Monitoring the media coverage about homelessness in Denver.
April 2014
March 2014
- Denver’s Camping Ban Could Increase Vulnerability to Trafficking, Human Trafficking Center
July 2013
- Denver homeless need a committed source of funding, Denver Post
- Denver camping ban hurts women and children, Denver Post
June 2013
- The real story on Denver camping ban, Denver Post
- Report: Urban Camping Ban Is Making Life Harder On Homeless, CBS Denver
- Denver’s camping ban: Survey says police don’t help homeless enough, Denver Post
May 2013
- Parking Meters for the Homeless Go High Tech, CBS Denver
- Rector of burned Denver church wrestles with issues of urban homeless, Denver Post
- Businesses Say Denver Dropped The Ball On Homeless Camping Ban, CBS4
- Anniversary of Urban Camping Ban, 9News
- Hickenlooper’s Fort Lyon homeless plan successfully amended to bill, Denver Post
April 2013
- Survey: Camping Ban Leads to More Hardship, Colorado Public Radio
March 2013
- Psychiatric patient in Colorado: Help Me, Denver Post
- Sex trafficking in Denver, Denver Post
- Balanced Housing Portfolio Needed, Councilwoman Ortega, Life on Capitol Hill
February 2013
- Denver homeless shelters need better exit strategy, alliance concludes, Denver Post
- What does a police state look like?, Salon
January 2013
- Homelessness: City’s emergency overflow shelter for women has open spots, Westword
- Point-in-time count of homeless in 7 metro Denver counties starts early Tuesday, Denver Post
- Advocating for the homeless through boycott (Photos), The Examiner
- Denver’s homeless battle Arctic blast, shelters near capacity, Denver Post
December 2012
- Cold settling in, making it tough on the homeless, Denver Post
- Family and friends remember 147 homeless deaths in Denver, Denver Post
- Homeless sleeping in rec center draws sympathy from Denver neighbors, Denver Post
- Homelessness increases in Colorado, but drops among veterans, Denver Post
- Will Homeless Women Be Left In The Cold?, Westword
- Death toll for homeless found on Denver streets nears 700 since 2000, Denver Post
November 2012
- Former prison to become site for homeless vets, Denver Post
- Capitol Hill churches partner to shelter Denver homeless women, Denver Post
- Evans: Homeless youth, fighting for survival, Boulder Camera
- Amid debate, Colorado Springs may join cities banning panhandling, LA Times
- Hundreds seek help at Colorado Homeless Veterans Stand Down, Denver Post
- Urban Camping Ban Drives Homeless Underground, The Washington Park Profile
- Urban Camping Ban Drives Homeless Underground (pdf), The Washington Park Profile
- Editorial: The other side of the camping ban, Denver Post
October 2012
- Services to offset Denver camping ban yet to be delivered, Denver Post
- Free Speech Is One Thing, Vagrants, Another, New York Times
- Friends remember Denver homeless man who died last week, Denver Post
- Denver ban cuts camping in city. But homeless advocates say shelters are already at capacity as colder weather returns, Denver Post
- Complaints about Aggressive Homeless Discussed, Life on Capitol Hill
- Camping Ban Update (pdf), Denver Voice
September 2012
- Photos: Project Homeless Connect draws thousands against backdrop of camping ban, Denver Westword
- The Uneasy Impact of Denver’s Camping Ban (pdf), St. Francis Center
Media Coverage Leading Up to the Passage of ‘Urban Camping’ Ban
The following document from the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless provides a summary of Denver Media Coverage re: Anti-Camping Ordinance October, 2011 to June, 2012:
- 140 articles (27 unique outlets)
- 23 TV (7 unique outlets)
- 5 radio (3 unique outlets)
Denver Homeless Out Loud 