Category: Research & Insights

The News About Local News: 10 Takeaways from Colorado Journalists

In the summer of 2020, two surveys — one conducted by University of Denver (DU) with support from The Colorado Trust and the other one by Colorado Press Association (CPA) and Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) of their members and partners — assessed Colorado journalists’ views of their own news outlets and coverage, and of the state of the broader news ecosystem in Colorado. In their answers, journalists highlight strengths, identify weaknesses, and propose solutions for improving local journalism in Colorado.

Reframing Resistance Coverage Can Build Trust in Local News

News Voices: Colorado is listening to residents around the state to understand their questions about how local news is covering the protests, how that coverage is specifically impacting Black residents — and what can be done to repair trust.

Misinformation in your backyard: Insights from Five U.S. states ahead of the 2020 election

“All politics is local,” so the saying goes. The same could be said for misinformation. The 2016 elections brought stories of Macedonian teens pulling quick profits and Russian agents seeding polarization across the United States. But 2020 is teaching us that whatever the origins of a rumor, misleading meme or photo, it is the local twist and organic amplification that give it power — often leading to impact offline.

CMP Annual Report 2019

Today we published our CMP Annual Report for 2019. Our work over the past year reaffirmed just how many community

Local News is a Public Good

In 2019, Colorado Media Project published a path-leading report, “Local News is a Public Good: Public Pathways for Supporting Coloradans’

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