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A celebration of Colorado communities, their stories — and the people who make trustworthy local information
Over the last several months, Nicholas Pierce’s work as an asylum, refugee and deportation defense lawyer on the
A company behind an effort to reinvent local TV news nationwide has launched a pilot in Colorado. Here’s how I wrote
Speaking into a microphone with one leg propped on a hay bale at the Iowa State Fair in 2011, Mitt Romney, a Republican
This week, the state of Colorado’s version of the FBI set off an explosion of headlines when the agency said it would
This week, the controversial anonymous social media account DoBetterDNVR abruptly went dark with no
Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has acted quickly to change immigration policies, adopt hard-line
This week’s newsletter is in roundup form. Now, onto the latest… 🗞️ 🪓 Five weekly
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Another newspaper on Colorado’s rural Eastern Plains has announced plans to fold up shop. “The Leader is closing
The trailer for a new documentary called “Truth Be Told,” about how Coloradans practice local journalism, is out
A multi-media campaign is rolling out across Colorado aimed at educating viewers about the importance of a free and
Colorado’s Democratic attorney general, Phil Weiser, who is running for governor, said he is open to creative public
In 2025, Colorado’s local news ecosystem is defined by resilience, ingenuity — and strain. The latest Colorado News
Should a county government pay upwards of $350,000 to a local newspaper publisher to help the county spread “good
One of the great small-town newspaper dramas of the past decade in Colorado appears to have come to a close. At least
This week, Republicans in Congress wiped out federal financial support for NPR and PBS. The impacts are now trickling
Collaborating for Stronger Local
MATCH Lab pairs newsrooms facing urgent challenges (Media) with faculty-led student teams (Academia) and
The free press is under fire. That was the theme of a public discussion in Colorado Springs about the ways in which the
This week, as the nation’s annual conference for alternative weekly newspapers was convening in Madison, Wisconsin,
Last month, three Colorado radio stations made news when they joined a lawsuit with NPR against Republican President
A digital media startup is aiming to launch a local news endeavor in the picturesque Western Slope Colorado mountain
Following the June 1 firebombing of demonstrators in Boulder who were rallying for the release of Israeli hostages in
➡️ This week, Colorado became the center of national news attention when police and witnesses said a man shouting
Three Colorado radio stations have become the tip of the spear for local public media in a court fight against
A Colorado journalism support organization in Southern Colorado is closing. “In recent years, we’ve seen a decline
This week, the National Trust for Local News, which ran the string of more than two dozen Colorado Community Media
Colorado is often a test tube for local media experiments. The view is that if something can succeed here it might
One of the biggest stories in Colorado this week was about a massive late-night federal raid in Colorado
For staff at the Independent bi-weekly newspaper in Colorado Springs, Easter Monday was decidedly not a day
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
In Colorado, during the 1970s Chicano Movement, Juan Espinosa launched a newspaper called La Cucaracha in Pueblo. “We
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
Throughout the high-stakes, high-anxiety 2024 election, Coloradans who’ve taken our Voter Voices survey have been
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
Three new specialized Colorado schools began working with school districts this fall to serve students with some of the
Every election is a direct reminder of the power — and complexity — of democracy. This year’s is also an outlet
Living in Colorado, for many, means spending a lot of time worrying about how to make the rent or the mortgage, or
The devastating and deadly impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the final weeks of the 2024 election have once
Nine local news outlets across Colorado will each haul in $100,000 from the national Press Forward fundraising campaign
Abortion is a hot topic in the November election at multiple levels — but particularly on the Colorado ballot, which
Republican Jeff Hurd is a Grand Junction Attorney. He won the Republican primary after the current incumbent, Rep.
One of the top issues on the minds of Colorado voters this election is the cost of living, with about 15% in
A cluster of Colorado news organizations this week launched a new collaborative local reporting effort backed by nearly
Immigration — who’s coming to the country, how they arrive here and what it means for the nation’s identity —
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
The November election is approaching quickly — so quickly that Colorado’s ballots will begin arriving in mailboxes
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
El equipo de Noticias Univision Colorado quiere conocer qué temas inquietan a nuestra comunidad para las próximas
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
In recent months, we asked readers to take surveys telling us what they think candidates for political offices should
Colorado Community Media’s newsroom has already used the results of the Voter Voices surveys we have received so far.
