Recognizing the reporters who cover Black Friday

Jonathan Shikes of Denver Westword has praise for the reporters who braved the crowds on Black Friday to write stories about the madness.

Shikes writes, “And while Black Friday may be fun for shoppers with thick skins, lots of coffee and fat pocketbooks (it may be cheaper than usual, but a flat-screen TV still ain’t free), it isn’t for the employees who work at the stores or for the miserable news reporters who have to cover it.

“I know because I’ve done my share of Black Friday interviews. For many years as a business reporter, I was dispatched to our consumer cathedrals at 4 a.m. to capture the scene.

“So here’s to the folks at the Denver Post, the Associated Press, The Gazette in Colorado Springs, KCNC, and elsewhere, who stumbled out of bed on the morning after Thanksgiving to make sure that crazy contingent of our society gets in proper respect.”

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