Past Opportunities

Is your news organization ready to establish a more equitable workplace and provide better coverage of underserved communities? This program is an opportunity to make transformative change to stay relevant to and reflective of your community by making structural changes to your business models and organizational culture. The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education […]

Managing a data project presents challenges for any editor. No matter your comfort level with data, this session will give you the foundation you need to help make sure your reporters aren’t running with scissors or spinning their wheels on data projects. Two veteran editors, Jennifer LaFleur of The Center for Public Integrity and Maud […]

After a three-year hiatus brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Denver Press Club will bring back the annual Hall of Fame banquet Oct. 8 with the induction of five new members. Learn about the class of Hall of Fame inductees: Sandra Dillard: A ground-breaker, Sandra was the first Black female reporter at The Denver Post, […]

This year-long program through Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) is intended to prepare and support a journalist of color for a solid career in investigative reporting. The program also provides an opportunity for the fellow’s news outlets to benefit from the fellow’s investigative skill-building. An underlying goal of the program is to increase the range […]

The coronavirus pandemic turned Dr. Anthony Fauci into a household name as the leading scientific voice of the government’s response. But the nation’s top infectious disease specialist has had a massive impact on public health policy over four decades and seven presidents. As director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. […]

What are the topics or communities that you think your local news organization should be covering, but isn’t? And what if you could do something about it? Apply for Report for America to become a host newsroom. If selected, Report for America will place an early career or experienced reporter in your newsroom and help cover the salary of the […]

Re-thinking solitary confinement’s place in prison and jail management remains one of the critical pieces of unfinished business in U.S. corrections. “In the 1980s, people promoted solitary confinement as a way to deal with violence in prisons,” said Judith Resnik, Yale Law School’s Arthur Liman professor of law, and the author of a new report on […]

Where do Coloradans get their local news? Who do they trust, what are they paying for — and why? What roles do Coloradans think local journalists should be playing in our democracy — and how well do they think they are doing? This Thursday at 11 a.m. MT, Colorado Media Project will release results from the […]

The Water Desk is now accepting applications for grants of $2,500 to $10,000 to support media outlets and individual journalists covering water issues related to the Colorado River Basin. The deadline for applications for the 2022 grants is Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 11:59 pm Pacific. This grantmaking program is only open to journalists (freelance and staff) […]