Chalkbeat Colorado is a nonprofit, digital newsroom covering education in Denver and statewide, as part of a nationwide network of mission-aligned newsrooms committed to covering one of America’s most important stories: the effort to improve schools for all children, especially those who have historically lacked access to a quality education.
SUPPORT FROM COLORADO MEDIA PROJECT
Advancing Equity 2023; #newsCOneeds 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
2023 Advancing Equity Award: $25,000 to support Chalkbeat's efforts to strengthen its service to Spanish-speaking parents and caregivers, by producing more content and resource guides in Spanish that fill critical information needs, developing new strategies to reach Spanish-speaking audiences online and in person. Potential strategies include community ambassadors, a local reader advisory board, and community partnerships. Chalkbeat will also share lessons learned from Chalkbeat's Source Auditing Tool with other newsrooms in Colorado.
2023 Advancing Equity Update: Chalkbeat Colorado has launched a Spanish-language education news site and continues to develop an array of evergreen resource guides. The launch of the site is supported by an offline engagement campaign, including community feedback, distribution of PDF versions of articles with QR links to the site at schools and community organizations, a direct mail campaign, and content-sharing partnerships with major Spanish language newspapers in Colorado. Chalkbeat is establishing their team as a trusted resource that community members can direct their education questions to for helpful answers.