Colorado Newsline: In July 2020, just several months into the COVID pandemic, Colorado Public Radio published a remarkable story about how the virus was spreading just as a “brain drain” weakened the state’s public health agency and the governor was turning to outside tech entrepreneurs for help with disease testing.

Relying on public records and more than two dozen interviews with officials and experts, CPR produced one of the most illuminating examples of Colorado journalism on the biggest news story of the era. The coverage had no agenda but the truth, and it enriched all Coloradans’ understanding of how public officials at the top of state government handled their responsibilities.

Such accountability reporting has always posed a threat to tyrants, including the tyrants in power today.

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