Robert Sanchez
@milehighrobert.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. 5280 magazine senior staff writer. University of Denver adjunct. Bylines in ESPN, Sports Illustrated and a bunch more. #Mizzou robert(at)5280(dot)com robertsanchezwrites(dot)com
Thank you so much for that No. 1 spot, @Longreads.
In our Weekly Top 5:
* The right to die (5280 Magazine)
* When the dart players come to town (Victory Journal)
* A warrior for justice (@texasmonthly.bsky.social)
* The rise of valley fever (@grist.org)
* The joy of a Revolutionary War battle (@theatlantic.com)
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* The right to die (5280 Magazine)
* When the dart players come to town (Victory Journal)
* A warrior for justice (@texasmonthly.bsky.social)
* The rise of valley fever (@grist.org)
* The joy of a Revolutionary War battle (@theatlantic.com)
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads
This week we are featuring stories from Robert Sanchez, Amos Barshad, Mark Dent, Zoya Teirstein, and Caity Weaver.
longreads.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Thank you so much for that No. 1 spot, @Longreads.
Reposted by Robert Sanchez
Not the most fun to read but more great work by @milehighrobert.bsky.social and another reminder that city magazines still keep this kind of journalism alive 5280.com/medical-aid-...
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...
5280.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Not the most fun to read but more great work by @milehighrobert.bsky.social and another reminder that city magazines still keep this kind of journalism alive 5280.com/medical-aid-...
Thank you, @longreads.com!
"A doctor told Alan he had six weeks to live, and two had passed in June when he finally asked his hospice nurse a question he had never before considered: Was there a better way for this to end?"
@milehighrobert.bsky.social for 5280: 5280.com/medical-aid-...
@milehighrobert.bsky.social for 5280: 5280.com/medical-aid-...
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...
5280.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thank you, @longreads.com!
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-...
@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-...
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...
5280.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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-...
@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-...
July 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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-...
Reposted by Robert Sanchez
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
@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
The Curious About Everything Newsletter #52
The many interesting things I read in June 2025
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July 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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
@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
Reposted by Robert Sanchez
"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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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
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June 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"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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Reposted by Robert Sanchez
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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#longreads #journalism #booksky
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
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June 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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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#longreads #journalism #booksky
Thank you!
Check out this week's SLR featuring @mrkocnnll.bsky.social, jkjenkinney.bsky.social, @brianmrosenthal.bsky.social, @lauriestories.bsky.social, @milehighrobert.bsky.social & more! mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...
The Sunday Long Read: Summer Podcast Picks, MrBeast, Bin Stores
The week's best journalism. Every Sunday.
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June 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Thank you!
Reposted by Robert Sanchez
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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". . .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."
www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...
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?
www.5280.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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."
www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...
". . .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."
www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...
Reposted by Robert Sanchez
"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:
www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...
@milehighrobert.bsky.social for 5280:
www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...
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?
www.5280.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"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:
www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...
@milehighrobert.bsky.social for 5280:
www.5280.com/i-tried-magi...
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...
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?
www.5280.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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...
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)
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?
www.5280.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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)
Thank you, @longreads.com!
"Soon, though, the VFW was besieged by outraged emails. The organization initially released a Facebook message in support of Post 12226 but removed it after irate users bombarded the note." @milehighrobert.bsky.social for 5280 Magazine
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April 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thank you, @longreads.com!
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...
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?
www.5280.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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...
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-...
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.
www.5280.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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-...
Reposted by Robert Sanchez
Looking back at the past 12 months, there weren’t a lot of wins for the public’s right to know. #coleg #copolitics
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.
coloradofoic.org
December 26, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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?"
The victim, a Grand Junction journalist, told police the man rolled down his window and said, “Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine, and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!” www.denverpost.com/2024/12/20/m...
Man arrested on suspicion of bias-motivated assault of Grand Junction journalist: “This is Trump’s America now”
The victim told police, according to the affidavit, that Egan rolled down his window and said, “Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine, and I took an oath to protect…
www.denverpost.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:31 PM
When I worked at the Rocky Mountain News, a reader emailed me: "What you gonna do when the INS comes for you?"
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-...
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.
www.5280.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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-...
These restrictions are frightening if you like the idea of an open government and an informed citizenry.
Colorado Transparency News: new autopsy report disclosure law; disciplinary records of school administrators; litigants using CORA; disappearing CPW emails; disciplined judges; Caring for Denver transparency; more. #coleg #copolitics
Colorado Transparency News - 12/18/2024
Newsletter of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
mailchi.mp
December 18, 2024 at 3:58 PM
These restrictions are frightening if you like the idea of an open government and an informed citizenry.
Reposted by Robert Sanchez
"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.
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."
buff.ly
December 17, 2024 at 11:03 PM
"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.
Buy @SethWickersham's book! Pre-order now. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/789617...
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...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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.
December 8, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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.
Juan Soto's 2024 upgraded home run totals if he decided to enroll at Wray High School in Wray, CO.
December 7, 2024 at 9:13 PM
I was at Wray's baseball field three weeks ago. How funny.
RIP
Dick Kreck, the multi-award-winning Denver Post columnist and author who’s perhaps best known for coining the term LoDo, died this week at 83. www.denverpost.com/2024/12/06/d...
Dick Kreck, whose wild Denver Post columns and books celebrated Mile High City, dies at 83
“He was so full of mischief and wit, and just these stunning observations,” daughter Molly Kreck said.
www.denverpost.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:36 PM
RIP