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
CMP News, Collaboration, Grantees
Sam Moody
Nine Colorado Newsrooms Receive Funding from ...

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.


Nine Colorado Newsrooms Receive Funding from Press Forward to Close Local Coverage Gaps
CMP News
Sam Moody
Call for Applicants: Colorado Media Project ...

In this pivotal time for the future of local civic news, CMP seeks candidates and nominations for its next Director. The Director will play a crucial role in advancing CMP’s mission to support sustainable, equitable, and community-centered journalism in Colorado. Reporting to CMP’s Executive Committee, and employed by CMP’s fiscal sponsor, the Rose Community Foundation, this leadership position requires a dynamic and strategic individual with a passion for public service and accessible civic information, exceptional relationship-building skills, and deep expertise in fundraising, strategic communications, coalition building, and organizational management.

Call for Applicants: Colorado Media Project Director
CMP News, Opportunities - Current, Community Engagement
Sam Moody
2024 #newsCOneeds Year-End Giving Challenge

Locally owned and non-profit newsrooms serving communities across Colorado are invited to apply to join the 2024 #newsCOneeds Year-End Giving Challenge, and apply for matching grant funding from CMP.

2024 #newsCOneeds Year-End Giving Challenge

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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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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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Community News Innovation and Sustainability: Join Us to Explore Five Wicked Problems

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Community News Innovation and Sustainability: Join Us to Explore Five Wicked Problems

Today, Colorado Media Project is excited to announce $360,000 in new commitments to ecosystem partners who are dedicated to helping our state’s local newsrooms explore and pilot innovative solutions to wicked problems that they are facing right now, in communities across the state. And we invite you to join us.

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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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New Funding Available for Advancing Equity in Local News Projects

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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!

Announcing ~$1 million in Grants to Strengthen and Advance Equity in Local News

Announcing ~$1 million in Grants to Strengthen and Advance Equity in Local News

These awards also kick off Colorado Media Project’s second three-year commitment as a community-informed, multi-funder coalition dedicated to supporting innovations that make the state’s local media ecosystem more sustainable, collaborative, inclusive, and accountable to the public it serves.

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Meet the 10 CMP Grantees Who Will Address COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Among Impacted Communities

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Meet the 10 CMP Grantees Who Will Address COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Among Impacted Communities

These trusted Colorado news sources will receive a total of $85,000 in grants to support local journalism and community listening and reporting projects that address critical information needs, questions, and concerns about uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine among communities of color and other marginalized groups.


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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.

Join the conversation: