The black sheep beekeeper - Boulder Weekly
Local ‘bee guardian’ bucks convention on chemical-free beekeeping
Journalist and Communicator
Caitlin Rockett is a journalist and communications strategist with 15+ years of experience telling stories that connect people to science, policy, and place. She’s worked at two national laboratories translating research into accessible, public-facing content, and spent nearly 10 years at Boulder Weekly, where she rose from intern to editor-in-chief. Her reporting has earned regional and national awards. Caitlin holds a master’s degree in journalism and specializes in clear, compelling storytelling that supports environmental, racial, economic, and gender equity and justice.
“You can make anything by writing.”
C.S. Lewis
Recent Articles
Public access TV is dead, long live public access TV! - Boulder Weekly
Boulder gave up on the concept nearly 15 years ago. Longmont is reimagining the model. Is there a place for this curio of the cable era in our digital world?
Greenlining: Colorado's cannabis industry social equity program is far from equal - Boulder Weekly
Restrictive zoning policies, overly broad qualifying criteria and ‘flat-out greed’: Licensees in Colorado’s cannabis industry social equity program say, one year in, the playing field is far from level
The Catamounts centers Black folklore in ‘One Way-Back Day’ - Boulder Weekly
Before she wrote One Way-Back Day—the most recent production by Boulder’s Catamounts theater troupe—Tresha Farris was questioning her writing ability.
“I had a bad interaction with a professor about my writing,” the Denver-based actor explains. “I was a little disheartened.”But her father, himself a writer, pushed her “to go back to the pen,” Farris says. “I decided I had to find a project I was really interested in doing.”
She turned to her childhood for inspiration, to a collection of A...
“I had a bad interaction with a professor about my writing,” the Denver-based actor explains. “I was a little disheartened.”But her father, himself a writer, pushed her “to go back to the pen,” Farris says. “I decided I had to find a project I was really interested in doing.”
She turned to her childhood for inspiration, to a collection of A...
The sound of transience - Boulder Weekly
Bonobo’s seventh record is an exuberant collection that typifies the genre-defying, sample laden sound Simon Green has come to define over the last 20 years
The victim penalty - Boulder Weekly
One former CU student’s experience with sexual harassment highlights the financial costs of victimhood and the evolution of Title IX
How should Tamara Lindeman look at the stars? - Boulder Weekly
On The Weather Station’s upcoming album, the Canadian singer-songwriter ‘peels away denial’ in a return to a rawer aesthetic
My fellow Americans . . . - Boulder Weekly
Opening exhibition at east window SOUTH takes on police brutality against Black Americans
Oops, we forgot to study that - Boulder Weekly
U.S. nonprofits file suit against Food and Drug Administration over ractopamine in our meat
All’s fair in love and war (and industrial agriculture) - Boulder Weekly
Big Ag spends millions of dollars to fight grassroots GMO labeling measures
Bench bias - Boulder Weekly
Colorado is only one of six states that provides voters with information about judges standing for retention, but some worry that implicit bias may exist within the state’s judicial evaluation process
Too close for comfort - Boulder Weekly
A new study led by researchers at Yale University says that living closer to an active natural gas well, including hydraulic fracking wells, could lead to an increase in skin and respiratory conditions.
An inside job - Boulder Weekly
Even with five officers convicted for various crimes over the past two years, Boulder city officials avoided seeking an external candidate when it came time to hire a new police chief
Natural gas: a bridge to nowhere - Boulder Weekly
A Cornell professor says that new research shows that coal and oil are less harmful to the environment when it comes to greenhouse gases than natural gas
With record profits, Xcel still plans to seek rate increase - Boulder Weekly
A recent report from Xcel Energy detailing earnings on electric energy in Colorado shows the utility exceed the maximum profit set by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) by more than 11 percent. Despite excess earnings for the company’s Colorado subsidiary, known as the Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), a May 1 statement from Xcel says the utility plans to file for future electric rate increases in the state in 2015 and beyond.
BolderBoulder ‘sissy’ T-shirt stirs debate - Boulder Weekly
Boulder’s popular 10K race has been selling the shirt for years, but some Boulderites say it’s time to stop
Muzzled by Monsanto - Boulder Weekly
Is Big Ag squelching research showing its new RNAi GMOs may be dangerous?
Access road to drill site near Union Reservoir sparks controversy - Boulder Weekly
City officials say access road provides opportunity to monitor water quality and air emissions
State Legislature offers tax relief for property destroyed by flooding - Boulder Weekly
HB 14-1001 will keep Boulder County taxpayers from shelling out nearly $600,000 in taxes for unusable property
U.S. government issues guidelines for banks to provide services to marijuana businesses - Boulder Weekly
Asks that banks report suspicious activity
Front Range groundwater likely contains hormone-disrupting chemicals due to oil and gas activity - Boulder Weekly
A recent study shows evidence of hormone-disrupting chemicals in water near hydraulic fracturing sites in western Colorado, bringing into question the safety of water in Boulder’s heavily drilled backyard of Weld County.
