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Parker Yamasaki

Parker Yamasaki covers arts and culture at ¶º±ÆÖ±²¥ as a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow and former Dow Jones News Fund intern. She has freelanced for the Chicago Reader, Newcity Chicago, and DARIA, among other publications, and had a short stint as a culture editor at Iceland's only English-written newspaper at the time, The Reykjavík Grapevine. Parker was born and raised in California and has lived all over the Southwest.

Job title: Arts & culture reporter

Topic expertise: Arts and culture

Location: Lafayette

Newsletter: The Sunriser, a guided tour through the best in Colorado journalism

Education: University of California, Santa Cruz: BA in Environmental Studies, BA in Philosophy. School of the Art Institute of Chicago: MA in Arts Journalism.

Professional membership(s): Asian American Journalists Association

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Two women stand in a garage looking at a photo album; one points at a page while the other holds papers and a plastic bag. Storage shelves and bins are visible in the background.
Posted inAging in Colorado

With age comes … stuff. Here’s how experts help older Coloradans downsize their possessions.

Kevin Simpson by Kevin Simpson and Parker Yamasaki 4:05 AM MDT on Jun 30, 20259:56 AM MDT on Jul 3, 2025
A pair of winter boots on a bucket, aquarium hood box, bath faucet box, and a stack of trays on a white shelf in a garage.
Posted inAging in Colorado

Tips and advice for decluttering and downsizing your possessions

Kevin Simpson by Kevin Simpson and Parker Yamasaki 4:00 AM MDT on Jun 30, 20259:57 AM MDT on Jul 3, 2025
Posted inAgriculture

Beloved grocery store serving secluded Colorado town of 500 people looks for ways to buy local

by Parker Yamasaki 3:53 AM MDT on Jun 17, 20259:01 AM MDT on Jun 17, 2025
Posted inAging in Colorado

Miss Colorado Senior, a pageant for women over 60, is about more than beauty and ballroom gowns

by Parker Yamasaki 4:00 AM MDT on Jun 2, 202510:29 AM MDT on Jun 2, 2025
A stage with spotlights shining on two theatrical masks, one smiling and one frowning, held above by a pair of open hands—highlighting the vital role of arts funding in supporting performance and creativity.
Posted inArts

Colorado arts and humanities funds are being drained. Can philanthropy refill them?

by Parker Yamasaki 3:55 AM MDT on Jun 1, 20252:11 PM MDT on Jun 18, 2025
Posted inArts

A new art center debuts in an old Denver fortune cookie factory

by Parker Yamasaki 4:01 AM MDT on May 23, 20257:40 AM MDT on May 23, 2025
Posted inEnvironment

The latest victim of Trump cuts? Beetles keeping an invasive plant at bay in Colorado.

by Parker Yamasaki 3:55 AM MDT on Apr 29, 20258:52 AM MDT on Apr 30, 2025
An oferenda in front of a portrait of the pop musician Selena. There are sugar-skull statues, candles, a sage bundle and marigolds on the altar.
Posted inMusic

Why Coloradans are still falling in love with Selena 30 years after her death

by Parker Yamasaki 3:30 AM MDT on Apr 20, 202510:12 AM MDT on Apr 21, 2025
Posted inEnergy

Lawsuit attacking Colorado oil and gas rules echoes Trump’s push to roll back local green laws

by Parker Yamasaki and Michael Booth 4:00 AM MDT on Apr 14, 20252:54 PM MDT on Apr 14, 2025
Posted inNewsletters

Colorado’s measles-tracking nightmare 

by John Ingold and Parker Yamasaki 12:21 PM MDT on Apr 9, 202512:22 PM MDT on Apr 9, 2025

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