A new report calls on Colorado newsrooms to better reflect the experiences, needs and demands of Latinx people throughout the state.
New Grants Available for Community Newsrooms and Advancing Equity in Local News
Applications for TWO new Informed Communities grant opportunities are due Dec. 1, 2021. Learn more and RSVP for our Nov. 11 information session!
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
Meet the 2021 #newsCOneeds Matching Challenge Grantees
How #newsCOneeds helped Colorado newsrooms raise $578K+ in Dec. 2020
Participating news organizations included small, locally-owned rural and urban newspapers, local public radio stations, statewide digital outlets, nonprofit newsrooms, a public benefit corporation, a big city alt-weekly, a one-person startup, and more. In the end, the effort raised more than $578,000 for newsrooms across Colorado.
Meet the 10 CMP Fellows Who Will Advance Water Journalism in Colorado
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.
Colorado Community Media Acquisition Makes National Headlines
In the News: CCM Transaction
The Colorado Community Media properties -- 24 in all -- were purchased by The National Trust for Local News. This is a new nonprofit organization whose mission is to support local news organizations like CCM so they can remain in local ownership and control, and make the transformations communities want from their local news organizations. This is the first deal of its kind in the nation.
News coverage can be seen below here:
New Deal: Colorado-national consortium buys community papers - Washington Post
How Colorado Sun Shone on 24 Newspapers - Denver Westword
‘Tell Stories That Matter:’ Colorado Community Media Sold to Journalism Partnership
Join CMP on Thursday, May 25, for Replanting Community News: Why a new chapter for 24 weekly newspapers matters for Colorado — and the nation, a panel discussing this transaction.
