The Colorado Health Foundation Invests $2 Million to Strengthen Local News and Advance Health Equity
The Colorado Health Foundation Invests $2 Million to Strengthen Local News and Advance Health EquityFunding anchors new Public Media Innovation
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Colorado Media Project Launches $175,000 #newsCOneeds Fund to Multiply Local News Donations
DENVER (Nov. 3, 2025) – The Colorado Media Project (CMP) is multiplying donations made to 41 local Colorado newsrooms from
Investing in the Future of Colorado News: Colorado Media Project Awards $405,000 to 17 Local News Organizations
Today, the Colorado Media Project (CMP) is proud to announce $405,000 in grants to 17 vital local news and community organizations through our Newsroom Sustainability and Closing Coverage Gaps open calls.
Colorado Media Project’s Statement on Upholding Press Freedom and the Vital Role of Public Media in Colorado
DENVER, CO – The Colorado Media Project (CMP), a nonpartisan philanthropic initiative working to ensure Coloradans have access to reliable
Press Forward Colorado: CMP Takes Lead Role as Local Home for Nationwide Initiative
The Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust, Gates Family Foundation, The Gill Foundation, and Rose Community Foundation have stepped forward to lead Press Forward Colorado as a local affiliate of the nationwide initiative.
Colorado Media Project names Kimberly Spencer, CFRE, as Director
Colorado Media Project (CMP) has named Kimberly Spencer as Director to lead efforts to strengthen the local news ecosystem in Colorado. A seasoned fundraiser and nonprofit leader, Spencer has helped newsrooms build financial sustainability through fundraising, executive leadership and relationship building.
Start the Press! A New Community Printing Press Opens in Colorado
The Trust Press, a commercial printing facility launched by the National Trust for Local News to address the skyrocketing costs of producing local news in Colorado, is now operational. The new press is printing the publications of Colorado Community Media, also owned by the National Trust, and will begin printing dozens of other local and ethnic newspapers in the new year.
Nine Colorado Newsrooms Receive Funding from Press Forward to Close Local Coverage Gaps
Denver, October 16 – Press Forward Colorado today announced that nine local media outlets have been awarded $900,000 in grants as part of the Press Forward national foundation’s first open call for funding.
Above the Noise: Local Newsrooms Set the Table for Trust-Building
Across Colorado from Greeley to Pueblo — through partnerships with print, digital, radio, and television stations — Rocky Mountain Public Media’s Above the Noise initiative aims to set the table for civil conversations that build trust among neighbors and empower communities to cope with the rise of artificial intelligence, deep fakes and widespread misinformation.
A new chapter for CMP Director Melissa Milios Davis
This fall, after nearly five years as CMP Director, I will be stepping into a new role within our broader coalition as Network Manager for Press Forward – the national philanthropic campaign to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news. You can read more in a Q&A here – including just a few of the many lessons from Colorado I’ll take with me.