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Photos by Loren Holmes for the Anchorage Daily NewsWhat happens when communities lack law enforcement?For many of us, this may seem like a theoretical question. But through reporting based on hundreds of public records requests and

The College of Media, Communication and Information is developing a new student multimedia enterprise set to roll out next fall.

A strong editorial can change things. Its power comes from the fact it represents a voice far greater than any one individual. Writing editorials isn’t the same as other types of writing. Reading them puts you in a different state of mind. Chuck Plunkett, former Denver Post editorial page editor, directs the CU News Corps program within the journalism department at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. @chuckplunkett

Eight months after publishing a special section decrying massive layoffs at The Denver Post and criticizing its owners for losing sight of the paper’s mission, former editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett will be honored by the National Press Club Nov. 29 for igniting a national dialogue about the fate of local journalism.

Former Denver Post editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett will join the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ this fall as director of CU News Corps, a program of the College of Media, Communication and Information.

This is the story of Guillermo "Bill" Vidal, former mayor Denver, and the first immigrant to become a mayor of a major American city. Our crew of student-journalists and professional documentarians went to the island nation on a mission to travel back in time through Vidals' life.