At the crossroads of artistic insight and intellectual curiosity we find the edge of reason

dive into the heart of artistic inspiration rooted in Enlightenment thinking and discover how contemporary creators are holding a mirror up to society to reflect who we are, where we've been, and where we're headed.

Join me, Jeff Chang, at the Edge of Reason, a new limited podcast from Atlantic

Rethink, the branded content studio at the Atlantic, and Howzer and Worth.

I grew up on a farm about 60 miles northeast of Denver and I've had no other job aside

from dairy farming than being in newspapers.

That's Linda Shapley.

She's a veteran Colorado journalist.

Until recently, she worked at the Denver Post.

I started there in September 1996.

She was there for 21 years, moving from copy editor

to senior editor to managing editor.

While I was at the post, there were five Pulitzer's won during that time.

Starting in 2009 to 2013, we won four Pulitzer's in a row.

Including one award for their coverage of the Aurora Colorado shootings.

You know, it was a horrible event, but I'm really proud of the work that we did and how we stepped up for our community, which had been through a shooting before.

It made me proud to be where we were.

In 2010, the Denver Post, like a lot of local papers, was struggling.

It was bought by Digital First Media.

D.F.M. is a subsidiary of a New York hedge fund, Alden Global Capital.

You know, I'd have to say that when D.F. M. first emerged on the scene as our owner, there was a sense of

optimism and that it was going to be this thing where we're going to try and

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