Past Opportunities

Join a drop-in Q&A session with lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press based in Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee as part of RCFP’s Local Legal Initiative. Speak with them directly to ask any general legal questions you have regarding libel and your rights as a journalist. The session is not […]

▪︎ MARCH 16 AT 10:30 A.M. MT ▪︎ America’s public schools are coming under unusually strong attention from the general public — scrutiny communities typically rely on journalists to provide. The issues are as disparate as masking mandates and COVID-19 testing; decisions around the spending of federal pandemic relief funds; the pros and cons of […]

Join Asian American and Pacific Islander Coloradans and local reporters in a conversation about working together to improve local news coverage. On March 16, the anniversary of the 2021 Atlanta shootings, Asian Avenue Magazine’s Annie VanDan, Asian Pacific Development Center’s Harry Budisidharta, and Colorado Dragon Boat Festival’s Sara Moore will join us to discuss the […]

Join the Ida B. Wells Society for a free virtual workshop presented by Kamesha Laurry, of the Reports Committee for The Freedom of Press. In the last few years, there has been a significant increase in the number of libel lawsuits based on accusations of racism or white supremacy. Often, these lawsuits are meritless and are […]

Join the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, in person at the Denver Press Club or live on Facebook, for a Sunshine Week panel that explores the recent trend among some school boards in Colorado to disregard or evade the Colorado Open Meetings Law by discussing public business — including the replacement of district superintendents — outside of public […]

A robust local news ecosystem is critical to ensuring a strong democracy. Local news outlets have historically functioned as vital governmental watchdogs. They hold elected officials accountable to their constituents and are critical to providing clarity on regional issues. According to one analysis, the act of reading a newspaper alone can effectively encourage 13 percent […]

Take part in the Knight Center’s new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), “Going live: Building live journalism in your newsroom,” sponsored by the Knight Foundation and organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin.  During this four-week MOOC (from February 14 – March 13, 2022), students will learn how to […]

Sunshine Week was launched in 2005 by the American Society of News Editors — now News Leaders Association (NLA) — and has grown into an enduring initiative to promote open government. Join News Leaders Association in the annual nationwide celebration of access to public information and what it means for you and your community. It’s […]

Can you top this? A records request made several years ago by the parents of a special-needs student uncovered a remarkably revealing (and appalling) email written by an administrator with the Poudre School District. “Please ask all involved staff to delete AND destroy any e-mail or paper records related to this family,” she directed an employee. […]