Comments on: Rocky Mountain News: That’s My Newspaper, Closing

By: Mary Elizabeth

Mary Elizabeth — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:56:26 +0000

Absolutely beautiful. Everything that's happening in the media industry right now is breaking my heart. If misery loves company, it's all hell of a love fest right now.

By: margaret kranyak

margaret kranyak — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:33:00 +0000

Oh Lisa that was beautiful and brought tears to my eyes.

By: Mike Cote

Mike Cote — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:37:28 +0000

Lisa, you described an agency you worked for as a workshop for crazy people. Sounds like a newsroom to me.

By: Shelley Gonzales

Shelley Gonzales — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:36:00 +0000

I loved reading this Lisa; thanks for the link today. You made me smile with your sharp memory — don't know why my 16 years there remains a bit fuzzy. And I don't even drink! The shuttering of the News is truly heartbreaking.

By: Lynn Bronikowski

Lynn Bronikowski — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:35:58 +0000

Thank you, Lisa, for taking me down memory lane. And yes, those photos of me at a Halloween Party dressed fashionably as the late Dawn Denzer and waving a fan of party invitations are still around, along with many others such as Sue Lindsay as Tammy Fay Baker and Linda McDonnell as Madonna. On my desk is a copy of Gene Amole's book — fittingly titled The Last Chapter — my heart goes out to everyone at the Rocky and all of Denver really.

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:41:40 +0000

Clearly I blocked that part out.

I think I was one of the few women in the newsroom Norm didn't hit on. Or maybe he did and I blocked that out too.

By: Lisa Greim

Lisa Greim — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:11:38 +0000

You're all very kind. That felt good to write.

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:11:35 +0000

This is beautiful Lisa. I will miss the paper, and already miss our friends there. But a correction is in order. What I actually said after riding in the Miata with Norm was that he billed the ride like this: "It's not a convertible. It's a pervertible — the top doesn't go down, but the driver does." Now I sit next to Husted. It's almost the same.

By: Staci Busby

Staci Busby — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:11:27 +0000

What a tribute to an incredible community of talent and personalities. Thank you for sharing.

By: Tom Matthews

Tom Matthews — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:54:56 +0000

Touching and beautifully done. Made me think of my newsroom days, the nondailies bought up by the large metros, and the mid-size dailies then robust, now struggling against their own online cannibalism. Made me think about the characters, the good friends gone, and yes, a few jerks. And about the solid professionals still hoping for a turnaround as they do what they love. While idealogues rail against "the media" because what they report doesn't always conform to those individuals' beliefs, we all — individually and as a nation — are diminished when a great newspaper dies.