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Solving the Fried and Frozen Dilemma
Colorado News Collaborative
Feb 13, 2025
Imagine a newsroom where the editor is also the publisher, sometimes the delivery driver, and even—on occasion—the janitor. That’s the reality for many local journalists today, like Dave Perry of the Aurora Sentinel. Despite nearly $30 billion in philanthropic investment in media since 2009, newsrooms like his remain understaffed, overburdened and unable to fully leverage the resources available to them. Why hasn’t all that funding solved the crisis? In this compelling Wolzien Lecture at the...
What Voters Are Telling Their Local Newsrooms
Tina Griego
Jun 12, 2024
“I would like [candidates] to talk about how high and unreasonable the cost of living has become. Do we pay rent and insurance but go hungry?” “Need to address returning Roe...
Inside the News: The Denver Post’s AI Policy 🤖
Corey Hutchins
Apr 18, 2025
The Denver Post’s policy on using artificial intelligence fits on half of a printed page. The text contains five bullet points. Here it is in its entirety: AI is a...
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