In a new report, 30 journalists and community residents of different Asian, South Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) provide four key recommendations for more accurate representation in local media.
Frente a Frente: Two Dual-Language Newsrooms Team Up for Statewide Coverage of the 2022 Candidates and Issues
"Frente a Frente con los candidatos" — or “Face to face with the candidates” — is a special section published in Spanish and English in print and online by CMP grantees El Comercio de Colorado (an award-winning publication covering the Front Range, including the newly created 8th Congressional District) and Enterate Latino (which serves Western Slope communities from Grand Junction to Parachute).
Who's Doing Local News?
2022 Statewide Survey of Attitudes Toward State & Local Media
Where do Coloradans get their local news — and how? Who do they trust, what are they paying for — and why? What roles do Coloradans think local journalists should be playing in our democracy — and how well do they think they are doing? A new 2022 survey of more than 1,800 Coloradans provides 10 key takeaways that reflect current views of local news outlets and journalists — and trends that are shaping their future.
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.
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.
Watch Now: Get the Scoop on the Colorado Community Media Acquisition
Why a new chapter for 24 community newspapers matters for Colorado — and the nation
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.
Grant Opportunity: Informing Communities to Ensure Equitable Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine
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.
Building a Better Colorado Begins with Trust in One Another – and In Local News
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.
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!
Announcing News Voices Colorado: Organizing Communities to Transform Local News
Colorado Media Project and Free Press are joining forces to launch News Voices: Colorado — a new initiative that will work alongside communities underserved by local media to help strengthen and re-imagine local news.