Past Opportunities

▪︎ APPLICATION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 30 ▪︎ Applications are now open for the 2022 cohort of the Women’s Leadership Accelerator from the Online News Association (ONA). The tuition-free, year-long program supercharges the leadership and management skills of women pushing digital innovation. Throughout the program, participants enjoy many opportunities to build a support system alongside their peers. Together, the […]

▪︎ NOVEMBER 11 FROM 6:30 TO 8:00 P.M. ▪︎ Join Latinx Coloradans and local reporters in a conversation about working together to improve local news coverage. (Vea esto en español) It’s a mixer and more! Please join us as we mark the release of four recommendations by a Latinx community-led working group to deepen coverage […]

▪︎ PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 ▪︎ FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: NOVEMBER 3-4, 2021 ▪︎ The Lenfest News Philanthropy Network is pleased to announce the inaugural News Philanthropy Summit, a new journalism conference completely dedicated to fundraising in news. The Summit will be fully virtual this year, and you’re invited to join in for two […]

▪︎ DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2021 ▪︎ The Water Desk is now accepting applications for grants of up 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 2021 grants is Monday, November 1, 2021, at 11:59 pm Pacific. This grantmaking program is only […]

▪︎ APPLICATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 ▪︎ COURSE: NOVEMBER 12 – 14 ▪︎ Together AMPED, an audio education non-profit, in partnership with award-winning production company House of Pod, are shining a spotlight on Colorado BIPOC producers with their new podcast, From the Margins to the Center, as well as offering a new Audio Story Slingshot […]

▪︎ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20 ▪︎ COCKTAILS & CONVERSATION FROM 6:30 TO 8:00 P.M. ▪︎ Please join the Denver Press Club, COLab, Denver 9News, The Denver Post, Colorado Public Radio and others to discuss initiatives that focus on Black Coloradans. 2020 was a year of racial reckoning that has altered the narrative around Black communities nationally […]

▪︎ MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 ▪︎ 6 P.M. DOORS OPEN ▪︎ 7 P.M. SCREENING BEGINS ▪︎ You’re invited to join us in person on the evening of Oct. 18 at The Historic Sheridan Opera House in Telluride for a special preview screening of “Storm Lake: A newspaper. A family. A community.” an upcoming documentary that focuses on a […]

▪︎ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 ▪︎ 6:30 P.M. SOCIAL HOUR ▪︎ CONVERSATION BEGINS AT 7:00 P.M. ▪︎ This month, The Back Story features Kevin Vaughan of 9News, who will talk about his investigation into the 1958 disappearance of a 10-year-old boy from a Catholic summer camp, “Mystery on Mt. Meeker.” Kevin will talk about covering cold […]

▪︎ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 FROM 5 P.M. TO 7 P.M. ▪︎ Open Media is proud to host an exciting Town Hall Series on behalf of PEN America with the help of COLab. When: Wednesday, October 13th from 5 p.m. to 7 PM. In-Person: Buell Public Media Center, 2101 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80205Virtual: Live-stream available […]