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Robert Tann is the state politics reporter for Swift Communications, which includes Vail Daily and its sister papers in Aspen, Steamboat, Glenwood Springs, Craig, Summit County and Grand County. He is based out of Denver where he covers the state legislature and other Colorado politics news for the Western Slope.
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 Colorado Community Media 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 Colorado Press Association as well as a second-place award for enterprise reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Robert also served as an investigative reporting fellow for News21 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 in-depth series on the impacts of COVID-19. The series placed as a finalist in the 2021 Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards.
Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado Boulder where he also served as editor in chief of the online student paper, the CU Independent.
When not reporting, Robert enjoys hiking, camping and skiing in Colorado’s High Country. He has a particular love for the Southwest and can never pass up a trip to Moab.
Recent Articles
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May 9, 2025 - Colorado’s 2025 legislative session has ended. Here’s how these Western Slope lawmakers felt about it
May 8, 2025 - Colorado lawmakers abandon proposal to create $50 million fund, provide housing assistance for local fire districts
May 7, 2025 - Colorado bill aimed at preventing rural pharmacy closures heads to governor’s desk
May 6, 2025 - Colorado Democrats won’t pursue a lawsuit to invalidate TABOR after all