The Colorado Media Project (CMP) and the Colorado Press Association (CPA) are proud to announce and welcome Laura Frank as the inaugural executive director of COLab, the Colorado News Collaborative.
Ten Trusted Community News Sources Awarded COVID-19 Informed Communities Grants
Over the next six months, grant recipients will collaborate with dozens of independent local news outlets already participating in the Colorado News Collaborative’s COVID Coverage Network, to increase access to accurate, localized, and actionable information on the continuously evolving COVID-19 public health and economic crises.
CO Journalists Join Forces on COVID-19 Coverage
Join the Colorado Media Project for two timely journalism collaborations in 2020
2019 Colorado Media Project highlights
A look back – and toward the future! – in supporting local news as a public good in Colorado
We began 2019 at Colorado Media Project with new investments and partners to build community support for local news in Colorado.
We end the year stronger. CMP enjoys more investments from local and national funders. We have many more partners, including our new fiscal sponsor, Rose Community Foundation. And thanks to the hundreds of Coloradans who have participated in CMP projects and events this year, we know that there’s a strong vein of public concern about the future of local news in our state.
Creating community around arts & culture coverage
Imagining the Future of Local News for Boulder County
Five reasons journalists should register for Colorado Migrahack
On Sept. 27-28, Colorado Media Project is co-hosting the Colorado Migrahack at University of Denver. What’s a Migrahack? A chance for journalists to gather with web developers, data crunchers, multimedia specialists, immigration community representatives, students, and faculty to create data-based reporting projects. Here are five reasons Colorado journalists should register now:
Five Colorado news organizations to explore joint “‘Epic Pass’” marketing and membership pilot for local news
CMP, DU Kick Off Migrahack Planning
The Colorado Media Project and the University of Denver have kicked off planning for a Migrahack event to be held this fall, which will bring together journalists, developers, students, data scientists and more to brainstorm ways to use technology show, not just tell, stories around migration issues.
Journalists Brainstorm Ideas to Rally Community Support
Colorado Public Radio-Denverite Marriage: 1+1=3
Today’s news that Denverite, a beloved three-year-old digital news organization, is becoming part of Colorado Public Radio — which has been acting on big plans to expand its news staff — injects a new spirit of optimism into the local news conversation in Colorado. We talked to Kevin Dale, CPR’s executive editor, and Dave Burdick, Denverite’s founder and editor, about what this change means for both organizations, their loyal listeners and readers, and Colorado’s local news ecosystem.
Five Takeaways from Knight Media Forum
Show Don't Tell: Continuing a Journalism Legacy
Celebrating Some Rare Good News in the News Biz
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.