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
Opportunities - Current, CMP News
Sam Moody
Spotlight: Colorado Fund - Call for Proposals

The Spotlight: Colorado Fund aims to empower local Colorado-based news organizations to produce high-quality, in-depth, nonpartisan investigative reporting focused on a single topic. The guiding purpose of this fund (and the projects it supports) is to raise public awareness about critical issues facing our state and to catalyze positive change in our institutions and communities.


Spotlight: Colorado Fund - Call for Proposals
Grantees, Community Engagement
Melissa Davis
Above the Noise: Local Newsrooms Set the Table ...

Across Colorado from Greeley to Pueblo -- through partnerships with print, digital, radio, and television stations -- Rocky Mountain Public Media's Above the Noise initiative aims to set the table for civil conversations that build trust among neighbors and empower communities to cope with the rise of artificial intelligence, deep fakes and widespread misinformation.  

Above the Noise: Local Newsrooms Set the Table for Trust-Building

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.




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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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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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Grant Opportunity: Informing Communities to Ensure Equitable Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine

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Grant Opportunity: Informing Communities to Ensure Equitable Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine

Colorado newsrooms that have existing, trusted relationships with communities of color and other marginalized groups disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 can apply by April 11 for grants of between $5,000 and $10,000 to support coverage to address questions on the vaccine.

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The News About Local News: 10 Takeaways from Colorado Journalists

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The News About Local News: 10 Takeaways from Colorado Journalists

In the summer of 2020, two surveys — one conducted by University of Denver (DU) with support from The Colorado Trust and the other one by Colorado Press Association (CPA) and Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) of their members and partners — assessed Colorado journalists’ views of their own news outlets and coverage, and of the state of the broader news ecosystem in Colorado. In their answers, journalists highlight strengths, identify weaknesses, and propose solutions for improving local journalism in Colorado.

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Sen. Michael Bennet and CO Journalists Discuss his 'Future of Local News' bill

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Sen. Michael Bennet and CO Journalists Discuss his 'Future of Local News' bill

Sen. Bennet’s co-sponsored legislation would create a 13-member commission to examine new pathways to public funding for local news that meets information needs and addresses inequities in coverage and representation. Journalists from outlets large and small and offered insights into how they're faring, prodded Bennet about what his bill might accomplish, and urged him to examine certain aspects he might not have considered.

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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.

CO Newsrooms: Join the #newsCOneeds campaign and apply for a $5K matching grant

CO Newsrooms: Join the #newsCOneeds campaign and apply for a $5K matching grant

In partnership with Colorado News Collaborative and News Revenue Hub, our 2020 #newsCOneeds campaign and matching grant challenge will become an ecosystem-wide, public awareness-building opportunity for all Colorado newsrooms to spotlight the positive impacts they are making in their communities, and to build trust in and support for their local public-service journalism.

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Misinformation in your backyard: Insights from Five U.S. states ahead of the 2020 election

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Misinformation in your backyard: Insights from Five U.S. states ahead of the 2020 election

“All politics is local,” so the saying goes. The same could be said for misinformation. The 2016 elections brought stories of Macedonian teens pulling quick profits and Russian agents seeding polarization across the United States. But 2020 is teaching us that whatever the origins of a rumor, misleading meme or photo, it is the local twist and organic amplification that give it power — often leading to impact offline.

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Seeking Visionary Community Leaders to Help Guide the Colorado News Collaborative

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Seeking Visionary Community Leaders to Help Guide the Colorado News Collaborative

This fall, we’re working with partners to help build a diverse, community-minded governing board and working committees to help guide the Colorado News Collaborative, or COLab. Innovative thinkers — particularly those from outside of the journalism field, outside of the Front Range, and from historically marginalized communities — let us know you’re interested!

Join the conversation: