers who were convinced that aliens were taking over Capitol Hill and/or running the federal government and/or implanting electronic devices in peoples’ kneecaps. R.I.P. Rocky 1859-2009.