Chris Walker
Selected Press
2024
April 9
Inside the News in Colorado: In his popular media newsletter, Corey Hutchins highlighted my writing and lamenting about journalism "link rot"
January 10
9News: Denver TV anchor Kyle Clark ran a 1-minute clip on his program NEXT recommending that viewers check out my longform magazine story about an alleged con man.
January 5
Longreads: The longform curation website selected my most recent feature as one of its top 5 weekly reads, writing "this piece by Chris Walker, about a con artist named Aaron Clark, was easy to read and enjoy."
2023
May 5
Longreads: The curators at Longreads selected a feature I wrote about the kidnapping of an international truck driver as its top weekly read, writing "through one man's story, Walker exposes a dark side of the transmigrante industry."
February 17
Colorado Public Radio: Host Ryan Warner of Colorado Matters interviewed me about my investigation of tensions between tenants and landlords on Larimer Square, Denver's oldest commercial block.
Press for The Syndicate — 2020 to 2022
This Multimillion-Dollar Drug Smuggling Ring Used Skydivers to Transport Weed - Vice
From skydiving planes to DEA moles, “The Syndicate” explores the fall of a marijuana-smuggling ring - Salon
What we’re reading (and listening to) - Business Insider
“A Better Life?” plus five more great Colorado podcasts you should be listening to - Denver Post
On Something: Pot Smuggling 2.0 - Colorado Public Radio
New Podcast Dives Into The World Of Cannabis Smugglers - High Times
How Legalization Supports The Illicit Pot Market - Weed Week
The Five: A intense BBC drama, a podcast with Minnesota twist and lush new music - Minnesota Public Radio
Skydiving With One of Denver’s Largest Marijuana Smugglers - 5280 Magazine
2018
March 6
Colorado Public Radio: Colorado Matters Host Ryan Warner interviewed me about my story exploring pirate radio stations in the Rocky Mountains and the renegade DJs who play cat and mouse with the Feds.
2017
November 7
Colorado Public Radio: I was invited onto the popular program Colorado Matters to discuss my narrative feature about secret LSD labs in Denver in the 1960's and the curious chemist who ran them.
June 12
Colorado Public Radio: Host Ryan Warner interviewed me about my investigation of self-declared soverign citizens in southern Colorado who were living off-grid and threatening county officials.
2016
August 17
Denverite: The local Denver news site highlighted a story I'd written about my strange interactions with Gerald Foos, the subject at the center of journalist Gay Talese's controversial book The Voyeur's Motel.
2015
February 14
Longreads: the longform curators pulled some quotes from a feature I wrote that explored the origins of Los Angeles' underground bicycle racing scene.
2013
November 30
Go Kunming: The English-language news site in the Chinese city of Kunming did a Q+A with me and my adventure buddy about our two-year bicycle trip and what we'd learned by the time we pedaled into China.