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Robert Tann is the state politics reporter for 撸先生 Communications, which includes Vail Daily and its sister papers in , , , , and . He is based out of Denver where he covers the state legislature and other Colorado politics news for the Western Slope.聽
Previously, he worked as a local reporter for Summit Daily News From December 2022 through August 2024. In that role, he covered county government, education and housing. Before that, he worked at and covered local politics, education, business and more for communities across the Denver Metro area.
During his time at both publications, Robert won several state and regional awards. In 2023, he won a first-place award for news reporting and a first-place award for education reporting from the as well as a second-place award for enterprise reporting from the .
Robert also served as an investigative reporting fellow for during summer 2021. The program, based out of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in Phoenix, Arizona, sent journalists across the U.S. for an . The series placed as a finalist in the 2021 .
Robert holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in journalism from the University of Colorado Boulder where he also served as editor in chief of the online student paper, the .
When not reporting, Robert enjoys hiking, camping and skiing in Colorado鈥檚 High Country. He has a particular love for the Southwest and can never pass up a trip to Moab.聽
Recent Articles
September 12, 2025 - Colorado mountain town food banks, facing greater demand and fewer resources, brace for 鈥榩erfect storm鈥� once SNAP cuts hit
September 9, 2025 - U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd believes 鈥榮upport will grow鈥� in Congress to extend health insurance subsidies as expiration looms
September 5, 2025 - Colorado GOP Rep. Jeff Hurd signs onto bill to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies
September 5, 2025 - Members of Colorado鈥檚 Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Indian tribes now have free access to state parks聽
September 4, 2025 - Here鈥檚 which western Colorado industries are most impacted by tariffs, according to a new state report聽