Colorado newsrooms seeking to build connections and trust with local residents through in-person events can now apply for grants of up to $1,500 through CMP’s new Above the Noise Community Events fund.
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.
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.
The Time is Right Now: Black Voices Call for Action
Announcing News Voices Colorado: Organizing Communities to Transform Local News
Colorado Media Project and Free Press are joining forces to launch News Voices: Colorado — a new initiative that will work alongside communities underserved by local media to help strengthen and re-imagine local news.
