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John Daley

Health Reporter

John Daley is a health reporter for CPR News. He has been with Colorado Public Radio since 2014 and is a proud graduate of Manual High School in Denver.

Education:
Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University; Master’s degree in journalism, Northwestern University.

Professional background:
John Daley joined Colorado Public Radio full time in 2014 after freelancing for both CPR and NPR throughout the previous year. In 2012, he moved to Denver from Salt Lake City where he spent more than a decade as a beat and investigative reporter. John has broad experience as a journalist, having worked in both television and radio at KSL in Salt Lake City where he’s covered a wide range of topics, including health care, politics, transportation, immigration and the Olympics.

In addition to his work as a reporter, John has completed three journalism fellowships. He was chosen for the “Covering the Green Economy” fellowship at Arizona State University in 2010. He was a Western Enterprise Reporting Fellow at Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West in 2009, where he wrote an essay for the book, “How the West was Warmed: Responding to Climate Change in the Rockies.” In 2007-08, John studied climate change and the impact of global warming as a Knight Journalism Fellow, also at Stanford.

Awards:
Throughout his career, John has earned several distinctions and awards from various organizations. Among those, John won a Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism from the University of Southern California in 2011. He was also honored with the Don Baker Award for Investigative Reporting from the Utah Society of Professional Journalists in 2011, several first place Capitol Beat Awards for in-depth reporting, and the Quintus C. Wilson Ethics Award for his coverage of the Utah legislature in 2009.

Health
Do you have long COVID? This Colorado research is trying to help identify just what it does and what to do about it
For up to 600,000 Coloradans, long COVID is a daily headache: chronic illness has stifled their lives. Now, new research at CU Anschutz is seeking to inform medical professionals about how best to treat it.
By John Daley
Health
Abortion numbers rise sharply in Colorado, driven by out-of-state patients
In the year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, out-of-state patients traveling to Colorado increased.
By John Daley
Health
COVID in fall 2023: What to know, when to get boosted, and how to find tests
Hospitalizations in Colorado rose above 100 for the first time since the spring as COVID-19 once again rears its head.
By John Daley
Health
Community gardening can also grow a bounty of physical and mental health benefits, a CU study finds
The findings could help both patients and the gardens themselves find more resources.
By John Daley
Health
For those who have fought big tobacco, lobbyist’s presence on Denver Health board is ‘a contradiction’
Doug Friednash has lobbied for tobacco companies. In 2022, he was appointed to Denver Health's board of directors.
By John Daley
Colorado Wonders
Are all Colorado Symphony stringed instrument musicians right-handed, or must they play that way to avoid bumping into their neighbor?
A symphony performance, with everyone in sync, bowing in the same direction, is really a clear display of both group coordination and individual ambidexterity.
By John Daley
Health
Colorado just recorded its lowest number of COVID hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic
There were 64 people hospitalized with COVID in Colorado as of Wednesday, June 14.
By John Daley
Health
She worked 365 days a year and made minimum wage. A judge just awarded her almost $850,000
Aleta Ayo was tasked with caring for over six people at a time and was the sole employee at Meadow Vista Assisted Living.
By John Daley
Health
Colorado is getting hotter, but many residents lack access to indoor cooling
A survey of diverse Denver neighborhoods found nearly a quarter of people with yearly incomes below $35,000 lack access to cooling.
By John Daley
Health
COVID emergency declarations have ended. Colorado health officials say they have the tools and the experience for what’s next
The highly contagious virus is still spreading across the state.
By John Daley
Health
How the tobacco industry made it cool to smoke in Colorado’s communities of color
In Denver, it was Black and Hispanic neighborhoods that the tobacco industry often targeted with widespread advertising and other tactics.
By John Daley
Health
Colorado to get $32 million settlement from Juul, the vaping company sued over its marketing to teens
Colorado and other states sued Juul over its marketing practices, which were found to target young people and misrepresent the health risks of its products.
By John Daley
Colorado Wonders
Long before Denver was here, nearly 50 Native American tribes called the Front Range home
Momentum is building to revisit the past with an eye toward restoration and reconciliation.
By John Daley
Health
15,000 Coloradans have died due to COVID, a loss of historic proportions
Colorado's first COVID-19 death was on March 13, 2020.
By John Daley
Health
As gun deaths rise, Colorado is trying something new — a public health approach to gun violence prevention
Here's what that will look like.
By John Daley and Lacretia Wimbley
Government and Politics
Democrats in Colorado introduce bills to rein in health care costs
The proposals would reduce premiums, increase hospital profit transparency, and lower prescription drug costs.
By John Daley

Do you have long COVID? This Colorado research is trying to help identify just what it does and what to do about it

Abortion numbers rise sharply in Colorado, driven by out-of-state patients

COVID in fall 2023: What to know, when to get boosted, and how to find tests

Community gardening can also grow a bounty of physical and mental health benefits, a CU study finds

For those who have fought big tobacco, lobbyist’s presence on Denver Health board is ‘a contradiction’

Are all Colorado Symphony stringed instrument musicians right-handed, or must they play that way to avoid bumping into their neighbor?

Colorado just recorded its lowest number of COVID hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic

She worked 365 days a year and made minimum wage. A judge just awarded her almost $850,000

Colorado is getting hotter, but many residents lack access to indoor cooling

COVID emergency declarations have ended. Colorado health officials say they have the tools and the experience for what’s next

How the tobacco industry made it cool to smoke in Colorado’s communities of color

Colorado to get $32 million settlement from Juul, the vaping company sued over its marketing to teens

Long before Denver was here, nearly 50 Native American tribes called the Front Range home

15,000 Coloradans have died due to COVID, a loss of historic proportions

As gun deaths rise, Colorado is trying something new — a public health approach to gun violence prevention

Democrats in Colorado introduce bills to rein in health care costs

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