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Ten Trusted Community News Sources Awarded COVID-19 Informed Communities Grants

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.

A look back – and toward the future! – in supporting local news as a public good in Colorado

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. 

Five reasons journalists should register for Colorado Migrahack

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:

Colorado Public Radio-Denverite Marriage: 1+1=3

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.

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

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.