Grantees

Nine Colorado Newsrooms Receive Funding from Press Forward to Close Local Coverage Gaps

Nine Colorado Newsrooms Receive Funding from Press Forward to Close Local Coverage Gaps

Denver, October 16 - Press Forward Colorado today announced that nine local media outlets have been awarded $900,000 in grants as part of the Press Forward national foundation’s first open call for funding. 


These nine Colorado newsrooms - Alamosa Citizen, Asian Avenue Magazine, Aurora Sentinel Community Media, El Comercio de Colorado, KVNF Mountain Grown Community Radio, Ouray County Plaindealer, San Miguel Basin Forum, Sopris Sun, and World Journal - will each receive $50,000 per year for the next two years to support their work serving their communities, and closing coverage gaps for communities of color, rural communities, and linguistically diverse communities.


Above the Noise: Local Newsrooms Set the Table for Trust-Building

Above the Noise: Local Newsrooms Set the Table for Trust-Building

Across Colorado from Greeley to Pueblo -- through partnerships with print, digital, radio, and television stations -- Rocky Mountain Public Media's Above the Noise initiative aims to set the table for civil conversations that build trust among neighbors and empower communities to cope with the rise of artificial intelligence, deep fakes and widespread misinformation.  

Meet the 14 Newsrooms Selected for the 2024 CMP/LMA Colorado News Philanthropy Lab

Meet the 14 Newsrooms Selected for the 2024 CMP/LMA Colorado News Philanthropy Lab

Colorado Media Project and Local Media Association are pleased to announce the 14 news organizations selected to participate in an intensive, six-month fundraising lab that brings the proven training of LMA’s Lab for Journalism Funding and CMP’s insights into Colorado philanthropy to independent news organizations across the state

A New Mission-Aligned Printing Press to Serve Colorado's Front Range Publishers

A New Mission-Aligned Printing Press to Serve Colorado's Front Range Publishers

Today, we are delighted to join the National Trust for Local News and Colorado Community Media in announcing plans for a new community press to serve Colorado. NTLN expects to begin printing CCM's 23 weekly newspapers in May 2024, and aims to offer "mission-driven" printing services to other local papers and community-based partners in the coming months.

Announcing More Than $360,000 in Grants to Advance Equity and Inclusion in Local Colorado News

Announcing More Than $360,000 in Grants to Advance Equity and Inclusion in Local Colorado News

Today Colorado Media Project is announcing 27 new grants totaling $368,300 that will support Colorado newsrooms, journalists, and media entrepreneurs in launching new projects and strengthening existing efforts to build a more inclusive local news ecosystem that reflects and serves Colorado’s diverse communities.