The G.E.S. Gazette is a new bilingual publication for the Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea neighborhoods and RiNo Art District. Each month, the G.E.S. Gazette brings news about local politics, community happenings, arts & culture, and more to residents. The G.E.S. Gazette is supported by its sister paper, the Denver North Star.
SUPPORT FROM COLORADO MEDIA PROJECT
Advancing Equity 2023, 2022; #newsCOneeds 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
2023 Advancing Equity Award: $9,140 to expand the G.E.S. Gazette's ability to reach Spanish-speaking residents during the City's spring election cycle, through increased community engagement, a bilingual debate, and increased page counts.
2023 Advancing Equity Update: The majority of the Gazette’s grant project was focused around the Denver spring elections. Their planned bilingual debate for District 9 City Council was the best-attended across the city, and they were asked to host a second debate for the run-off, which was equally successful. Both community members and candidates were enthusiastic in their feedback on the quality of the debates. Building on the success of these events, the Gazette is working to formalize the personal relationships their editor established with community leaders into institutional relationships that will support their bilingual community engagement efforts moving forward.
2022 Advancing Equity Award: $6,000 to support the production of North Denver Latinx Stories, written by BIPOC authors from Globeville, Elyria, Swansea and North Denver, via collaboration between the Denver North Star and its newly-established sister paper, the G. E. S. Gazette.
2022 Advancing Equity Impact: This grant helped us ensure more Latino voices in both publications, which is important to ensure we are reflective of our communities. By including more local writers, we were able to include stories on topics we knew were important to the community. We looked at the impact of the pandemic on students, police and the community, and other issues identified by the writer. By providing funds for translation, it helped us create a fully bilingual second paper, even as translation costs exceeded our initial estimates.