Lee Ann Colacioppo, née Fleet, is an American journalist who in 2016 became the first female editor in chief of ''

The Denver Post ''The Denver Post'' is a daily newspaper and website published in Denver, Colorado. As of June 2022, it has an average print circulation of 57,265. In 2016, its website received roughly six million monthly unique visitors generating more than 13 ...

''.

Biography

Colacioppo is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and

Drake University Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, law, and pharmacy. Drake's law school is among the 25 oldest in the United States. His ...

in Des Moines, Iowa. Before joining ''The Post'', she was an editor at ''

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''. She worked for ''The Post'' for 17 years—city editor, investigations editor and news editor—before her elevation to the top editorship. She had a leading role in the newspaper's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting coverage; for that story, ''The Post'' won the 2013

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. She succeeded Gregory L. Moore, ''The Posts top editor for 14 years, on May 30, 2016. On June 28, 2016, Denver alternative newspaper ''

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'' reported that ''The Post'' had newsroom layoffs after buyouts of 20 journalists failed to reach the newspaper's target of 26 job cuts in the newsroom.

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