The Denver Post: Fred Brown, a longtime Denver Post political reporter who was also an indefatigable advocate for media ethics and open government access, has died at age 85.

Brown, who died Wednesday, is remembered as “an institution” at The Post, working at the paper from 1963 to 2002. He covered Colorado politics for decades as a reporter, chief of the paper’s Capitol Bureau, political editor and finally as a columnist.

After his retirement, he went on to leave his mark on the next generation of journalists in his role as a media ethics instructor at the University of Denver. He has also influenced media ethics nationally, with his name appearing on the cover of the Society of Professional Journalists’ ethics guidebook.

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