Ed Sealover had journalism in his blood early on. “The noble ideal of being the voice of truth, the recorder of history really called to me,” he says. Born and raised in Annapolis, Md., he went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1995. These days he is a multi-beat reporter at the Denver Business Journal, covering retail, tourism, hospitality, airlines, media, the beverage industry and state government. He’ll soon be covering the intersection of business and government in the greater political world, as well.
Ed’s first job in journalism was for the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, Ark., where he stayed from 1995-97 reporting on courts, county government and city hall. He moved on to covering similar beats for the Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail from 1997-2000, and it was there he had a sit-down interview with future president George W. Bush on the campaign trail in S.C. Arriving in Colorado in 2000, he continued to write about city hall and local politics for the Colorado Springs Gazette until 2006, and then took over the paper’s legislative bureau from 2007 through mid-2008.
Ed began working at the Rocky Mountain News on July 14, 2008, covering the Legislature and politics, including the U.S. Senate race. “My tenure there, as well as everyone else’s,” he laments, “ended abruptly on Feb. 27, 2009.”
A man with many interests, Ed wrote a beer column for The Gazette from 2003-08 and now maintains a personal blog on beer, http://beerrunblog.blogspot.com. He also freelances for magazines such as AAA Traveler and State Legislatures. In addition to print journalism, Ed appears on the television shows Colorado Inside Out and Colorado State of Mind, and has an occasional spot on Channel 4’s 6:00PM newscast to talk about stories he’s written. He is also a frequent guest on Colorado Public Radio’s Capitol Conversations, which airs weekly during the legislative session.
When asked about the current state of his craft he says: “Journalism is caught in between. While it’s moving away from traditional formats, new media is not yet able to make money. Newspapers are losing readership to sites that rework print news stories. I believe that the news business will increasingly become more about niche markets, like the Denver Business Journal.”
When asked what he wants from PR folks in the way of stories, Ed emphasizes that it must be unique in some way. “A business succeeding in the recession is good, but a first of its kind or the first in Colorado is unique.” He prefers pitches via email first.
Posted by Stephen Koenigsberg
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It is so nice to know the personal side of journalists. Stephen, I hope you’ll write more great profiles.
What a great description — “Journalism is caught in between. While it’s moving away from traditional formats, new media is not yet able to make money.” Here’s hoping journalism finds its way past this crux. It’s role is too important in our society to let it slip away.
Thanks to Ed for being openness and to Stephen for this profiile.
Do you people know something that I don’t know? I think this guy is an idiot…a total idiot. What do you people know that I don’t know? I’ve seen him speak several times…and I’m still waiting to be impressed!!!