Kevin Beaty

Visual journalist

kbeaty@denverite.com @kevinjbeaty @kevinjbeaty

Kevin is a multimedia artist who flung himself into the world of journalism. He likes using a camera and microphone to tell stories about workers, the environment, social justice and fascinating humans.

Sprouting seeds from Denver Botanic Gardens' seed bank that researcher Alex Seglias is using to test how Colorado's alpine plants will fare in a changing climate. May 25, 2022.

Denver Botanic Garden scientists are keeping tabs on how climate will change Colorado’s flora

They're also saving seeds in preparation for a worst-case scenario.

Nazar Radchenko leans on a flack jacket and suitcases filled with supplies that his family will take with them Poland and Ukraine. May 24, 2022.

“To Ukraine with LOVE from Colorado”: Local family heads back to Europe to see friends and help with the fallout of war

The Radchenko family was done watching things unfold from afar.

Traffic at the corner of Federal Boulevard and Florida Avenue, Jan. 16, 2020.

EPA gives Denver $500,000 to transform Federal Boulevard

Cleaning up contamination can clear the way for big-time development.

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Max Hutchinson and Kevin Bastow stand in their new place in Capitol Hill. May 17, 2022.

As they move inside, Max and Kevin hope they won’t fully leave Denver’s streets behind

The couple's time in an SOS camp helped get them into permanent housing.

A view of RTD customers waiting for trains, seen from the Coloradan condo building on Wewatta Street. Jan. 25, 2022.

Is Union Station really dangerous? DPD’s crackdown mostly busted drug users.

Not a lot of violence. A whole lot of drug paraphernalia.

Raul Chavez Portillo performs Danza Mexica.

Raul Chavez Portillo, who elevated Aztec dance in Denver, has died

Chavez helped a budding Chicano movement find its spiritual side, cementing Danza as a way of life in Colorado.

Terrance Roberts in footage from "The Holly."

Adam McKay is now an executive producer on Julian Rubinstein’s “The Holly” movie

Rubinstein began filming the documentary when he started writing his book of the same name.

Heirloom tomatoes for sale at the East Denver Food Hub's stand at Noir Market, held in front of Tepeyac Community Health Center's new building in Elyria Swansea. April 30, 2022.

Elyria Swansea is getting a grocery store for the first time in at least a half-century

Noir Market got a greenlight on a crazy fast timeline. Backers see it as an opportunity to improve food access and food systems.

The remnants of a vigil for Gary Arellano in La Alma-Lincoln Park and temporary fencing installed on Thursday as a result of his killing here. April 29, 2022.

A deadly shooting closed La Alma-Lincoln Park indefinitely, but data doesn’t show park closures are impacting crime rates.

Closing parks may be the city's default response, but doing so doesn't necessarily stop crime happening around green spaces.

Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher holds a press conference at his office at the Wellington Webb Building in 2006.

Dennis Gallagher, Denver politico and neighborhood advocate, has died

"He would always talk about leaving the city a better place than you found it."

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