As The Denver Post sheds staff under its hedge-fund owners, a pair of the newspaper's recently departed editors plan to lead a new digital news venture called The Colorado Sun. Working with editors Dana Coffield and Larry Ryckman on the project are some of The Post's best-known former news reporters - Jason Blevins, Jennifer Brown, Tamara Chuang, John Ingold and Kevin Simpson - along with digital staffer Eric Lubbers, who previously curated The Post's daily email newsletter. "Local news is in crisis.