Skip to content
Find your local news
donate
  • About COLab
  • Projects & Impact
  • For Journalists
  • For Community
  • About COLab
  • Projects & Impact
  • For Journalists
  • For Community

Inside the News: The Denver Post’s AI Policy 🤖

Apr 18, 2025

The Denver Post’s policy on using artificial intelligence fits on half of a printed page. The text contains five

Inside the News: Colorado Will Host Collaborative Journalism Summit Because of ‘Incredible’ Efforts

Apr 11, 2025

Next month, Denver will play host to the annual Collaborative Journalism Summit organized by the Center for Cooperative

Inside the News: Chicano Journalist in Pueblo, Colorado Says ‘Journalism Defends Democracy’

Apr 4, 2025

In Colorado, during the 1970s Chicano Movement, Juan Espinosa launched a newspaper called La Cucaracha in Pueblo. “We

Inside the News: Aspen Public Radio Launches a Women’s Desk To ‘Understand the Status of Women’

Mar 28, 2025

With a mission to include more female voices in local media, Aspen Public Radio is launching what it calls the

Inside the News: Legal Threats Complicated Gazette Coverage of a Developer, New Book Reveals

Mar 21, 2025

The Gazette newspaper in Colorado Springs softened its coverage after legal threats involving a local housing

Inside the News: An Anti-Capitalist Newspaper Takes Root on Colorado’s Western Slope

Mar 13, 2025

Following Republican President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a socialist newspaper on Colorado’s

Inside the News: TV News Layoffs Hit Colorado Springs but Miss Denver Amid Scripps Cutbacks

Mar 7, 2025

The spinning blade of budget cuts that have chopped up Colorado’s newspapers over the years are now coming for

Inside the News: In Colorado, ‘Legitimate Members of the Media’ Sparks Open Records Debate

Feb 28, 2025

Lawmakers in Colorado this year are proposing new laws that would impact how transparent state government could be. The

Inside the News: ‘Very Unfortunate News’ – Colorado Community Media Closes 2 Papers

Feb 21, 2025

A nonprofit news organization that runs a fleet of two dozen newspapers in the Denver suburbs is planning to shut down

Inside the News: ‘No Leak Necessary,’ Says Denver’s 9NEWS Journalist About ICE Raids in Colorado

Feb 14, 2025

A Denver TV station made national news this week for its coverage of local ICE raids under the new Trump

Inside the News: Under Trump, Colorado’s Public Media Are on Alert

Feb 10, 2025

Public broadcasters in Colorado are on alert. Last week, Brendan Carr, Trump’s choice to lead the Federal

Inside the News: Two Colorado Cities Are Targets of AI-Generated Newsletters From NYC

Jan 31, 2025

A national network of seemingly local AI-generated newsletters that came under scrutiny from a national media outlet

Judges in Denver and El Paso County Order Disclosure of Data Centers’ Water Consumption Records

Jan 28, 2025

Court rulings in Denver and El Paso County this month rejected arguments from public utilities that water usage records

Online Public Clearinghouse for Pre-Introduced Bills Gets Renewed Support in Colorado Legislature

An online clearinghouse of pre-introduced legislative proposals — an idea that died on the General Assembly’s

State Legislators Introduce New Measure To Extend CORA Response Deadlines

Jan 24, 2025

A state senator is trying again to curb what she has referred to as the “abuse” of the Colorado Open Records Act by

Inside the News: Colorado TV Meteorologists Explain the Importance of Living Where They Report

Across the country, local TV meteorologists this week feared they could lose their jobs if a large broadcaster

Court of Appeals: Requesters Can’t Sue Judicial Branch Over Delayed Response if Records Eventually Provided

Jan 20, 2025

he Colorado Judicial Department cannot be sued for delaying its response to a request for administrative records if the

CFOIC: Colorado Supreme Court Should Affirm Executive Session Announcement Provision in Open Meetings Law

CFOIC asked the state’s highest court to affirm that when a public body fails to properly announce the “particular

Inside the News: How We Mapped Colorado’s News Scene and Why Similar Maps Are Exploding

Jan 17, 2025

Colorado was something of a pioneer in 2022. That’s when journalists, students, academics, and others embarked

Chief Justice Stresses Need for Upgraded System To Stop ‘Coordinated Attacks’ on Colorado’s Virtual Courtrooms

Jan 10, 2025

Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Monica Márquez highlighted “coordinated attacks” on Colorado’s virtual

Inside the News: A Colorado TV Reporter Is on Paid Leave While His Accused Attacker Is out of Jail and Citing Mental Health Issues

A year to the month after landing his first job out of college, Ja’Ronn Alex says he is on paid leave from his

CFOIC Brief: Lakewood’s Appeal of Body-Cam Footage Ruling ‘An Attempt To Turn Back the Clock’ on Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act

Jan 3, 2025

Lakewood’s appeal of a judge’s order to disclose blurred body-worn camera footage of police shooting and killing a

Inside the News: What Happened in Colorado’s Media World in 2024

Hello, and welcome to 2025 at Inside the News in Colorado. Each January, I write a year-in-review column for the

Inside the News: Boulder Weekly Journalists Want To Buy Their Paper and Make It Employee-Owned

Dec 31, 2024

Staff at the alternative weekly newspaper in Boulder are looking to buy the publication and convert it to an

Colorado Legislative Leaders Asked To Repeal 2024 Open Meetings Law Exemptions

Dec 30, 2024

Citizens, media representatives and nonprofit organizations asked legislative leaders Monday to repeal Colorado Open

Inside the News: Nonwhite Colorado TV Reporter Says He Was Tackled and Choked on the Job by a Man Who Shouted ‘This Is Trump’s America Now’

Dec 27, 2024

A man’s reported physical attack on a non-white Grand Junction TV journalist, partially caught on camera, landed a

CFOIC’s 2024 Year in Review: A More Opaque Legislature, Pricier Public Records, Closed Disciplinary Records, Child Autopsies, Police Officer Database and CORA ‘Abuse’

Dec 26, 2024

Coloradans in 2024 lost ground in the never-ending battle for access to government information. Early in the year, the

Rejecting News Organizations’ Appeal, Colorado Supreme Court Keeps Police Officer Database Confidential

Dec 23, 2024

A ruling by the state’s highest court Monday means that the bulk of Colorado’s licensing database of law

Elbert County Residents Lack Standing To Hold Commissioners Personally Liable for Alleged Open Meetings Violations, Judge Says

Dec 20, 2024

A judge this week tossed out one claim from a lawsuit that was aimed at holding Elbert County commissioners personally

Inside the News: Axios … Boulder Now?

Around the same time a well-known reporter and champion for the Boulder Daily Camera announced he will leave the

Here’s How Colorado’s Autopsy Report Disclosure Law Is Changing on Jan. 1

Dec 16, 2024

Starting Jan. 1, journalists and the public no longer will have access to most autopsy reports on the deaths of

Inside the News: A ‘Path-Breaking’ New Colorado Printing Press Rumbles to Life in Denver

Dec 13, 2024

Those in the business of publishing Colorado newspapers might have found some relief this week as a new printing press

Colorado Supreme Court Affirms a Litigant’s Right To Use CORA To Obtain Public Records, but Two Justices Object

Dec 9, 2024

People who sue state and local government entities are still entitled to get public records from those entities by

Inside the News: Colorado Media Odds & Ends — Holiday Hangover Edition

Nov 29, 2024

🥧 This week’s newsletter was produced in holiday-week mode, so it’s in roundup form. Hopefully, it

Court of Appeals: Disciplinary Records of Colorado School Administrators Are Off-Limits to the Public

Nov 27, 2024

A Denver Gazette reporter is not entitled to inspect the disciplinary records of Denver school administrators because a

Is the Aurora Sentinel a ‘Citizen’ Entitled to Attorney Fees for Winning an Open Meetings Law Case?

Nov 22, 2024

The Colorado Supreme Court is examining whether a newspaper is considered a “citizen” and therefore entitled to

Inside the News: ‘Not Top Down’ – Rocky Mountain Community Radio on the Rise

Last week, Rocky Mountain Community Radio announced the hire of a full-time reporter, Caroline Llanes, who will cover

Inside the News: ‘Weird’ Press Restrictions by New Colorado Congressman. ‘Absolutely Not’ Normal

Nov 15, 2024

Of all the results and storylines tumbling out from the latest statewide election in Colorado, something on the Western

Taking Another Look at Ohio’s Low-Cost Process for Resolving Open Records Disputes

Nov 8, 2024

In 2018, this blog reported on a then-two-year-old process in Ohio that gives requesters of public records a

Inside the News: A Colorado Newspaper Publisher ‘Got Obliterated’ on Election Night

Smashed. Hammered. Completely wrecked. That was the state in which the publisher of a small rural newspaper found

Inside the news: How Colorado’s Ethnic Media Outlets Are Working Together

Nov 1, 2024

From Spanish-language publications, Asian magazines, and what one Nigerian-American publisher likens to a “community

Election Day Is Right Around the Corner. Here’s What Thousands of Coloradans Told Us Matters to Them Most.

Oct 30, 2024

Throughout the high-stakes, high-anxiety 2024 election, Coloradans who’ve taken our Voter Voices survey have been

It’s Almost 2025. Why Are We Still Writing Checks To Pay for Public Records?

Oct 25, 2024

A quarter of the way into the 21st century, should Coloradans still have to write paper checks to pay for public

CFOIC Brief: Eliminating Penalties for ‘Cured’ Violations ‘Eviscerates’ Enforcement of Open Meetings Law

Public bodies must not be permitted to “cure” infringements of the Colorado Open Meetings Law without being held

Inside the News: Colorado Sun Gets $1.4M Grant, Will Create ‘Regional Hubs’ Around the State

One week after news that $900,000 in Press Forward grant money will flow to nine Colorado newsrooms across

After Years of Closures, Four New Specialized Schools Open for Colorado’s ‘Most Vulnerable’ Students

Oct 24, 2024

Three new specialized Colorado schools began working with school districts this fall to serve students with some of the

How Your Vote Could Affect Democracy and Good Government

Oct 18, 2024

Every election is a direct reminder of the power — and complexity — of democracy. This year’s is also an outlet

How Your Vote Could Affect Housing Policy

Living in Colorado, for many, means spending a lot of time worrying about how to make the rent or the mortgage, or

How Your Vote Could Affect Climate Change Policy

Oct 17, 2024

The devastating and deadly impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the final weeks of the 2024 election have once

Inside the News: Nearly $1M Flows to Colorado Newsrooms From National Press Forward Group

Oct 16, 2024

Nine local news outlets across Colorado will each haul in $100,000 from the national Press Forward fundraising campaign

Where To Find Abortion on Your Ballot

Oct 15, 2024

Abortion is a hot topic in the November election at multiple levels — but particularly on the Colorado ballot, which

CPR Voter Guide: 3rd Congressional District Candidate Jeff Hurd

Oct 14, 2024

Republican Jeff Hurd is a Grand Junction Attorney. He won the Republican primary after the current incumbent, Rep.

Care About the Cost of Living? Here’s Where You’ll Find It on Your Ballot.

Oct 12, 2024

One of the top issues on the minds of Colorado voters this election is the cost of living, with about 15% in

Inside the News: New ‘Colorado Capitol News Alliance’ Launches With KUNC, RMPBS, and Sun

Oct 11, 2024

A cluster of Colorado news organizations this week launched a new collaborative local reporting effort backed by nearly

How Your Vote Could Affect Immigration Policy

Immigration — who’s coming to the country, how they arrive here and what it means for the nation’s identity —

Denver Gazette and DPS Argue in Court of Appeals Over Disclosure of School Administrators’ Disciplinary Records

Oct 9, 2024

The Colorado Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday about whether a state law that makes educator evaluation records

Inside the News: Denver7 Pulls 3 TV Journalists Away From 9NEWS in Roughly a Year

Oct 4, 2024

You’ve heard the saying: three’s a trend. Over roughly the past year, Denver7 has drawn three journalists away from

Colorado’s Election Is Approaching Fast. Here’s How We’re Covering It — and It’s Not Too Late To Weigh In

Sep 29, 2024

The November election is approaching quickly — so quickly that Colorado’s ballots will begin arriving in mailboxes

Inside the News: Local Man Saves a Colorado Newspaper on the Eastern Plains. What About the Rest?

Sep 27, 2024

One of five newspapers on Colorado’s rural Eastern Plains that recently announced it will close has come back to

Supreme Court Weighs Arguments That Could Affect Confidentiality of Colorado’s Peace Officer Database

Sep 24, 2024

Comparing the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) board to the dental board and similar state licensing

Inside the News: Gazette To Launch Statewide ‘Colorado Network’ for Freelancers

Sep 20, 2024

After launching the Denver Gazette digital publication four years ago, Clarity Media is seeking to expand its footprint

El equipo de Noticias Univision Colorado quiere conocer qué temas inquietan a nuestra comunidad para las próximas elecciones del 2024.

El equipo de Noticias Univision Colorado quiere conocer qué temas inquietan a nuestra comunidad para las próximas

Residents’ Lawsuit Seeks To Hold Elbert County Commissioners Personally Liable for Privately Approving Administrator and Attorney Contracts

Sep 19, 2024

The Elbert County commissioners should be held personally liable for unlawfully approving new contracts for the county

Inside the News: What Colorado Newsrooms are Paying Journalists in 2024

Sep 13, 2024

Three years ago, this newsletter reported how Coloradans were, for the first time, learning what our

Updated Social Media Guidance for Colorado Legislators Urges ‘Risk-Management’ Approach After SCOTUS Ruling

Sep 12, 2024

An updated memo from the Office of Legislative Legal Services suggests that members of the Colorado General Assembly

Here’s What Our Readers Told Us They Want From Politicians

Sep 11, 2024

In recent months, we asked readers to take surveys telling us what they think candidates for political offices should

How Our Newsroom Will Use Voter Voices Results

Colorado Community Media’s newsroom has already used the results of the Voter Voices surveys we have received so far.

Court of Appeals Stays Release of Blurred Body-Cam Video Showing Lakewood Police Shooting 17-Year-Old Robbery Suspect

Sep 9, 2024

The Colorado Court of Appeals has stayed a judge’s order to disclose blurred body-worn camera footage of Lakewood

Inside the news: ‘Rocky Mountain Reader’ launches in Colorado to cover the literary landscape

Sep 6, 2024

A new online outlet called the Rocky Mountain Reader launched this week, promising to “highlight the vast

Colorado Channel Authority Board members push for video webcasting of legislative committee meetings

Sep 5, 2024

Members of the appointed board that oversees the broadcasting of Colorado House and Senate floor proceedings say it’s

Colorado Supreme Court Will Examine ‘Public Interest’ Parameters of Anti-SLAPP Law

Sep 3, 2024

The state’s highest court announced Tuesday it will examine the “public interest” parameters of a 2019 statute

Inside the News: ‘That’s the Problem With Newsrooms out Here,’ Rural Colorado Publisher Says

Aug 30, 2024

When Rocky Mountain PBS reporter Chase McCleary recently interviewed the publisher of the Kiowa County Independent

McIntyre and Wiggins Merit CFOIC’s Jean Otto Award for Their ‘Dogged and Dog-Inspired’ Reporting

Aug 26, 2024

The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition presented its Jean Otto Friend of Freedom Award to Erin McIntyre and Mike

Inside the News: A Push for Robust Public Funding of Local News in Colorado

Aug 24, 2024

On Thursday, inside a hotel conference ballroom in Northglenn, a packed room of journalists, funders, media advocates,

Inside the News: Colorado Journalists Get Ghosted by Dem Lawmakers With New Secrecy Law

Aug 16, 2024

Earlier this year, Democratic lawmakers at the state Capitol rankled some journalists and their advocates when they

Elbert County Residents Say Commissioners Violated Open Meetings Law by Privately Approving Administrator and Attorney Contracts

Aug 15, 2024

Elbert County commissioners violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law by approving new contracts for the county

Judge: Boulder Can’t Demand Thousands of Dollars To Release Body-Cam Footage of Fatal Police Shooting

Aug 13, 2024

The Boulder Police Department is not allowed to charge thousands of dollars in fees for body-worn camera footage

Court of Appeals Orders Hearing in Case of ‘Penniless’ Activist Who Refused To Pay State Agency $600 for Ketamine Records

Aug 9, 2024

Colorado’s second-highest court Thursday ordered a judge to hold a hearing in the case of a “homeless and

Inside the News: Gazette Editor – Denver Post’s Owner ‘Could Give a Crap’ About the Community

A troubling announcement late last month that the Brush News-Tribune would be one of multiple Eastern Plains newspapers

State Supreme Court To Review Child Abuse Statistics Case Won on Appeal by Colorado Sun and 9NEWS

Aug 5, 2024

The Colorado Supreme Court will review an appellate court opinion that the Colorado Children’s Code doesn’t

How the Ouray County Plaindealer Successfully Fought ‘Excessive’ Redactions in Police Internal Affairs Records

Aug 2, 2024

Despite a 2019 state statute requiring the public disclosure of police internal affairs files in Colorado, the town of

Inside the News: Two MORE Colorado newspapers stop printing on the Eastern Plains

Jul 31, 2024

A news coverage colony collapse might be hitting the Eastern Plains. Following news last week that three

Inside the News: ‘Heartbreaking’ – 3 Eastern Colorado Papers Closing, ‘Things Have Run Their Course’

Jul 24, 2024

Three newspapers with two different owners on Colorado’s Eastern Plains — the Plainsman Herald, the Burlington

Colorado Supreme Court Will Review Judicially Created Doctrine That Lets Public Bodies ‘Cure’ Open Meetings Law Violations

Jul 22, 2024

The Colorado Supreme Court will examine whether a judicially created doctrine allowing public bodies to “cure”

Colorado Court of Appeals Hears Case of ‘Penniless’ Activist Who Refused To Pay State Agency $600 for Ketamine Records

Jul 18, 2024

The Colorado Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday about whether a Denver activist has legal standing to sue

Inside the News: Denver Post & Gazette’s Front-Page Trump Shooting Headlines Differed Starkly

Jul 16, 2024

This is a special early edition of Inside the News in Colorado in light of recent events… This Sunday’s front

Inside the News: Three Major Colorado Newsrooms Say They Are ‘Pro-Democracy’

Jul 12, 2024

The general manager of a large Colorado TV news station, the editor of a leading statewide radio broadcaster, and an

Inside the News: Colorado Media Odds & Ends – Holiday Weekend Roundup Edition

Jul 4, 2024

🏝 This week’s newsletter was produced in out-of-the-country mode with spotty internet — and it’s a

Colorado Governments Quickly Adopt New Maximum Cora Research-and-Retrieval Fee Rate of $41.37

Jul 3, 2024

It didn’t take long for several government entities in Colorado to adopt the new, much-higher, maximum CORA fee rate

Inside the news: Behind the Scenes of Kyle Clark’s 9NEWS Show ‘Next’

Jun 27, 2024

Following an expert performance moderating a televised debate among six congressional candidates earlier this month,

Commentary: Candidates Are Almost Completely Neglecting a Top Issue for Colorado Voters

Jun 21, 2024

There is a huge gap in Colorado between campaign rhetoric on political issues and what voters in the state say they

Inside the News: Rural Colorado Newspaper SUES Another Over ‘Newspaper of Record’ Status

Jun 20, 2024

The publisher of a weekly newspaper in a rural Colorado county has sued another newspaper in hopes of getting legal

Truth, Restoration & Education Reports: Learn The Truth About American Indian History And Treaty Rights In Colorado

Jun 14, 2024

The TREC report provides a comprehensive examination of the extensive damage endured by Native peoples due to forced

Amanece un nuevo Sol 

Jun 13, 2024

El Sopris Sun se enorgullece en anunciar que a partir del 28 de junio, el Sol del Valle adoptará una nueva imagen, un

Inside the News: Colorado Local News Is at a ‘Crossroads,’ Finds New Report

Funding for Colorado newsrooms isn’t secure, burnout and shortages are affecting staff, and keeping up with

Hospitals Can No Longer Quietly Sue Patients Under Another Business Name Following 9NEWS Investigates Report

Hospitals in Colorado will no longer be able to sue patients under the names of their debt collectors after Gov. Jared

Judge Sides With Koaa-TV in Dispute Over Records of Colorado Mental Health Hospital Employees

Jun 12, 2024

KOAA-TV is entitled to unredacted records concerning employees at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo, a

CORA’s Maximum Research-and-Retrieval Fee Rate Will Rise 23 Percent on July 1 — to $41.37/Hour

CORA’s maximum research-and-retrieval rate will jump to $41.37/hour on July 1, letting state and local government

Voter Guide 2024: Democratic State House Primary Races Q&A

Jun 10, 2024

Registered voters in Colorado should have received their ballots in the mail for the June 25 primary, which includes

Voter Guide 2024: Republican State House Primary Races Q&A

Registered voters in Colorado should have received their ballots in the mail for the June 25 primary, which includes

Join the Movement
Contact
Donate

COLab Newsletter

We hate spam, too. View our privacy policy.

Facebook Linkedin Instagram
  • Transparency
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Donate
  • Transparency
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Donate

© 2025 COLab. All rights reserved.

Designed by Open Media