Past Opportunities

The 2022 Better News Media Contest, recognizing work published in the last year (Jan. 1, 2022 – Dec. 31, 2022), opened for entries on January 1, 2023. Here’s what you need to know:  Dates and deadlines: The contest will open Jan. 1 and early bird pricing will go until March 10. After that, entry prices will increase and the final deadline will be March […]

Join the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, in-person or online for a Sunshine Week conversation about book banning nationally and in Colorado. MSU Denver’s CAVEA Theater, fourth floor of the Jordan Student Success Center, 890 Auraria Parkway, Denver. Moderator: Rachael Johnson, Colorado-based attorney for the Reporters Committee for […]

The National Press Foundation and the Luv u Project established the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting in 2015 to honor excellence in mental health reporting. It is named in memory of the Potomac, Maryland philanthropist and activist. Mattingly’s family decided to establish the award in the aftermath of her tragic death in 2014. The $10,000 award is […]

Applications are now open for the ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program. Submissions are due on Monday, March 13, 2023. ProPublica will be hosting an informational webinar on Feb. 7 at 1 p.m. MST. You can register and submit questions in advance here. Beginning this summer, ProPublica will invite up to 10 news editors from media companies across the […]

Join the next Herrick Roth Community Seminar on Democracy on Friday, March 10 from Noon to 2 p.m. Armed with a First Amendment mandate to hold the powerful to account, the media has long shaped American attitudes about civic institutions, fairness, and democracy itself. How do members of Colorado’s press corps view and cover the […]

Our quarterly gathering of the women doing journalism, although you don’t need to be a journalist to attend! This quarter will have a book theme — we’ll share the best we’ve read lately and bring books we’d like to pass along to others for a bit of a book exchange. March 9, 2023 at 6:00 pm. Denver […]

Looking for a new opportunity? If you haven’t yet, mark your calendars for Thursday, Mar. 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. MST. ONA Career Day is happening online! Job, higher education and fellowship opportunity seekers are welcome to attend this event (at no cost) to make valuable connections and participate in career-focused learning and networking. Join the […]

The Center for Community Safety and Resilience, Dr. Callie Marie Rennison, and Dr. Sheila Huss present a crime report analyzing major violent and property crimes, as well as DUIs and narcotics offenses that were reported to law enforcement between 2010 and 2021. The report covers the State of Colorado and its 23 largest jurisdictions. Results […]

The National Press Foundation presents the Thomas L. Stokes Award to a U.S.-based journalist for reporting excellence on the subject of energy and environment. The Stokes Award was established in the spring of 1959 by friends and admirers of the late Thomas L. Stokes, a syndicated Washington columnist on national affairs. It is given annually […]