For the Alberta publication WestWord, see Writers Guild of Alberta.
Not to be confused with Westworld.
Westword
Type
Alternative weekly
Format
Magazine
Owner(s)
Voice Media Group
Publisher
Scott Tobias
Editor
Patricia Calhoun
Founded
1977; 47 years ago (1977)
Headquarters
1278 Lincoln St, Denver, Colorado, 80203, USA
Circulation
67,520 (as of 2014)[1]
Website
westword.com
Westword is a free digital and print media publication based in Denver, Colorado. Westword publishes daily online coverage of local news, restaurants, music and arts, as well as longform narrative journalism. A weekly print issue circulates every Thursday. Westword has been owned by Voice Media Group since January 2013, when a group of senior executives bought out the previous owners.
Patricia Calhoun has been editor of Westword since she and two of her friends founded the publication in 1977. Calhoun and her former partners sold the newspapers to New Times Media in 1983.[2] In 2005, New Times Media acquired Village Voice Media, and took on the Village Voice Media name as part of a deal that created a group of 14 publications nationwide.[3] In January 2013, former Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought VVM's papers and associated web properties and formed Voice Media Group.[4]
Westword has received several awards for investigative reporting and feature writing, including the 2017 Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for Chris Walker's story "Acid Trip".[5]
The publication's website, westword.com, offers daily news coverage along with comprehensive listings of music, arts and other events, along with restaurants and bar listings.
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