The 2023 State of News: Colorado is based on the most comprehensive survey of state news outlets to date. In October and November 2023, the Colorado News Survey was distributed to 307 newsrooms; 93 answered, for a response rate of 30%. The survey, with more than 50 questions and 5,000 data points, asked about business structures, challenges, distribution, diversity and finances for 2022.

After a period of data cleaning and analysis, COLab is pleased to present State of News: Colorado to news media, their communities, researchers and others who are on the path with us in building stronger communities through stronger local news.

COLab is grateful to the Colorado Press Association and Colorado Media Project, who helped design the survey, and to CMP’s funder roundtable, who help support both COLab and CPA.

Our intention is for State of News: Colorado to be a baseline for local newsrooms to compare their experiences with each other and with news outlets nationwide, such as the INN Index from the Institute for Nonprofit News. From here, we will be able to track trends, anticipate challenges and spot opportunities to make Colorado’s news ecosystem ever stronger.