The Denver Post’s policy on using artificial intelligence fits on half of a printed page. The text contains five
Next month, Denver will play host to the annual Collaborative Journalism Summit organized by the Center for Cooperative
With a mission to include more female voices in local media, Aspen Public Radio is launching what it calls the
The Gazette newspaper in Colorado Springs softened its coverage after legal threats involving a local housing
Following Republican President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a socialist newspaper on Colorado’s
The spinning blade of budget cuts that have chopped up Colorado’s newspapers over the years are now coming for
Lawmakers in Colorado this year are proposing new laws that would impact how transparent state government could be. The
A nonprofit news organization that runs a fleet of two dozen newspapers in the Denver suburbs is planning to shut down
A Denver TV station made national news this week for its coverage of local ICE raids under the new Trump
Public broadcasters in Colorado are on alert. Last week, Brendan Carr, Trump’s choice to lead the Federal
A national network of seemingly local AI-generated newsletters that came under scrutiny from a national media outlet
Court rulings in Denver and El Paso County this month rejected arguments from public utilities that water usage records
An online clearinghouse of pre-introduced legislative proposals — an idea that died on the General Assembly’s
A state senator is trying again to curb what she has referred to as the “abuse” of the Colorado Open Records Act by
Across the country, local TV meteorologists this week feared they could lose their jobs if a large broadcaster
he Colorado Judicial Department cannot be sued for delaying its response to a request for administrative records if the
CFOIC asked the state’s highest court to affirm that when a public body fails to properly announce the “particular
Colorado was something of a pioneer in 2022. That’s when journalists, students, academics, and others embarked
Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Monica Márquez highlighted “coordinated attacks” on Colorado’s virtual
A year to the month after landing his first job out of college, Ja’Ronn Alex says he is on paid leave from his
Lakewood’s appeal of a judge’s order to disclose blurred body-worn camera footage of police shooting and killing a
Hello, and welcome to 2025 at Inside the News in Colorado. Each January, I write a year-in-review column for the
Staff at the alternative weekly newspaper in Boulder are looking to buy the publication and convert it to an
Citizens, media representatives and nonprofit organizations asked legislative leaders Monday to repeal Colorado Open
A man’s reported physical attack on a non-white Grand Junction TV journalist, partially caught on camera, landed a
Coloradans in 2024 lost ground in the never-ending battle for access to government information. Early in the year, the
A ruling by the state’s highest court Monday means that the bulk of Colorado’s licensing database of law
A judge this week tossed out one claim from a lawsuit that was aimed at holding Elbert County commissioners personally
Around the same time a well-known reporter and champion for the Boulder Daily Camera announced he will leave the
Starting Jan. 1, journalists and the public no longer will have access to most autopsy reports on the deaths of
Those in the business of publishing Colorado newspapers might have found some relief this week as a new printing press
People who sue state and local government entities are still entitled to get public records from those entities by
🥧 This week’s newsletter was produced in holiday-week mode, so it’s in roundup form. Hopefully, it
A Denver Gazette reporter is not entitled to inspect the disciplinary records of Denver school administrators because a
The Colorado Supreme Court is examining whether a newspaper is considered a “citizen” and therefore entitled to
Last week, Rocky Mountain Community Radio announced the hire of a full-time reporter, Caroline Llanes, who will cover
Of all the results and storylines tumbling out from the latest statewide election in Colorado, something on the Western
In 2018, this blog reported on a then-two-year-old process in Ohio that gives requesters of public records a
Smashed. Hammered. Completely wrecked. That was the state in which the publisher of a small rural newspaper found
From Spanish-language publications, Asian magazines, and what one Nigerian-American publisher likens to a “community
A quarter of the way into the 21st century, should Coloradans still have to write paper checks to pay for public
Public bodies must not be permitted to “cure” infringements of the Colorado Open Meetings Law without being held
One week after news that $900,000 in Press Forward grant money will flow to nine Colorado newsrooms across
Nine local news outlets across Colorado will each haul in $100,000 from the national Press Forward fundraising campaign
A cluster of Colorado news organizations this week launched a new collaborative local reporting effort backed by nearly
The Colorado Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday about whether a state law that makes educator evaluation records
You’ve heard the saying: three’s a trend. Over roughly the past year, Denver7 has drawn three journalists away from
One of five newspapers on Colorado’s rural Eastern Plains that recently announced it will close has come back to
Comparing the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) board to the dental board and similar state licensing
After launching the Denver Gazette digital publication four years ago, Clarity Media is seeking to expand its footprint
The Elbert County commissioners should be held personally liable for unlawfully approving new contracts for the county
Three years ago, this newsletter reported how Coloradans were, for the first time, learning what our
An updated memo from the Office of Legislative Legal Services suggests that members of the Colorado General Assembly
The Colorado Court of Appeals has stayed a judge’s order to disclose blurred body-worn camera footage of Lakewood
A new online outlet called the Rocky Mountain Reader launched this week, promising to “highlight the vast
Members of the appointed board that oversees the broadcasting of Colorado House and Senate floor proceedings say it’s
The state’s highest court announced Tuesday it will examine the “public interest” parameters of a 2019 statute
When Rocky Mountain PBS reporter Chase McCleary recently interviewed the publisher of the Kiowa County Independent
The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition presented its Jean Otto Friend of Freedom Award to Erin McIntyre and Mike
On Thursday, inside a hotel conference ballroom in Northglenn, a packed room of journalists, funders, media advocates,
Earlier this year, Democratic lawmakers at the state Capitol rankled some journalists and their advocates when they
Elbert County commissioners violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law by approving new contracts for the county
The Boulder Police Department is not allowed to charge thousands of dollars in fees for body-worn camera footage
Colorado’s second-highest court Thursday ordered a judge to hold a hearing in the case of a “homeless and
A troubling announcement late last month that the Brush News-Tribune would be one of multiple Eastern Plains newspapers
The Colorado Supreme Court will review an appellate court opinion that the Colorado Children’s Code doesn’t
Despite a 2019 state statute requiring the public disclosure of police internal affairs files in Colorado, the town of
A news coverage colony collapse might be hitting the Eastern Plains. Following news last week that three
Three newspapers with two different owners on Colorado’s Eastern Plains — the Plainsman Herald, the Burlington
The Colorado Supreme Court will examine whether a judicially created doctrine allowing public bodies to “cure”
The Colorado Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday about whether a Denver activist has legal standing to sue
This is a special early edition of Inside the News in Colorado in light of recent events… This Sunday’s front
The general manager of a large Colorado TV news station, the editor of a leading statewide radio broadcaster, and an
🏝 This week’s newsletter was produced in out-of-the-country mode with spotty internet — and it’s a
It didn’t take long for several government entities in Colorado to adopt the new, much-higher, maximum CORA fee rate
Following an expert performance moderating a televised debate among six congressional candidates earlier this month,
The publisher of a weekly newspaper in a rural Colorado county has sued another newspaper in hopes of getting legal
Funding for Colorado newsrooms isn’t secure, burnout and shortages are affecting staff, and keeping up with
KOAA-TV is entitled to unredacted records concerning employees at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo, a
CORA’s maximum research-and-retrieval rate will jump to $41.37/hour on July 1, letting state and local government
Colorado seems like a bust for the Canadian-owned local news publisher that tried to replicate its success in the
Are Colorado law enforcement agencies allowed to charge the public thousands of dollars for body-worn camera footage of
The death at age 89 of longtime police reporter Marilyn Robinson brought to mind an enduring image for those of us who
A dozen years ago, critic and commentator John Moore left the Denver Post. Typically, a journalist accepting a buyout
A judge Friday ordered the Lakewood Police Department to release blurred body-worn camera footage of officers shooting
A Pagosa Springs attorney who has filed nearly 100 open-government lawsuits in the past several years has standing to
A picturesque town at the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park will be the latest setting for a new digital news outlet
Three months after two wealthy local developers announced they would relaunch the iconic Indy alternative weekly
A rural Colorado newspaper publisher says he has faced threats and harassment as his town has lurched into the paranoid
It could have been worse. While open-government losses far outnumbered wins in the 2024 session of the Colorado General
KOAA News5 in Colorado Springs says authorities pressured it not to air video it legally obtained — but the TV
A proposal to ban the charging of fees for unedited body-worn camera footage, released to the public under the 2020 Law
State senators Wednesday killed a bill that would have given state and local government entities more time to respond
Update: Gov. Jared Polis signed SB 24-216 into law on Friday, May 31. People who want library books removed from
In a rare development, two local news organizations in Colorado Springs — the daily newspaper and a commercial TV
Update: Gov. Jared Polis signed SB 24-210 into law on Thursday, June 6. A House amendment adopted May 5 limits the
Update: An amended version of HB 24-1460 died in the House on a 31-33 vote on Friday, May 3. See this blog article. A
A bill to require the livestreaming of meetings of state and local boards, councils and commissions “will not go
A bill in the Colorado legislature aimed at curbing the “abuse of CORA” no longer contains a provision for labeling
In Colorado, the mountain snowpack is melting, green shoots are poking through mulch, and some college journalism
