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Colorado’s Digital and Nonprofit Media Landscape: 2018 Benchmark Report

The Colorado Media Project — in partnership with the Institute for Nonprofit News — set out to learn more about the state’s local news landscape, surveying 14 independent news outlets in Colorado to gain information about their mission, coverage topics, audience, staff size, business model, and more.

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Journalist Safety and Support Organizations

An independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. CPJ defends the right of all journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal.

Commoner | This is local news now: Rethinking who creates, shares, and sustains it

Research & Insights

A revised framework for understanding and supporting news and information sources serving today’s local communities

Communities of Color Call for Action

CMP Research & Insights

What will it take to ensure that local news coverage reflects, respects, and meets the information needs of the state’s communities of color? What actions must newsrooms, community members and funders take to create a future in which communities of color share and shape the power of local news media? CMP initiated and funded The Voices Project, led by COLab and community liaisons, and the calls to action from community members and journalists of color continue to guide our grantmaking strategy.

ComNet (The Communications Network)

Key Journalism Conferences National Conferences

A premier conference for communications professionals in the nonprofit and foundation sectors, including many who work in or fund media.

Democracy Fund | Healthy News & Information Ecosystem framework

Research & Insights

A framework developed by Democracy Fund, Impact Architects, and partners to help funders understand the full ecosystem of local news (beyond just the newsroom). It provides a model for assessing community information needs and democratic health.

Engines for Democracy, Running on Fumes: Topline Challenges — and Resources —for Colorado Newsrooms

Research & Insights

Across Colorado, trusted local newsrooms are running on fumes — and the negative impact on communities is increasingly clear. This sobering report from Impact Architects highlights sustainability, revenue, and human capacity across every aspect of the business as key challenges facing local newsrooms across the state - and points to opportunities to connect newsrooms with the resources they need.

Garbage Day

Written by Ryan Broderick, this newsletter is an essential guide to web culture and the creator economy. It helps journalists understand the strange and important corners of the internet.

Guide: How to Design and Launch a Collaborative Membership Offering

CMP Research & Insights

This guide is based on an experiment led by Colorado Media Project — with support from Membership Puzzle Project and consulting from Hearken — tests how news organizations can identify organizations and institutions with shared target audiences to work together to develop a shared service or product that benefits both organizations’ bottom lines, as well as the public they collectively seek to serve. The guide focuses your efforts on a new service or offering that builds opportunities for community connection, collaboration and contribution.

INN Conference – INN (Institute for Nonprofit News)

Key Journalism Conferences National Conferences

The annual conference for members of the Institute for Nonprofit News, focusing on sustainability, leadership, and innovation in nonprofit journalism.

Inside the News in Colorado (Corey Hutchins’ Newsletter)

Key Colorado Professional Groups, Programs, and Media Essential Media Commentary & Newsletters

A must-read newsletter for anyone following the state's media scene. It provides news, analysis, and commentary on the business of local journalism, job changes, and trends in Colorado.

International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF)

Journalist Safety and Support Organizations

The IWMF is dedicated to strengthening the role of women journalists globally. It provides safety training, reporting grants, and emergency aid to address the unique challenges women in the media face.