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Colorado Visions Articles and Essays by Judah Ken Freed .

Writings about Colorado media, politics and the arts. Most of these articles and essays were published earlier elsewhere, but some are published exclusively here in Media Visions Journal. .

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Media | Politics | The Arts.. COLORADO MEDIA County Reaffirms Denver Tower Vote. Court-ordered hearings do not sway Jefferson County commissioners as opponents weigh their next move. Hearings Ordered for Colorado DTV Tower. Stations looking to consolidate Lookout Mountain transmission sites meet resistance from City of Golden. Denver DTV Tower Approved, Lawsuit Likely. Broadcasters wins county nod, but mountain area residents vow to fight on. Denver TV Stations in Digital Stymie. Broadcasters will leave four towers standing on Lookout Mountain if county commissioners again refuse combined tower proposal. Denver DTV 'Supertower' Faces Local Resistance. Jefferson County cites fears of tower instability and falling ice, but residents fear greater RF radiation from proposed digital TV tower. America's First New All-Digital Station Offers Hope for DTV. Rocky Mountain PBS to convert KRMU-TV into the first all-digital TV station constructed in the United States. March Madness at EchoStar Littleton-based Dish Network operator confronted three newsmaking disputes in one month. Rough times for Charlie Ergen. Globeville Studios Making Video Look Like Film Denver production house gaining favor with independent producers though John Sayles' latest feature, Silver City. KUSA Flying High with HDTV Upgrade Denver NBC affiliate is Sony beta site for digital rollout by Gannett. A Tour of the Denver Comcast Media Center National digital cable television operations center backing HDTV. CBS Affiliate Sends Wake-Up Call to Airport Security. Investigative reporting team at Denver's KCNC-TV caught Denver Police napping on the job. Here's the story behind the story. NATV Challenging Media Frontiers. A look into the past, present and future of TV on Native American lands..

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Media | Politics | The Arts.. COLORADO POLITICS Is Health Care a Natural Human Right?. Colorado leaders debate whether health care is an inalienable citizen right. Town Meeting Highlights 'Cover the Uninsured Week'. Public meeting draws strong support for covering the 41 million without health insurance. Press Conference Kicks Off 'Cover the Uninsured Week'. Colorado leaders join in national effort to influence debate on 41 million without health insurance. Genome Mapping Will Impact Health Policy. Colorado could ride the biotech track to prosperity as new science transforms health care. GOP Pushing Managed Care for Medicaid Reform. Colorado Republicans driving for managed health care based on Texas model created under Bush. Health Forum Explores Access and Affordability. Anthem leadership forum calls for physicians, hospitals, drug companies, insurers, and consumers to work together. Mayor Candidates Get Neighborly at Community Forum. Washington Park neighborhood forum reveals as much about local politics as the candidates themselves. Denver Mayoral Candidates Appear on TV forum. Eight of the 14 candidates for Mayor offer views on Aaron Harber Show, broadcast on KBDI-TV12. Harber also offers his take on the candidates. Auditor Candidates Seeing Red at Neighborhood Forum. Vague allusion to misuse of city funds sparks angry reaction from one of the leading Auditor candidates. Colorado Water Partnership Pitches Drought Plan. Colorado Water Partnership pitches Front Range solutions for the worsening shortages. New Legislators Meet the Lobbyists. Recently elected legislators in the Colorado General Assembly discover the six categories of lobbyists. Departing Legislators Proffer Advice to Newbies. Colorado General Assembly veterans reveal wisdom that new state legislators never hear in the formal orientation. Conservatives and Liberals Clash in 'Great Debate'. William Bennett and Karen Hughes square off with Dottie Lamm and others in Bridges to The Future forum. Transportation Summit Maps Out the Road Ahead. Congressional delegation joins Denver Chamber and RTD in promoting state transportation plans. Technology Summit Considers High-Tech Future. Military and biotech highlighted in state summit meeting. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison offered keynote pitch. NCSL: Project Citizen Teaches Youth Power of Democracy. Youth engaged in politics present their case at annual meeting for National Conference of State Legislators. NCSL: Distrust Between Legislators, Lobbyists, Press. Options to improve relationships discussed at annual meeting for National Conference of State Legislators. NCSL: Debating 'Republic on Trial' and Cynicism. Representative versus direct democracy discussed at annual meeting for National Conference of State Legislators. NCSL: Task Force Aims to Uplift Initiative Process. Proposals improving ballot initiatives offered at annual meeting for National Conference of State Legislators. Colorado Needs Truth in Petitioning Law. Paid petition circulators currently allowed to lie to public when collecting signatures. There ought to be a law. English Initiative Controversial in any Language. Ballot proposal aims to end bilingual education in Colorado. Supporters and opponents clashing.

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Media | Politics | The Arts.. COLORADO ARTS Governor Owens Opens Up at Colorado Book Awards. Rocky Mountain Book Awards featured the state literati promoting the power and value of reading. Rocky Mountain Book Festival (mp3 AUDIO FILE - 2.2 Mb). Denver is a book town, says planner of festival linking authors and readers. Colorado's Hollywood (mp3 AUDIO FILE - 2.4 Mb). Colorado film/TV trade recovering from "2" boycott. A talk with John Wickre. Mercury Cafe Poetry Slam (mp3 AUDIO FILE - 3.8 Mb). Profile of weekend poetry scene at Denver alternative arts bastion. (Please visit DenverPoets.com) . MP3 AUDIO IS FROM MY NPR "THIN AIR" RADIO STORIES.. PLEASE SEE THE AUDIO PAGE FOR MORE.