Jean Torkelson

Columnist

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Jean Torkelson joined the Rocky in 1992, moving from editorial writing to the religion beat in 1995. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she began a deliberately checkered journalism career, first as a television reporter at the ABC affiliate in Minneapolis/St Paul. For a year she was press secretary to the governor of Minnesota. She moved to Wales in 1979 to study journalism at City College, Cardiff. Before coming to Denver she had been a broadcast/TV critic and a general interest columnist for the Wilkes-Barre, Penn. Times Leader.

Recent stories:

• To readers, it wasn't just a newspaper
  February 27, 2009
• TORKELSON: New Age but still quite conventional
  February 26, 2009
• Archbishop stirs up blogs with remarks on Obama
  February 25, 2009
• Finding shelter in faith initiative
  February 20, 2009
• TORKELSON: 'Club Valentino' has fun in the house of God
  February 16, 2009
• Nine years later, no answers in Jeffco Subway killings
  February 13, 2009
• Continuing call for compassion
  February 10, 2009
• Father of Columbine victim urges teens to take up "Rachel's Challenge"
  February 9, 2009
• TORKELSON: Moon's 'matches' have met the test of time and more
  February 9, 2009
• Sean Patrick turned cancer into purpose
  February 7, 2009
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