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.
Call for Partners: Engaging Communities in an Election Year … and Beyond
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.
Apply by Nov. 27 for a 2024 Advancing Equity in Local News Grant
CO Engaged Elections Fellowship: Tune up your political coverage ahead of 2024!
This fall, up to 12 Colorado newsrooms will be selected to receive training, cohort support, and coaching from Hearken to develop a winning strategy to surface and respond to their public’s critical information needs related to elections. Each participating newsroom will also receive a $1,000 stipend to support their engagement strategy. Apply by Aug. 7.
Apply by July 17 for a 2023 #newsCOneeds Matching Grant
New Funding Available for Advancing Equity in Local News Projects
CMP has opened the second round of Advancing Equity in Local News grants for applications. The purpose is to build newsroom and community capacity to address inequities, and to harness a wider array of partners and community assets to create a healthier, more inclusive public square in Colorado, and the application deadline to receive funding for 2023 projects is December 1, 2022. Learn more and apply here!
Apply Now for a 2022 #newsCOneeds Matching Grant
In partnership with Colorado News Collaborative and News Revenue Hub, our 2021 #newsCOneeds campaign and matching grant challenge is an ecosystem-wide, public awareness-building opportunity for all Colorado newsrooms to spotlight the positive impacts they are making in their communities, and to build trust in and support for their local public-service journalism.
Call for Applicants: CMP Learning and Grants Manager (FT)
Colorado Media Project is seeking a creative, flexible, motivated individual to serve as Learning and Grants Manager for the next phase of CMP’s life cycle. This is a highly strategic but behind-the-scenes role, as we strive to keep CMP grantees and partners center stage and coalition funders actively engaged in making strategic and responsive grants in this rapidly evolving field for philanthropy.
Grant Opportunity: Multi-Year Support for Community Newsrooms that Reach Underserved Audiences
Small, community-based news outlets currently serving a core audience that, because of language, race or ethnicity, and/or geography, is not adequately served by other news outlets in the state are invited to apply for a new, three-year grant that provides support for growth and enhanced community service. The total grant amount per news organization may range between $30,000 and $60,000 per year for three years, with funding starting in January 2022.
Grant Opportunity: Advancing Equity in Local News
These grants will support projects that address one or more of these three priorities: Support internal diversity, equity and inclusion capacity-building efforts in Colorado newsrooms; strengthen connections and build trust between Colorado newsrooms and the diverse communities they serve; and/or support more diverse and inclusive civic news leadership, entrepreneurship, ownership and narratives. A total of at least $250,000 is expected to be available for 2022; the total grant amount per project for most projects will range between $5,000 and $25,000, with potential for more funding for projects that involve multiple partners and/or deliver more impact
Apply Now for a 2021 #newsCOneeds Matching Grant
In partnership with Colorado News Collaborative and News Revenue Hub, our 2021 #newsCOneeds campaign and matching grant challenge is an ecosystem-wide, public awareness-building opportunity for all Colorado newsrooms to spotlight the positive impacts they are making in their communities, and to build trust in and support for their local public-service journalism.
Grant Opportunity: 2021 Water Journalism Fellowship
The five-month fellowship features a series of four “Water Fluency for Journalists” workshops presented by Fresh Water News (an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit news service) in addition to coaching support for individual and collaborative reporting projects from the Colorado News Collaborative. The fellowship experience and $1,000 journalist stipends are made possible with support from the Denver-based Gates Family Foundation.
Grant Opportunity: Informing Communities to Ensure Equitable Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine
How Your Newsroom Can Participate in the #newsCOneeds Awareness Campaign
CO Newsrooms: Join the #newsCOneeds campaign and apply for a $5K matching grant
In partnership with Colorado News Collaborative and News Revenue Hub, our 2020 #newsCOneeds campaign and matching grant challenge will become an ecosystem-wide, public awareness-building opportunity for all Colorado newsrooms to spotlight the positive impacts they are making in their communities, and to build trust in and support for their local public-service journalism.
Seeking Visionary Community Leaders to Help Guide the Colorado News Collaborative
This fall, we’re working with partners to help build a diverse, community-minded governing board and working committees to help guide the Colorado News Collaborative, or COLab. Innovative thinkers — particularly those from outside of the journalism field, outside of the Front Range, and from historically marginalized communities — let us know you’re interested!
CMP Offers Grants to Reach Diverse Populations with COVID-19 News and Resources
Colorado’s ethnic and non-English-language media outlets and trusted community organizations are invited to apply for grants of up to $5,000 each, to help ensure that the state’s diverse and underrepresented communities are receiving accurate, localized, and actionable information on the continuously evolving COVID-19 public health and economic crises.
CO Journalists Join Forces on COVID-19 Coverage
Join the Colorado Media Project for two timely journalism collaborations in 2020
Coronavirus resources for Colorado journalists
In this challenging time, journalists in Colorado and around the country are playing a crucial role to keep our communities informed. In support of their work, we share resources and advice for covering the COVID-19 pandemic, adjusting to remote work, and other important topics — and announce a Colorado-specific journalists’ network to track and combat the spread of viral misinformation online throughout 2020.