Opportunities - Current, Opportunities, CMP News
Sam Moody
Press Forward's National Pooled Fund Announces ...

PLocal news outlets that fill coverage gaps with original reporting — and have a budget under $1 million — will be eligible to apply for national Press Forward funding.

Press Forward's National Pooled Fund Announces First Open Call for Funding
CMP Research, Ideas, Research
Melissa Davis
Workforce Pathways for Local Journalism in ...

New white paper by Corey Hutchins of Colorado College shares findings from a 2023 CMP-supported working group — and explores solutions. In addition to sharing ideas surfaced by newsroom and higher education leaders in the working group, the report captures takeaways from newsroom-hosted student internships supported by CMP through its Advancing Equity in Local News program in 2023, and from a cohort-based program that COLab provided for students placed in Colorado newsrooms in summer 2023. It is published to contribute to ecosystem learning and continuous improvement of Colorado’s journalism workforce pipeline.

Workforce Pathways for Local Journalism in Colorado
CMP News, Collaboration, Community Engagement
Melissa Davis
Colorado Newsrooms Join Forces to Strengthen ...

More than two dozen Colorado newsrooms have launched an unprecedented collaboration to better cover the 2024 elections.

Colorado Newsrooms Join Forces to Strengthen Elections Coverage in 2024
CMP News
Melissa Davis
Press Forward Colorado: CMP Takes Lead Role as ...

The Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust, Gates Family Foundation, The Gill Foundation, and Rose Community Foundation have stepped forward to lead Press Forward Colorado as a local affiliate of the nationwide initiative.

Press Forward Colorado: CMP Takes Lead Role as Local Home for Nationwide Initiative
CMP News, Community Engagement, Opportunities - Current, Opportunities
Sam Moody
Call for Partners: Engaging Communities in an ...

Colorado’s local and statewide newsrooms and nonpartisan community and civic groups are invited to join forces with Rocky Mountain Public Media, Colorado State University’s Center for Public Deliberation, the Colorado Press Association, Colorado News Collaborative, and the Colorado Media Project in a statewide campaign to reclaim and reimagine the public square across all of Colorado’s 64 counties.

All Colorado newsrooms are invited to participate in this project to the depth of their choosing. This could range from promoting the initiative and encouraging your audiences to participate in regional events, to asking your community the common questions (to be developed in conjunction with participating newsrooms), to reporting the results and ensuring your community is represented in the statewide reporting, to joining a cohort that will receive additional training and support for community listening and engagement, and/or joining the steering committee for the project.

Call for Partners: Engaging Communities in an Election Year … and Beyond

CMP Research

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Workforce Pathways for Local Journalism in Colorado

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Workforce Pathways for Local Journalism in Colorado

New white paper by Corey Hutchins of Colorado College shares findings from a 2023 CMP-supported working group — and explores solutions. In addition to sharing ideas surfaced by newsroom and higher education leaders in the working group, the report captures takeaways from newsroom-hosted student internships supported by CMP through its Advancing Equity in Local News program in 2023, and from a cohort-based program that COLab provided for students placed in Colorado newsrooms in summer 2023. It is published to contribute to ecosystem learning and continuous improvement of Colorado’s journalism workforce pipeline.

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The Future of Printing: Findings and Solutions from a Collaborative Working Group

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The Future of Printing: Findings and Solutions from a Collaborative Working Group

What happens when one of Colorado’s few remaining commercial printing presses stops? This new report, commissioned and published by Colorado Media Project (CMP), summarizes research, findings, and recommendations from an industry working group led by the Colorado Press Association (CPA) and the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) throughout 2023.

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Reimagining Colorado's Public Square: The 2023 CMP Summit & Report

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Reimagining Colorado's Public Square: The 2023 CMP Summit & Report

Why should concerned citizens and residents, including state and local officials, care about what’s happening in Colorado’s local journalism industry? This 2023 white paper updates key data points on local news deserts and ownership from CMP’s 2019 report, “Local News is a Public Good”; spotlights what we know Colorado communities want, need, and expect from local news; and challenges all of us to rise to the occasion.

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2022 Statewide Survey of Attitudes Toward State & Local Media

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2022 Statewide Survey of Attitudes Toward State & Local Media

Where do Coloradans get their local news — and how? Who do they trust, what are they paying for — and why? What roles do Coloradans think local journalists should be playing in our democracy — and how well do they think they are doing? A new 2022 survey of more than 1,800 Coloradans provides 10 key takeaways that reflect current views of local news outlets and journalists — and trends that are shaping their future.

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Looking Back: Reflections on the Colorado Media Project (2018-2021)

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Looking Back: Reflections on the Colorado Media Project (2018-2021)

While many groups and individuals are hard at work across the sector, for the past 3.5 years Colorado Media Project has attempted to serve as a center of gravity for engaging non-journalists — especially those from underserved communities — in this pivotal time for the future of local civic news. We see our role as helping to catalyze, fund, and advocate for innovations that make Colorado's local news ecosystem more sustainable, collaborative, trustworthy and accountable to the public it serves.

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The News About Local News: 10 Takeaways from Colorado Journalists

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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.

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

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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

CMP Annual Report 2019

Today we published our CMP Annual Report for 2019. Our work over the past year reaffirmed just how many community members care deeply about the future of local news in Colorado. We also learned that newsrooms across the state ranging from legacy newspapers to digital startups are eager to build capacity, engage with community, and increase collaboration. Join us to reflect on these and other important lessons, and help us apply them forward into further learning and growth in 2020.

How uncovering a small Colorado town’s hushed secret led to redemption and reconciliation in Rangely

How uncovering a small Colorado town’s hushed secret led to redemption and reconciliation in Rangely

One cold December evening, a year after a police officer killed a mentally-ill man in the northwest Colorado town of Rangely, the dead man’s wife sat next to the officer and forgave him -- wishing him peace of mind and absolving him of the guilt that had plagued him since the shooting.

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Key Insights from the Colorado Media Project

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Key Insights from the Colorado Media Project

In just four months, the Colorado Media Project has produced thought-provoking research and insights. Read our executive summary, or take a deep dive into the various components — from our 2,000+ survey of Colorodans, to digital prototypes and business concepts, to a benchmark study of Colordado’s digital and nonprofit outlets — and more.

2018 Colorado Media Survey finds a Sizable Market for Digital, Local News

2018 Colorado Media Survey finds a Sizable Market for Digital, Local News

About 2.4 million digitally-savvy Coloradans are interested in state, local, and neighborhood news, and read more than headlines, a Colorado Media Project survey of 2,000+ residents has found. And about 1 million of these Coloradans are willing to pay for local news - the first time this market has been quantified.

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

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.

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The Cultivo Media Prototypes

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The Cultivo Media Prototypes

The prototyping process is all about the end user. Cultivo conducted empathy interviews with Coloradans from across the state, to hear first-hand about their personal experiences and challenges with Colorado local news today. Then they rapidly developed and user tested four digital prototypes to address common pain points with novel solutions. Read the final reports from GeoStory, StoryHound, Inspectre News, and The Daily Snack.

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