A coalition of news organizations has banded together to serve Spanish-language audiences in the Roaring Fork Valley.

The initiative counts a mix of nonprofit, for-profit, public and commercial, digital and print outlets as partners.

“I am not aware of anything like this in the country,” said Laura Frank, executive director of Colorado News Collaborative, known as COLab, which is involved in the effort. “And the whole thing was born of engagement with community about what they wanted and needed.”

• The background: Last summer, several local news organizations serving the Roaring Fork Valley surveyed 155 residents in English and Spanish in hopes of understanding what Spanish speakers thought of local news and to assess potential coverage gaps and how to mitigate them.

Around this time last year, journalists from some of the publications involved gave a presentation about the findings.

Now, a year later, they are working to put what they learned into action with a project called the Roaring Fork Spanish News Collaborative.