Colorado College, University of Denver, CMP, COLab and News Voices: Colorado are joining forces to map local news outlets and community assets, thanks to an Online News Association Challenge Grant.
How Your Newsroom Can Participate in the #newsCOneeds Awareness Campaign
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.
Meet the 2020 #newsCOneeds Matching Challenge Grantees
Reframing Resistance Coverage Can Build Trust in Local News
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.
Informed Communities Grantees Reaching More Coloradans with COVID-19 News
Let’s Talk: Journalism’s Race Problem
Announcing COLab's New Executive Director
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.