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
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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.
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.
Engines for Democracy, Running on Fumes: Topline Challenges — and Resources —for Colorado Newsrooms
A sobering new report from Impact Architects reinforces the topline challenges continuing to plague Colorado newsrooms: sustainability and capacity. We also unveil a new searchable database of resources from nearly 50 Colorado-based and national organizations — making it easier for individual news organizations and journalists across the state to find and access services that meet a wide range of needs.
Colorado Newsrooms Join Forces to Strengthen Elections Coverage in 2024
More than two dozen Colorado newsrooms have launched an unprecedented collaboration to better cover the 2024 elections.
Announcing More Than $360,000 in Grants to Advance Equity and Inclusion in Local Colorado News
Today Colorado Media Project is announcing 27 new grants totaling $368,300 that will support Colorado newsrooms, journalists, and media entrepreneurs in launching new projects and strengthening existing efforts to build a more inclusive local news ecosystem that reflects and serves Colorado’s diverse communities.
The Future of Printing: Findings and Solutions from a Collaborative Working Group
What happens when one of Colorado’s few remaining commercial printing presses stops? More than 80 Front Range publications found out