Dear reader, When she was a child growing up in a 1940s’ Greeley that still posted “No dogs or Mexicans” signs, Polly Baca remembers that the local paper had a habit
Dear reader, As of today, the Colorado News Collaborative is a year old. And what a year. What we imagined compared to what has come to pass is beyond what
Dear reader, I am thrilled to announce that John Ferrugia has joined the COLab staff to help us strengthen news throughout Colorado. John has won more professional honors than any other investigative
Dear reader, The people of Kiowa County woke Wednesday morning to an edition of their local newspaper unlike any other. The cover story, “Three Bullets to the Back,” is a deep investigative
Dear reader, Jessica Gibbs is a reporter for Colorado Community Media, the largest family-owned newspaper chain in the state. She’s been a reporter for five years, most of that time spent
By Diamond Hardiman, News Voices: Colorado Across the country, outlets like The Los Angeles Times and The Kansas City Star have published apologies for how their coverage has upheld and
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
Dear reader, I want to introduce you to Alfonzo Porter. He is the thoughtful and talented editor of Denver Urban Spectrum, which serves the city’s Black community. But he is much more
Dear reader, Has this happened to you? I’ve now lost track of the number of times I’ve uttered “What an unbelievable year!” or some variation of that. But today, I’m
Dear reader, Yesterday, Susan Greene was hard at work — helping a trio of our partner newspaper editors prep for a project with the Colorado News Collaborative. She helped lead a
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