North Denver News

Linda Shapley, publisher, Colorado Community Media I’m Linda Shapley, publisher of Colorado Community Media, and a longtime denizen of local journalism. Since we acquired The Denver North Star and G.E.S. Gazette last month, it’s been a whirlwind of activity – acquiring domain names, transferring emails and handling the business-side of news production. I’m hoping that with the behind-the-scenes whirlwind, you saw no disruption in your... Read more...

By David Sabados David Sabados In 2019, we founded The Denver North Star to fill a community need. The long running North Denver Tribune had closed a few years prior and residents were left without a hyperlocal news source. I’m unbelievably proud of the work this small team puts into creating a high quality, award-winning newspaper each month. It has grown into its tagline, “Your guide to politics, arts, and culture in North... Read more...

By David Sabados David Sabados Back in September, we updated the community that the paper has been struggling financially. Thank you to everyone who donated, offered ideas or just offered up kind words of support. We truly appreciate all of you. Today, I wanted to share an update, and again ask for your help. As you might know, we publish both The Denver North Star here in NW Denver and The G.E.S. Gazette, which serves the... Read more...

By David Sabados Last month I penned a note about the paper struggling with decreased revenue and increased costs. The community response has been amazing. We received $5 to $500 contributions from individuals who wrote to us about how important the paper is to them. You sent over $3,000 to help cover our short-term costs while we figure out long-term solutions. Thank you! We are talking with prospective advertisers who see both the... Read more...

From 1934-2017, North Denver was served by a family run publication called The North Denver Tribune. When it closed, we all felt the loss of not having a paper that helped foster community. In 2019, a few of us decided to create The Denver North Star to fill that void. For the last four years, we’ve worked to bring our community articles on development and growth, hyper-local politics, arts, culture and more: award winning stories about... Read more...