Opening the Conversation
Dec 5, 2020
There are times when she does not recognize herself. Who is this cautious woman whose heart hammers when she hears her kids cough or when the latest national political outrage
Tina Griego
Tina is an editor, reporter and coach with the Colorado News Collaborative. She has been a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and the Albuquerque Tribune, but spent most of her career as a reporter and columnist for the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post. Her reporting on immigration, education and urban poverty has won national recognition. Tina lives in Fort Collins with her husband and two kids. She's a native New Mexican and prefers red over green.
Finding Connection
Oct 26, 2020
Dear reader, We at COLab think a lot — one could say “obsessively” — about readers, listeners and viewers of local news. We think about people we know and whom
There Aren’t Enough Burts to Go Around
Sep 22, 2020
Thank you and good luck to a Colorado reporter with a mind for data and a heart for people
The Hunger for News Among Colorado’s Immigrant and Refugee Communities
Sep 8, 2020
Dear reader, Before the pandemic and all that has spiraled from it — the quarantines, the distancing, the business closures, the lost work and childcare, the how-do-I-pay-the-bills-and-feed-the-kids panic — Diana
Meet Our New Boss: Introducing Laura Frank
Aug 22, 2020
Dear reader, We’re writing to introduce you to our new boss, the Colorado News Collaborative’s (COLab) Executive Director Laura Frank. Laura is a Denver native and award-winning journalist who spent
No Local News Is Bad News
Aug 3, 2020
“Tell me a bit about the broader consequences that we found happen to a community when they lose their sources of local news.” “Well, there’s a lot of things that
Bright Lights in Dark Times
Jul 16, 2020
Dear reader, Our apologies for our recent radio silence. Our new project launch with COLab (the Colorado News Collaborative) has us gathering string and casting nets and mining veins, basically all the metaphors
Standing Aside to Let People Speak for Themselves
Jun 26, 2020
A note about Thursday’s DACA story
With Thursday’s Supreme Court Ruling on DACA Comes More Time, But No Less Uncertainty
Jun 18, 2020
Five DACA recipients talk about their long, rocky path toward a future as Americans
At nearly every turn in Denver, protesters confront a reason to march
Jun 11, 2020
The marches open a window to institutional racism and the specific ways it has shaped the city