Opportunities - Current, Opportunities, CMP News
Sam Moody
Apply By June 12 for Press Forward's National ...

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.

Apply By June 12 for Press Forward's National Pooled Fund
CMP Research, Ideas, Research
Melissa Davis
Workforce Pathways for Local Journalism in ...

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.

Workforce Pathways for Local Journalism in Colorado
CMP News, Collaboration, Community Engagement
Melissa Davis
Colorado Newsrooms Join Forces to Strengthen ...

More than two dozen Colorado newsrooms have launched an unprecedented collaboration to better cover the 2024 elections.

Colorado Newsrooms Join Forces to Strengthen Elections Coverage in 2024
CMP News
Melissa Davis
Press Forward Colorado: CMP Takes Lead Role as ...

The Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust, Gates Family Foundation, The Gill Foundation, and Rose Community Foundation have stepped forward to lead Press Forward Colorado as a local affiliate of the nationwide initiative.

Press Forward Colorado: CMP Takes Lead Role as Local Home for Nationwide Initiative
CMP News, Community Engagement, Opportunities - Current, Opportunities
Sam Moody
Call for Partners: Engaging Communities in an ...

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.

Call for Partners: Engaging Communities in an Election Year … and Beyond

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Why a new chapter for 24 community newspapers matters for Colorado — and the nation

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Why a new chapter for 24 community newspapers matters for Colorado — and the nation

As hedge funds and billionaires clash swords over control of big-city newsrooms nationwide, a quiet coalition of heavyweight collaborators has conspired to save a less prestigious—but just as vital—type of local news.

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Announcing New Investments and Partners for Colorado's Local News Ecosystem

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Announcing New Investments and Partners for Colorado's Local News Ecosystem

The Gates Family Foundation, Democracy Fund, and the University of Denver’s Project X-ITE announce new, significant commitments the Colorado Media Project. Our goal is to raise $2.5 million over three years to foster trustworthy, sustainable local journalism serving all Coloradans, and we’re more than halfway there.

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