Criminal Courts Livestreaming Bill Advances in Colorado Legislature

Apr 6, 2023

A bill requiring Colorado courts to livestream open criminal court proceedings on Webex or another videoconferencing

Inside the News: New ‘Real Talk’ Show Blends Colorado TV and Radio To Focus on Underserved Communities

Mar 30, 2023

Two large broadcasters — Colorado Public Radio and Denver7 — have joined forces to launch a new public affairs show

Court of Appeals Weighs Public Disclosure of Colorado’s Database of Law Enforcement Officers

Mar 29, 2023

Lawyers argued in the Colorado Court of Appeals this week over whether Colorado’s Peace Officer Standards and

Inside the News: ‘We Had To Lay Off About Half of Our Staff,’ Says Major Colorado Springs Media Outlet

Mar 17, 2023

Call it Bloody Wednesday. “March 15 is going to be a hard date to forget here at Sixty35 Media,” read an

CFOIC, News Associations Urge Judicial Branch To Permit Livestreaming of Trials and Evidentiary Hearings

Mar 15, 2023

A proposed chief justice directive should be revised to allow the livestreaming of criminal trials and evidentiary

Proposed CORA Bill Gives News Media a Break on Fees, Governments More Time To Respond to Many Records Requests

Mar 14, 2023

A multi-faceted CORA bill draft circulating at the Colorado Capitol would give news organizations a break on

COA Ruling Chills Speech ‘That Allows the Media To Keep the Public Informed,’ CFOIC, News Associations Argue in Colorado Supreme Court Brief

Mar 6, 2023

A 2021 Colorado Court of Appeals opinion on what lawyers can tell the press about pending class-action lawsuits will

Colorado Judicial Branch Asks for Public Comment on Proposed Virtual Court Directives

Mar 1, 2023

Colorado’s judicial branch proposed two new chief justice directives on virtual court proceedings Wednesday and asked

Inside the News: An Ex-Colorado Business Journalist Will Now Write (and Advocate) for Colorado Business

Feb 24, 2023

A longtime reporter who covered the legislature for The Denver Business Journal has turned in his press pass and joined

Measure to restrict NDAs for state and local government employees passes Senate committee

Feb 16, 2023

A bill that restricts governments’ use of nondisclosure agreements to silence public employees in Colorado earned

Latino and Black Poverty Rates in Colorado Are Near Historic Lows, but Economic Stability Remains Elusive

The kitchen table, round and glass, with wooden legs, sits in a sunlit corner of Alejandra Carrera and Clemente

A Pesar De Tasas De Pobreza Históricamente Bajas, Sigue Siendo Difícil Que Las Personas Latinas Y Negras En Colorado Alcancen La Estabilidad Económica

La mesa de la cocina, redonda, de cristal y con patas de madera, reposa en un rincón soleado del apartamento de

Legislation or a New Judicial Branch Policy Could Make Livestreaming of Court Proceedings More Commonplace in Colorado

Feb 6, 2023

Nearly three years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced Colorado courts to fundamentally change how they operate, the

Inside the News: A Brewing ‘Newspaper of Record’ War in a Tiny Colorado County. ‘I Really Don’t Want To Sue’

Feb 3, 2023

A simmering dispute could boil over between Colorado’s oldest weekly newspaper and the local government of the

‘Fighting To Be Seen:’ A Call From Colorado’s AANHPI Communities for Equitable and Just Local News

Feb 2, 2023

The Voices Initiative began in January of 2021 as a community organizing project of the nonprofit Free Press, Colorado

Colorado Senate Bill Would Bar Nondisclosure Agreements for State and Local Government Employees

Jan 19, 2023

A state lawmaker is trying again to bar the use of nondisclosure agreements to silence public employees in Colorado,

Inside the News: As Another Colorado Newspaper Folds a Local Library Works To Digitize Its Archives

Jan 12, 2023

A weekly newspaper that has operated since 1958 in the town of Fountain, just south of Colorado Springs, has gone out

People Who Want To Ban Books Aren’t Anonymous Library ‘Users,’ Says Library District’s Appellate Brief

Jan 9, 2023

The Gunnison County Library District has joined the Crested Butte News and the Colorado Freedom of Information

CFOIC’s 2022 Year in Review: Club Q, McClain Autopsy, Serial Meetings, Secret Ballots, Book Banning, Teacher Sick Days and Casa Bonita

Dec 28, 2022

Like last year, court rulings dominate the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition’s 2022 list of transparency

Lakewood City Council Members Criticize Mayor for Muting Their Mics During Zoom Meeting

Dec 23, 2022

Three Lakewood City Council members are raising free-speech concerns after Mayor Adam Paul muted two of their

Inside the News: A ‘Victory’ for Colorado’s Wet Mountain Tribune Lawsuit Against Local Government Retaliation

Dec 16, 2022

Less than six months after Wet Mountain Tribune Publisher Jordan Hedberg filed a federal First

Inside the News: New Print Newspaper ‘Florence Reporter’ Launches in Southern Colorado

Dec 9, 2022

Earlier this year, the local government in the Southern Colorado city of Florence collapsed. “Entire City Council

Colorado Privacy Act Should Explicitly Exempt Journalism Activities, News Organizations Tell Ag

Dec 5, 2022

News organizations in Colorado are urging state Attorney General Phil Weiser to exempt journalism activities

Inside the News: Denver Post Journalists vs. Their Owners – Hold Our Beer

Dec 2, 2022

Six years ago, the last time journalists at The Denver Post received an across-the-board pay increase,

Inside the News: Hispanic Publishers From Across the U.S. Convened in Denver This Week

Nov 18, 2022

The National Association of Hispanic Publications chose Denver for its annual conference and the group’s 40th

News Organizations, Colorado Human Services Argue in Appeals Court Over Withholding of Child-Abuse Hotline Statistics

Nov 15, 2022

Lawyers clashed in the Colorado Court of Appeals on Tuesday over whether the state’s Children’s Code prohibits the

Inside the News: Win or Lose, Colorado’s Lauren Boebert Once Again Confounds the State Press Corps

Nov 10, 2022

Colorado voters would be forgiven if they woke up Wednesday startled by election results after consulting recent

Inside the News: What Colorado Newsrooms are Paying Journalists in 2022

Oct 28, 2022

A year ago, this newsletter reported how Coloradans were, for the first time, learning what our state’s newsrooms

Colorado Appellate Court Sets Standard for Libel Plaintiffs To Overcome Anti-Slapp Motions

Oct 27, 2022

In a recent opinion, the Colorado Court of Appeals established a high standard of proof for a plaintiff to withstand a

Inside the News: New ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Map: Where Coloradans Get Their News and Information

Oct 22, 2022

For the past several months, I’ve been working on a project with students at Colorado College and others in a series

Court of Appeals Reverses Judge’s Cora Rulings That Allowed a ‘Person in Interest’ To See Privileged Emails

The Colorado Court of Appeals last week reversed a judge’s findings that emails protected from disclosure by the

Inside the News: Journalists Pile On Dem Colorado Lawmaker Who Said They’re ‘Too Afraid To Do Their Jobs’

Oct 14, 2022

Steven Woodrow, a 42-year-old Democrat and lawyer who represents Denver in the Colorado House of Representatives, faced

Inside the News: Rocky Mountain Media Review for October 2022

Oct 12, 2022

This is a special expanded edition of the “Inside the News in Colorado” newsletter. Occasionally, I’ll try to

Zansberg: With Improvements Over Time, the Colorado Open Meetings Law Has Helped Hold Government Accountable to We the People

Over the past two decades, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and its member organizations and board members

Judge: Only ‘Enumerated’ Records of the Denver Health and Hospital Authority Are Subject to Cora

Oct 4, 2022

Rejecting the argument of a trauma surgeon’s lawyers, a judge ruled last week that a 2018 state law limits the scope

Experts: Colorado’s Elections System is the ‘Gold Standard’ Nationally

For 102 years, the League Of Women Voters has helped Americans understand how they can cast their vote in elections.

Inside the News: Springs Alt-Weekly Becomes 3rd Colorado Newspaper in a Month To Go Nonprofit

Sep 30, 2022

Three’s a trend, folks. A nonprofit newspaper revolution has hit Colorado. This week, the alternative weekly in

Concerns About Kids’ Safety at Grand Junction Psych Hospital Prompt State Actions

Sep 28, 2022

Colorado’s new Behavioral Health Administration shut down part of the Western Slope’s only psychiatric hospital on

Officials Unnecessarily Prolonged Release of Amended Elijah McClain Autopsy Report, CFOIC’s Zansberg Says

Sep 26, 2022

The public release Friday of the amended autopsy report on the 2019 death of Elijah McClain ended a legal fight that

Nuevos datos sugieren que la disparidad de suspensiones entre los estudiantes latinos de Boulder High es la mayor en BVSD

Para entender mejor las disparidades históricas entre las tasas de castigo de diferentes grupos raciales y étnicos,

Judge Denies Motion To Hold Woodland Park School Board in Contempt Over Open Meetings Issue

Sep 16, 2022

A judge Friday declined to hold members of the Woodland Park school board in contempt for allegedly violating his April

Inside the News: Colorado Journalists Talk Objectivity, Identity, and Reporting

Columbia Journalism Review this week hosted a major panel discussion called “The Objectivity Wars” that included

Doctor’s Lawsuit Tests Scope of 2018 State Law on Disclosure of Denver Health Records

Sep 13, 2022

A trauma surgeon’s lawsuit is testing the scope of a 2018 statute that concerns the public disclosure of Denver

Inside the News: Colorado Local Media Convention Week

Sep 9, 2022

Next week’s journalism-conference world welcomes a doubleheader from two powerhouse organizations in the state. The

Judge Orders Disclosure of Performance Narratives for Two Former Larimer County Employees

Sep 7, 2022

A judge Tuesday ordered Larimer County to publicly disclose the narrative portions of performance evaluations for two

Inside the News: Colorado’s Wet Mountain Tribune Newspaper Sues County Leaders Over Legal Notices

Aug 26, 2022

Jordan Hedburg, who publishes the weekly Wet Mountain Tribune newspaper in Custer County, made good on a threat to sue

A Year After the Legislature Passed a Law on Police Radio Encryption, Denver-Area News Outlets Are Still Blocked From Listening

Aug 24, 2022

Following three years of failed bills, state lawmakers in 2021 finally agreed on statutory language to

Judge Rejects Defendant’s Constitutional Objection to Release of Police Body Camera Footage

Aug 23, 2022

A judge has ordered the release of Denver police body-worn camera footage related to the case of a man accused of

Inside the News: A Newspaper vs. Local TV Reporting About Fentanyl Exposure in Colorado Springs

The newspaper in Colorado’s second-largest city challenged local TV coverage about fentanyl exposure and reflected a

Local Governments Ask for Appellate Review of ‘Manifestly Absurd’ CORA Rulings on Loveland Emails

Aug 1, 2022

Local governments in Colorado are fighting two CORA-related court rulings they fear “will have far-reaching

Inside the News: ‘Who Are We Punishing?’ — Government Yanks Ads From Aspen Newspaper To Make a Point

Jul 29, 2022

Politicians who run the local government in Pitkin County, Colorado, this week sent a message to the new out-of-state

Boulder Valley School District Punishes Black and Latino Students at Disproportionately Higher Rates Than Most Colorado Districts. Parents Continue Calls for Accountability.

Jul 18, 2022

Black and Latino parents of Boulder Valley School District students have been raising alarms for years that their

El Distrito Escolar del Valle de Boulder castiga a los estudiantes negros y latinos en tasas desproporcionadamente más altas que la mayoría de los distritos en Colorado. Los padres siguen pidiendo que acepte la responsabilidad.

Padres de estudiantes negros y latinos en el Distrito Escolar del Valle de Boulder (BVSD, por sus siglas en inglés)

Inside the News: A Newspaper War in Colorado’s Custer County

Jul 15, 2022

A good old-fashioned slime-slinging 19th-century-style newspaper war is brewing in a small rural Colorado

Inside the News: Rocky Mountain Media Roundup for July 2022

This is a special expanded edition of the “Inside the News in Colorado” newsletter. Occasionally, I’ll try to

Inside the News: Denver Post Hits the Snooze Button on Columnists

Jul 8, 2022

In the 1994 journalism film “The Paper” there’s a scene where Michael Keaton’s ink-stained-wretch character

Poverty Gap for Black and Latino Senior Citizens Grew Over Last Decade

Jul 7, 2022

Although Melvin Page had a long career in public service, retiring proved to be much more difficult than he

New ‘Watchdog Fund’ Will Help Journalists Pay for Public Records Used to Report on Inequities

Jun 29, 2022

The philanthropic Colorado Media Project is starting a fund to help Colorado journalists pay for public records that

Trump’s Legacy Looms Large as Colorado Aims to Close the Hispanic Insurance Gap

Jun 23, 2022

Hispanic residents have long been among the least likely to have health insurance — in Colorado and across the

Pesa el legado de Trump, mientras Colorado busca zanjar la brecha del seguro de salud hispano

Armando Peniche Rosales tiene un dedo del pie torcido, que durante años ha pronosticado el clima y ​​se vuelve