Personalities
Patricia Calhoun is the editor-in-chief of Westword. Her column, "Calhoun," appears regularly and usually offers biting perspectives or criticisms pertaining to current events.
Kenny Be has been a cartoonist for Westword since 1982. He created two cartoons per week: "Worst Case Scenario", a page dedicated to Denver issues; "Hip Tip" is a single frame which has published in numerous weekly newspapers and briefly syndicated under the title "The New Breed" by King Features Syndicate in 1988.
Dave Herrera is the newspaper's music editor, and he writes a regular music column called "Beatdown."
Michael Paglia writes on art and architecture and is the author of a number of books including "Denver The Modern City", "The Mid-Century Modern House in Denver", "Landscapes of Colorado" and "Colorado Abstract".
Alan Prendergast often writes about crime, prisons and "death by misadventure." His coverage of the Columbine High School massacre attracted national attention and led to first publication of pages from the journal of Eric Harris. He is the author of a true-crime book, "The Poison Tree," about the Richard Jahnke parricide case.
Michael Roberts is the paper's media critic, and he blogs regularly on the Latest Word. The paper's other staff writers include Joel Warner and Melanie Asmar.
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