CMP News, Opportunities, Opportunities - Current
Sam Moody
Announcing CMP’s 2025 Newsroom Sustainability ...

Colorado Media Project is pleased to announce the first of two new grant opportunities for local Colorado newsrooms in 2025. The 2025 Newsroom Sustainability Grant supports projects that strengthen newsroom financial, staffing, and operational sustainability in Colorado. Applications are open now, and the deadline to apply for this grant is 5pm Mountain Time, Monday, June 30, 2025.  

Announcing CMP’s 2025 Newsroom Sustainability Grant
CMP News, Opportunities, Opportunities - Current
Sam Moody
Announcing CMP's 2025 Closing Colorado Coverage ...

Colorado Media Project is pleased to announce one of two new grant opportunities for local Colorado newsrooms in 2025. The 2025 Closing Community Coverage Gaps Grant provides flexible support to newsrooms serving Colorado’s BIPOC, non-English speaking, and rural communities. Applications are open now, and the deadline to apply for this grant is 5pm Mountain Time, Monday, June 30, 2025.  CMP will be hosting an information session about this grant opportunity via Zoom on Friday, June 13, 2025, from 11:00-11:45 a.m.

Announcing CMP's 2025 Closing Colorado Coverage Gaps Grant Opportunity
CMP News
Sam Moody
Colorado Media Project names Kimberly Spencer, ...

Colorado Media Project (CMP) has named Kimberly Spencer as Director to lead efforts to strengthen the local news ecosystem in Colorado. A seasoned fundraiser and nonprofit leader, Spencer has helped newsrooms build financial sustainability through fundraising, executive leadership and relationship building.

Colorado Media Project names Kimberly Spencer, CFRE, as Director
CMP News, Collaboration, Grantees
Sam Moody
Start the Press! A New Community Printing ...

The Trust Press, a commercial printing facility launched by the National Trust for Local News to

address the skyrocketing costs of producing local news in Colorado, is now operational. The new

press is printing the publications of Colorado Community Media, also owned by the National

Trust, and will begin printing dozens of other local and ethnic newspapers in the new year.

Start the Press! A New Community Printing Press Opens in Colorado
CMP News, Grantees
Sam Moody
35 Community Newsrooms Join Forces to Raise ...

Today, Giving Newsday, is the start of the 2024 #newsCOneeds Year-End Giving Campaign! By the end of December, 35 community newsrooms are engaged in a campaign to increase public awareness and grassroots support from individuals for the vital public service that journalism provides to our communities. They collectively aim to raise at least one million dollars to support local news - and they need your help!

35 Community Newsrooms Join Forces to Raise Over $1 Million

advancing equity in local news

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Announcing CMP's 2025 Closing Colorado Coverage Gaps Grant Opportunity

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Announcing CMP's 2025 Closing Colorado Coverage Gaps Grant Opportunity

Colorado Media Project is pleased to announce one of two new grant opportunities for local Colorado newsrooms in 2025. The 2025 Closing Community Coverage Gaps Grant provides flexible support to newsrooms serving Colorado’s BIPOC, non-English speaking, and rural communities. Applications are open now, and the deadline to apply for this grant is 5pm Mountain Time, Monday, June 30, 2025.  CMP will be hosting an information session about this grant opportunity via Zoom on Friday, June 13, 2025, from 11:00-11:45 a.m.

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

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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.


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Apply By June 12 for Press Forward's National Pooled Fund

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Apply By June 12 for Press Forward's National Pooled Fund

Small newsrooms or coalitions that provide original reporting in underserved communities — and have budgets under $1 million — are eligible to apply. At least 100 newsrooms nationwide will receive around $100,000 each over two years in unrestricted funds.

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

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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.


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Reimagining the Public Square: Coloradans Deserve Better

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Reimagining the Public Square: Coloradans Deserve Better

Against the headwinds of divisive national rhetoric, increasing polarization of local communities, digital overwhelm and social isolation — we believe it’s time for pragmatic, solutions-focused Coloradans to reclaim the public square from political pundits and conflict entrepreneurs. As the new documentary “Join or Die” puts it, building “community connections could hold the answers to our democracy’s present crisis.”

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Fighting To Be Seen: A Call From Colorado’s AANHPI Communities for Equitable and Just Local News

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Fighting To Be Seen: A Call From Colorado’s AANHPI Communities for Equitable and Just Local News

In a new report, 30 journalists and community residents of different Asian, South Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) provide four key recommendations for more accurate representation in local media.

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Announcing $350,000+ in Grants to Advance Equity and Inclusion in Local Newsrooms Across Colorado

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Announcing $350,000+ in Grants to Advance Equity and Inclusion in Local Newsrooms Across Colorado

Recipients of our 2023 Advancing Equity in Local News grants will address three overarching priorities identified by community members and journalists of color through the Voices Initiative, led by Colorado News Collaborative with support from Colorado Media Project since 2020.

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Reframing Resistance Coverage Can Build Trust in Local News

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Reframing Resistance Coverage Can Build Trust in Local News

News Voices: Colorado is listening to residents around the state to understand their questions about how local news is covering the protests, how that coverage is specifically impacting Black residents — and what can be done to repair trust.

CMP Offers Grants to Reach Diverse Populations with COVID-19 News and Resources

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.

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