Today marks a special moment for Colorado and The Colorado Sun

Today marks a special moment for Colorado and The Colorado Sun

Seven years ago today under an overcast sky, I walked with seven colleagues onto Denver’s Civic Center park to do something our group of experienced journalists had never done before: Hold our own news conference. Amid very familiar surroundings (a certain newspaper building loomed behind us), we stepped into uncharted territory with excitement, anxiety and determination. We worried about whether we would get rained out. We wondered whether anyo…