User:Tom roeder/sandbox

Tom Roeder is the senior military editor at The Gazette, Colorado's second-largest daily newspaper. In more two decades in journalism, assignments have taken him all over the globe, from combat in Iraq to street markets in Seoul. In Colorado Springs, Roeder covers one of the nation's most vibrant military communities, with six installations including the Air Force Academy and the underground Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. Defense makes up an estimated 40 percent of the Colorado Springs economy, with more than 40,000 active duty troops, including 25,000 at Fort Carson. In 2016, Roeder was named Colorado's best newspaper beat reporter by the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters. In 2017, he earned top Colorado honors for environmental reporting and public service journalism. In 2018, he was honored for investigative reporting. Roeder's national honors include the George Polk Award and the Investigative Reporters and Editors Certificate. As an editor, he helped guide a package on wounded troops that earned the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. He's also earned the Army's Public Service Commendation Medal and has been named an honorary member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In his spare time, Roeder writes columns on Colorado's burgeoning beer industry. Before coming to Colorado Springs, Roeder spent a decade working for newspapers in the Pacific Northwest. An alumni of Washington State University, Roeder is married to Kimberly Roeder. They have two children. http://gazette.com/author/tom-roeder/1 http://liu.edu/George-Polk-Awards/Past-Winners#2001