Michelle P. Fulcher

Colorado Matters Radio & Digital Producer

@MPFulcher[email protected]

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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Colorado Matters

It’s a Barbie World thanks to the vision of Colorado’s Ruth Handler

The Barbie movie hits theaters this week and is expected to be a summer blockbuster. So we want to revisit a bit of Colorado Barbie history. The woman who created the ubiquitous doll was born in Denver. Ruth Handler was also the co-founder of Mattel. She was inspired by her daughter Barbara, who is indeed the namesake of the iconic doll. Robin Gerber is the author of “Barbie and Ruth.” She spoke with Ryan Warner in 2019.
By Michelle P. Fulcher