One cold December evening, a year after a police officer killed a mentally-ill man in the northwest Colorado town of Rangely, the dead man’s wife sat next to the officer and forgave him -- wishing him peace of mind and absolving him of the guilt that had plagued him since the shooting.
Creating community around arts & culture coverage
'Parked' project highlights promise of collaboration
“Parked” a collaborative project that developed organically thanks to the initiative of the Colorado Sun, represents a great beginning to a new spirit of cooperation among Colorado media outlets.
Unconference yields fresh ideas for collaboration
M3: Machine Learning, Migration, Mountains Journalism Unconference. drew dozens of journalists, students, and developers from Colorado and beyond to talk about collaboration, including upcoming Migrahack September 27 & 28.
Colorado Media Project, OpenNews, and University of Denver, drew journalists from states as far flung as Vermont and Florida. Many of them were data specialists, who attended the ‘unconference’ to share ideas and gain inspiration from one another. Colorado outlets represented at the unconference included the Colorado Independent, Longmont Observer, Chalkbeat, 5280, Vail Daily, and the Colorado Sun, and Colorado Public Radio.
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.
Opportunities, Challenges, Ideas: Knight Visits Denver
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.
