Last week, we held a fundraiser at the Brown Palace Hotel. More than 400 of you attended the
Newsmakers Luncheon and Be More Awards, and we couldn't be more grateful.
Being in a roomful of likeminded people – people who share my passion for the arts, information and dialogue – was a rush.
Tom Sutherland, a former Beirut hostage and longtime friend of Rocky Mountain PBS, was honored for his philanthropy and community advocacy work.
"
NewsHour"
correspondent Judy Woodruff gave an insightful speech about covering Obama's election and a sobering assessment of the challenges ahead for
our nation.
Watch now.
She also spoke about the importance of balanced, in-depth journalism as a fundamental component of our democracy. This idea hits close to home with the closing of Denver's oldest newspaper, the
Rocky Mountain News.
We have lost a key player in Colorado's journalism landscape, and we are sorry to see the institution go. Watch "
Rocky Mountain News Final Edition."
With its close, we feel an added responsibility to serve Colorado with trustworthy information and better our community. For the sixth year in a row, the 2009 Roper Poll shows that Americans consider
PBS the nation's most trusted institution. We take our role as a vital news source seriously, and we thank you for helping us continue to make that possible.
-Elizabeth Mayer, RMPBS
