CJ Baker

Writer & Editor

Wyoming journalist

Over the past 15-plus years, I've worked to earn the trust of readers and sources through accurate and fair reporting, producing impactful stories that have traveled across the country and beyond.

As a writer and editor in Powell, Wyoming, I've had the opportunity to cover a bit of everything — from a hospital CEO who brazenly embezzled his way into federal prison to the shuttering of a pharmaceutical manufacturer once eyed as a key part of the state's economic diversification strategy to a fight over a proposed luxury retreat in one of Wyoming's most scenic places.

I enjoy reporting on anything involving a good story and making copy better through editing. When I'm not digging into court documents or laboring over the last troublesome sentence of a draft, you can find me hanging out with my wife, kids and Australian shepherd.

Selected work

Erik Prince: Wyoming businessman?

A dig into public records showed that military contractor Erik Prince overstated his ties to Wyoming in a sworn statement to a judge.

Powell bar rejects the governor's COVID curfew

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a Powell bar refused to go along with Gov. Mark Gordon's 10 p.m. curfew, asserting it was exempt.

Remembering a smokejumper 'too good to lose'

Friends, families and colleagues from across the country gathered in Cody to pay their respects to Tim Hart, a wildland firefighter who died in the line of duty.

Republican factions battle for control of state Legislature

The fight over the direction of Wyoming's Republican Party came to Park County in the 2020 primary, with party activists from across the state aligning with different local candidates.

Jury acquits men in long-running Medicaid fraud case

For more than a decade, officials investigated and prosecuted the operators of a Powell treatment center for Medicaid fraud. A jury, however, acquitted the men of all charges.

State: Worker's fatal crash into ravine could have been prevented

Multiple people knew or suspected that a construction worker had used meth before he and a heavy truck crashed down a ravine in 2018. But no one took action in time.

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Freelance Writing and Editing
December 2022 - present

Available for opportunities.

Powell Tribune — Staff Writer and Editor
June 2008 - present

During my tenure at the Tribune, I've covered law enforcement, the judicial system, local government, politics and everything in between across Park County. I spent over five years leading the paper's newsroom before getting the opportunity to leave management and return to my true love of reporting.