- Email: rtann@aspentimes.com
Robert Tann is a regional reporter for the Colorado mountain newspaper group that includes The Aspen Times and its sister papers in Vail, Steamboat, Glenwood Springs, Craig, Summit County and Grand County. He is based out of Summit County and joined the regional team in August 2024.
Previously, he worked as a local reporter for Summit Daily News From December 2022 through August 2024. In that role, he covered county government, education and housing. Before that, he worked at Colorado Community Media and covered local politics, education, business and more for communities across the Denver Metro area.
During his time at both publications, Robert won several state and regional awards. In 2023, he won a first-place award for news reporting and a first-place award for education reporting from the Colorado Press Association as well as a second-place award for enterprise reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Robert also served as an investigative reporting fellow for News21 during summer 2021. The program, based out of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in Phoenix, Arizona, sent journalists across the U.S. for an in-depth series on the impacts of COVID-19. The series placed as a finalist in the 2021 Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards.
Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado Boulder where he also served as editor in chief of the online student paper, the CU Independent.
When not reporting, Robert enjoys hiking, camping and skiing in Colorado’s High Country. He has a particular love for the Southwest and can never pass up a trip to Moab.
Recent Articles
October 16, 2024 - Most significant snowfall yet to hit Colorado’s High Country this weekend, with potentially a foot of accumulation in central mountains
October 15, 2024 - What Colorado’s latest data says about the Western Slope’s outdoor recreation economy
October 15, 2024 - An ancient comet not seen for 80,000 years is visible in Colorado’s night sky. Here’s how to spot it.
October 14, 2024 - Colorado’s peaks could see snow this weekend
October 13, 2024 - Proposition 131 — Colorado’s open primary and ranked-choice voting ballot measure — would be a seismic change for state elections. Here’s how