Summary: In recent months, the Denver Post has been making national headlines -- though not for its journalism. Instead, it has been making big news because it has faced waves of layoffs at the hands of the hedge fund that bought the paper a few years ago. The Post has been seen as the most illustrative example of a larger trend whereby local news outlets are being crippled by budget cuts. On this episode, I talk to Denver Post features reporter John Wenzel, who has worked at the Denver Post for 18 years, and who has been an outspoken critic of the paper’s owners.
