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Denver Post Hires Marijuana Editor, Launches Pot Website

KVNF - Mountain Grown Community Radio | By Marci Krivonen

Published January 2, 2014 at 9:52 AM MST

Across the state, more than three dozen retail marijuana stores opened for business on January 1st, marking a historic milestone for pot advocates. News reports showed lines outside of some Denver-area stores. And, people from around the country traveled to the state to purchase pot.

Shops opened up in Telluride and along the Front Range, and are expected to open in the Roaring Fork Valley later this year.

The Denver Post has been anticipating this day. The newspaper hired two marijuana critics and launched a new website devoted to pot coverage. Aspen Public Radio’s Marci Krivonen spoke to Ricardo Baca, the Post’s Marijuana Editor.

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Originally from Montana, Marci grew up near the mountains and can't get enough of them. She began in broadcasting in Missoula, Montana where she anchored Montana Public Radio's local Evening Edition news program. She then picked up a camera and tripod and worked for Missoula's local CBS television station as a reporter. Shortly after that, she returned to radio and became the Assistant News Director at a radio station in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Marci began at Aspen Public Radio in 2007 as the station's morning host and reporter. Although you can occasionally hear Marci in the mornings, she is now quite content to be sleeping in and reporting all day. When not at the station, Marci is on her road bike, meeting people, or skiing.

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