Cory Phare

Profile of MSU Denver alum Gary Striewski, ESPN media personality and SportsCenter host.

Magazine story profiling MSU Denver alumna Rebecca Totman, associate producer for long-running animated sitcom "The Simpsons."

Collectively authored piece reviewing Denver's Underground Music Showcase (responsible for Friday section).

Is Google’s LaMDA chatbot self-aware? Computer scientists and philosophers consider the implications of what it means to be alive. Tech trend feature on sentient AI for MSU Denver RED.

Posters and prints have emerged as a contemporary component of wall decor. This piece traces the history of the form, as well as several Denver-based retailers, creators, and curators.

Magazine story/food review profiling MSU Denver hospitality alumna who opened a family-run restaurant in Denver's Sunnyside neighborhood.

In-depth feature on efforts the Colorado hospitality industry is doing to fight visible and invisible human trafficking. Interviews with community experts, faculty members and students.

Video and written package highlighting hospitality faculty for National Grilling Month. Includes interactive recipe card (built in Infogram).

This feature discusses food waste nationally and statewide, highlighting Denver-based efforts (Food Bank of the Rockies, Roadrunners Give Back Day, MSU Denver Food Pantry) to combat it. Contains a philanthropic call-to-action.

Panel discussion in conjunction with Rocky Mountain PBS on NOVA: The Cannabis Question featuring social equity entrepreneurs in the Denver cannabis industry. Quick-turn coverage feature in conjunction w/photo + video elements

Explainer looking at Denver's generation of nearly $2 billion in arts and cultural activity in 2017.

This blog post for music education nonprofit Youth on Record reviews the 48 bands seen at the 2016 Underground Music Showcase in Denver.

Denver-based Consume & Create are more than a design studio--they're a go-to for small business creative communities. This profile covers their formation, ethos, and features several client examples.

Panel coverage of bipartisan free-speech initiatives on college campuses. Featuring Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and former CO Secretary of State Wayne Williams, along with campus experts.

High-traffic listicle on overcoming test anxiety, featuring MSU Denver faculty member as subject-matter expert.