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SUPPORT FROM COLORADO MEDIA PROJECT
Advancing Equity 2023, 2022; #newsCOneeds 2022, 2021, 2020
2023 Advancing Equity Award: $10,000 to support Sentinel Colorado in working with peers to develop and offer a paid journalism internship program that provides mentorship and cohort support to BIPOC students.
2023 Advancing Equity Update: This year, the Sentinel is on track to host 16 interns, 12 of whom are first or second-generation immigrants, representing Aurora’s diverse communities, in their first Summer Journalism Camp. This project was inspired by their participation in CPA’s Workforce Pathways/Internships Working Group, and they have established strong recruitment partnerships with Colorado State University Fort Collins, and Metro State University Denver. The Sentinel has identified at least one, and potentially up to three Summer Journalism Camp participants who intend to participate in a year-long internship program, and is exploring the possibility of running an additional fall semester Journalism Camp.