Robert Tann

Robert Tann is a regional reporter for the Colorado mountain newspaper group that includes Summit Daily News and its sister papers in Vail, Aspen, Steamboat, Glenwood Springs, Grand County and Craig. He is based out of Summit County and joined the regional team in August 2024 covering housing and real estate, outdoors and recreation, ski industry and transportation

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

November 25, 2024 - The next 48 hours could be the most dangerous for Thanksgiving holiday travel in Colorado’s mountains

November 24, 2024 - Here’s what Colorado travelers can expect for Thanksgiving week

November 22, 2024 - Colorado’s mountains could see 1-2 feet of snow by midway through next week, OpenSnow says

November 20, 2024 - Colorado’s Joe Neguse reelected to House leadership role

November 19, 2024 - Colorado’s central and northern mountains to see moderate snowfall Tuesday as greater storm builds for Thanksgiving week

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