In the sagging economy, many media outlets are cutting jobs and laying off reporters, and Colorado's not immune. The most recent newspaper casualty happened on Tuesday when the Pueblo Chieftain told its veteran state capitol reporter that he would be out of a job at the end of the current legislative session. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
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