With this free opportunity, Colorado newsrooms can learn more about their own current or target audience’s news consumption habits, levels of and reasons for trust, payment and subscription behaviors - and compare against statewide benchmarks.
Apply Now for a 2022 #newsCOneeds Matching Grant
In partnership with Colorado News Collaborative and News Revenue Hub, our 2021 #newsCOneeds campaign and matching grant challenge is 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.
How #newsCOneeds helped Colorado newsrooms raise $700K+ in Dec. 2021
The 2022 #newsCOneeds cohort of 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 $700,000 for newsrooms across Colorado.
Watchdog Fund: Support for Colorado Journalists Reporting on Inequities
Looking Back: Reflections on the Colorado Media Project (2018-2021)
While many groups and individuals are hard at work across the sector, for the past 3.5 years Colorado Media Project has attempted to serve as a center of gravity for engaging non-journalists — especially those from underserved communities — in this pivotal time for the future of local civic news. We see our role as helping to catalyze, fund, and advocate for innovations that make Colorado's local news ecosystem more sustainable, collaborative, trustworthy and accountable to the public it serves.
Broad Coalition Voices Support for Small Business Tax Credit for Local News Advertising
Newsroom leaders, publishers of color, broadcasters, nonpartisan civic groups, national thought leaders voiced support for House Bill 22-1121 at a committee hearing, where legislators voted 8-3 for the bill.
Announcing ~$1 million in Grants to Strengthen and Advance Equity in Local News
Call for Applicants: CMP Learning and Grants Manager (FT)
Colorado Media Project is seeking a creative, flexible, motivated individual to serve as Learning and Grants Manager for the next phase of CMP’s life cycle. This is a highly strategic but behind-the-scenes role, as we strive to keep CMP grantees and partners center stage and coalition funders actively engaged in making strategic and responsive grants in this rapidly evolving field for philanthropy.
Latinx Voices are Calling for Action. We Are Listening.
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
The Time is Right Now: Black Voices Call for Action
Apply Now for a 2021 #newsCOneeds Matching Grant
In partnership with Colorado News Collaborative and News Revenue Hub, our 2021 #newsCOneeds campaign and matching grant challenge is 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.
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.
