I made my @netflix.com debut today on the Trainwreck series that includes the Balloon Boy hoax. Here's my 5280 magazine story—from way back—that got the producers interested: www.5280.com/the-balloon-...

as well as: @brockm.bsky.social on American dissonance @scottsayare.bsky.social on paleontological drama @milehighrobert.bsky.social on microdosing for mental health @henrywismayer.bsky.social on the fury of solar storms @ericlevitz.bsky.social on the decline of reading & more

"I always feel like journalism should be more of a two-way street. I feel that especially today, the way there's just so much distrust about media. The more open we can be as journalists with our readers, [the better]." @milehighrobert.bsky.social niemanstoryboard.org/2025/06/27/m...

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: A lesson in first-person storytelling from @milehighrobert.bsky.social, @thelincoln.bsky.social in conversation with his book editor, and more... niemanstoryboard.org/2025/06/27/p... #longreads #journalism #booksky

Thank you!

3. "I Tried Magic Mushrooms for My Mental Health. Here’s What Happened." @milehighrobert.bsky.social ". . .in his observations I recognize the same quiet awe I felt that night long ago—and how a new experience can also feel like coming home to yourself." www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...

"Colorado’s psychedelic movement has not only been supported by clinicians and policymakers, but it’s also increasingly embraced by private capital financiers, wellness gurus, wine moms, and tech bros." @milehighrobert.bsky.social for 5280: www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...

For 5280 magazine, I wrote about psilocybin and the group of Colorado scientists unlocking its potential as a palliative treatment. I visited the state's first psilocybin “wellness clinic” and I microdosed the drug to show readers how it might help them. www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...

How did a right-wing YouTube troll from New York shut down a VFW pilot program in a Colorado prison? I decided to find out. www.5280.com/everyone-lov... (5280 magazine)

Thank you, @longreads.com!

My latest for 5280 magazine: A Colorado prison was the nation's first correctional facility to get a VFW post—which paired inmates with prison employees. The prison VFW was going great... until a popular, right-wing YouTube troll found out about it. www.5280.com/everyone-lov...

My latest story for 5280 magazine is on legal deserts in Colorado and how justice is elusive for lots of people who live in far-flung places. I hope you enjoy it. www.5280.com/what-do-you-...

Looking back at the past 12 months, there weren’t a lot of wins for the public’s right to know. #coleg #copolitics

When I worked at the Rocky Mountain News, a reader emailed me: "What you gonna do when the INS comes for you?"

I did a Q&A for 5280 magazine with a woman who runs a Colorado-based Santa school. This lady is awesome: www.5280.com/how-a-local-...

These restrictions are frightening if you like the idea of an open government and an informed citizenry.

"Media companies that replace their writers with AI, continue to chase traffic by doing the same articles everyone else is doing, and focus heavily on appeasing social media platforms will continue to struggle," @jasonkoebler.bsky.social predicts.

Buy @SethWickersham's book! Pre-order now. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/789617...

I have a journalism degree and I swapped out my gas cooktop without blowing up my family. Ask me anything.

I was at Wray's baseball field three weeks ago. How funny.

RIP

I've gone from a Mizzou grad to a Mizzou dad. My son is taking his immense talents to CoMo in the fall, and I couldn't be prouder/happier.

1996-era Tattered Cover was the best Tattered Cover.

Jack Herrera also did this great New Yorker story on a Jesuit priest working at the border: www.newyorker.com/news/dispatc...

My friend just retired as the literary curator of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos, and they're looking for his replacement. This is a sweeeeet job. For one, you'd be in charge of Cormac McCarthy's papers. I told you it was sweet. jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/50230

Journalism friends, please share: The @denverpost.com is hiring an ace reporter to cover the ins and outs of Denver's city government, and what all that means for the people who live and work here. Full details, including pay range, at the link below. #journalismjobs

It's an end of an era at 5280 magazine, here in Denver. On to the next chapter.... www.5280.com/new-owner/

Whenever I feel down about my writing, I'm going to think about Hallmark's "Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story" and remember that someone got paid to write that.

The Mysterious History Behind the Murders That Led Up to the Sand Creek Massacre No one really knows who killed the Hungate family, but their deaths were used to justify one of the American military's worst atrocities. www.5280.com/the-mysterio...

This went viral on that other place long time ago… but it still holds true #writer #writers #writingcommunity #authors verbplow.blogspot.com/2013/10/15-w...

Join me in supporting the Columbia Missourian! mizzougivedirect.missouri.edu/fund.aspx?it... #MizzouGiveDirect

I'm Robert: My ninth-grade English teacher said I'd fail as a journalist.

My latest in 5280 magazine is "The Killing Field." It's the story of a murdered, Civil War-era pioneer family and how Coloradans used the deaths to foment atrocities against Native Americans at Sand Creek. I hope you enjoy this bit of history. 5280.com/the-mysterio...

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