Westword

For the Alberta publication WestWord, see Writers Guild of Alberta.
Not to be confused with Westworld.

Westword
TypeAlternative weekly
FormatMagazine
Owner(s)Voice Media Group
PublisherScott Tobias
EditorPatricia Calhoun
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
Headquarters1278 Lincoln St, Denver, Colorado, 80203, USA
Circulation67,520 (as of 2014)[1]
Websitewestword.com

Westword is a free digital and print media publication based in Denver, Colorado. Westword publishes daily online coverage of local news, restaurants, music and arts, as well as longform narrative journalism. A weekly print issue circulates every Thursday. Westword has been owned by Voice Media Group since January 2013, when a group of senior executives bought out the previous owners.

Patricia Calhoun has been editor of Westword since she and two of her friends founded the publication in 1977. Calhoun and her former partners sold the newspapers to New Times Media in 1983.[2] In 2005, New Times Media acquired Village Voice Media, and took on the Village Voice Media name as part of a deal that created a group of 14 publications nationwide.[3] In January 2013, former Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought VVM's papers and associated web properties and formed Voice Media Group.[4]

Westword has received several awards for investigative reporting and feature writing, including the 2017 Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for Chris Walker's story "Acid Trip".[5]

The publication's website, westword.com, offers daily news coverage along with comprehensive listings of music, arts and other events, along with restaurants and bar listings.

  1. ^ Alliance for Audited Media
  2. ^ Vane, Sharyn (November 1998). "Consider the Alternative". American Journalism Review. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  3. ^ Richard Siklos (October 24, 2005). "The Village Voice, Pushing 50, Prepares to Be Sold to a Chain of Weeklies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "Village Voice Media Execs Acquire The Company's Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company". Tech Crunch. September 24, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  5. ^ "Acid Trip: Denver's Secret LSD Labs Fueled the Psychedelic Revolution" Westword.com