Michelle Fulcher is a producer for Colorado Matters. She has reported at a Denver business weekly, at the Colorado Springs Gazette and The Denver Post where she served as a state and local government reporter, an assigning editor, city editor and national/international editor.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in journalism, University of Colorado Boulder.
Professional background:
Michelle first joined Colorado Public Radio in 2007 and was part of the “Colorado Matters” team for five years. She then worked at CU-Boulder as communications director for the College of Media, Communication and Information before returning to CPR in 2016. Michelle began her reporting career at a Denver business weekly, spent five years at the Colorado Springs Gazette and later moved to The Denver Post where she served as a state and local government reporter, an assigning editor, city editor and national/international editor.
Awards:
As city editor at The Denver Post, Michelle helped lead the newspaper to a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the mass shootings at Columbine High School.
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