Robert Sanchez

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The Coloradans Exercising Their Right To Die—and a Doctor Who Helps Them Find Peace More terminally ill Coloradans than ever are turning to Denver Health’s Medical Aid in Dying clinic. We spent the summer witnessing the quiet decisions and final moments of those who chose when—and ho...

Why would someone choose a doctor's help to die? For
@5280magazine, I spent several months with patients from
Denver Health, which has one of the nation's most comprehensive medical aid in dying clinics. I hope you take time to read this: 5280.com/medical-aid-...

I made my @netflix.com debut today on the Trainwreck series that includes the Balloon Boy hoax. Here's my 5280 magazine story—from way back—that got the producers interested: www.5280.com/the-balloon-...

The Curious About Everything Newsletter #52 The many interesting things I read in June 2025

as well as:
@brockm.bsky.social on American dissonance
@scottsayare.bsky.social on paleontological drama
@milehighrobert.bsky.social on microdosing for mental health
@henrywismayer.bsky.social on the fury of solar storms
@ericlevitz.bsky.social on the decline of reading

& more

While reporting on magic mushrooms, a journalist tries microdosing and shares his own struggles - Nieman Storyboard Robert Sanchez of 5280 magazine reports on experiments around psilocybin therapy, while also using first person to tell his own story

"I always feel like journalism should be more of a two-way street. I feel that especially today, the way there's just so much distrust about media. The more open we can be as journalists with our readers, [the better]." @milehighrobert.bsky.social

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Putting the ‘I’ in storytelling - Nieman Storyboard In reporting about psilocybin, Robert Sanchez reveals his own story. Plus: True Story Award, Roy Peter Clark, and the Liang-Zhou Nieman Fellowship

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: A lesson in first-person storytelling from @milehighrobert.bsky.social, @thelincoln.bsky.social in conversation with his book editor, and more...

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#longreads #journalism #booksky

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I Tried Magic Mushrooms for My Mental Health. Here’s What Happened. In Colorado, scientists are looking to bring psychedelic mushrooms to the masses. Could their purported healing properties help me?

3. "I Tried Magic Mushrooms for My Mental Health. Here’s What Happened." @milehighrobert.bsky.social

". . .in his observations I recognize the same quiet awe I felt that night long ago—and how a new experience can also feel like coming home to yourself."

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I Tried Magic Mushrooms for My Mental Health. Here’s What Happened. In Colorado, scientists are looking to bring psychedelic mushrooms to the masses. Could their purported healing properties help me?

"Colorado’s psychedelic movement has not only been supported by clinicians and policymakers, but it’s also increasingly embraced by private capital financiers, wellness gurus, wine moms, and tech bros."

@milehighrobert.bsky.social for 5280:
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I Tried Magic Mushrooms for My Mental Health. Here’s What Happened. In Colorado, scientists are looking to bring psychedelic mushrooms to the masses. Could their purported healing properties help me?

For 5280 magazine, I wrote about psilocybin and the group of Colorado scientists unlocking its potential as a palliative treatment. I visited the state's first psilocybin “wellness clinic” and I microdosed the drug to show readers how it might help them. www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...

Everyone Loved a Colorado Prison’s VFW Post—Until a Popular YouTuber Heard About It The VFW post at northeastern Colorado’s Sterling Correctional Facility was celebrated as a victory for prison reform nationwide. So why did it get canceled?

How did a right-wing YouTube troll from New York shut down a VFW pilot program in a Colorado prison? I decided to find out. www.5280.com/everyone-lov... (5280 magazine)

Don't tell Trump. It'll be $25 by tomorrow.

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Everyone Loved a Colorado Prison’s VFW Post—Until a Popular YouTuber Heard About It The VFW post at northeastern Colorado’s Sterling Correctional Facility was celebrated as a victory for prison reform nationwide. So why did it get canceled?

My latest for 5280 magazine: A Colorado prison was the nation's first correctional facility to get a VFW post—which paired inmates with prison employees. The prison VFW was going great... until a popular, right-wing YouTube troll found out about it. www.5280.com/everyone-lov...

What Do You Call Counties Without Lawyers? Answer: Legal deserts, and they’re no joke in rural Colorado, where a shortage of attorneys is leading to a shortage of justice.

My latest story for 5280 magazine is on legal deserts in Colorado and how justice is elusive for lots of people who live in far-flung places. I hope you enjoy it. www.5280.com/what-do-you-...

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CFOIC’s 2024 year in review: a more opaque legislature, pricier public records, closed disciplinary records, child autopsies, police officer database and CORA ‘abuse’    - Colorado Freedom of Informat... Coloradans in 2024 lost ground in the never-ending battle for access to government information.

Looking back at the past 12 months, there weren’t a lot of wins for the public’s right to know. #coleg #copolitics

When I worked at the Rocky Mountain News, a reader emailed me: "What you gonna do when the INS comes for you?"

How a Local Santa Claus School Trains Aspiring Saint Nicks Founder Susen Mesco on what makes a good Santa, the serious questions children ask, and how adults get themselves on the naughty list.

I did a Q&A for 5280 magazine with a woman who runs a Colorado-based Santa school. This lady is awesome: www.5280.com/how-a-local-...

You know you're old when you can't remember how old you are.

Agreed. As citizens, we're expected to help create and support great schools with our tax dollars—but we can't know the disciplinary records of administrators running those schools?

These restrictions are frightening if you like the idea of an open government and an informed citizenry.

Declaring platform independence "The fracturing of the internet has been painful, but it's also given us the chance to rebuild the media by focusing on our shared humanity."

"Media companies that replace their writers with AI, continue to chase traffic by doing the same articles everyone else is doing, and focus heavily on appeasing social media platforms will continue to struggle," @jasonkoebler.bsky.social predicts.

American Kings by Seth Wickersham: 9781368099189 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Seth Wickersham, ESPN Senior Writer and New York Times bestselling author of It’s Better to be Feared, pulls back the curtain on the most powerful position in all of sports: the Quarterback. Quarterb...

Buy @SethWickersham's book! Pre-order now. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/789617...

I have a journalism degree and I swapped out my gas cooktop without blowing up my family. Ask me anything.

I was at Wray's baseball field three weeks ago. How funny.

RIP

I've gone from a Mizzou grad to a Mizzou dad. My son is taking his immense talents to CoMo in the fall, and I couldn't be prouder/happier.

1996-era Tattered Cover was the best Tattered Cover.

Jack Herrera also did this great New Yorker story on a Jesuit priest working at the border: www.newyorker.com/news/dispatc...