For Our News Partners
Propose a Collaboration
We know there are stories out there newsrooms don’t have the resources to cover alone, as well as stories in increasingly wide swaths of Colorado that have become news deserts — meaning communities have no local news source. Veteran award-winning Colorado journalists Stephanie Rivera and John Ferrugia are helping Colorado newsrooms produce in-depth narrative, explanatory and investigative reporting to ensure important stories are reported with the depth they deserve, offering hands-on training in the process.
First, what kind of story are we talking about?
A million stories are waiting to be told, so we'll need to prioritize. Some criteria we'll be considering:
- Does it address an issue the community wants examined more closely?
- Does it expose an un- or under-reported issue or problem?
- Does it scrutinize institutions or power-structures that have gone unchecked?
- Does it explore challenges affecting vulnerable communities, especially underrepresented racial groups or people in geographic news deserts?
- Does it focus on solutions, not just problems?
- Is it of statewide interest (and likely to be carried for free by other outlets)?
- Can it be localized by others?
Does your story idea check any of these boxes? Let us know what you have in mind.
Contact Us Directly
Send us a message. Let us know you’d like to talk.
past collaborative projects


Diagnosis: Debt Colorado
Examining the scale, impact and consequences of medical debt in Colorado

Chasing Progress
Examining socio-economic and health equity among Black and Latino Coloradans over the last decade

On Edge: Mental Health in Colorado
Our investigation into Colorado’s safety net system. And our profiles of Coloradans facing challenges in a time of crisis.

Three Bullets to the Back
The Striking Silence Around a Police Killing in Small-town Colorado

Triggered
How One of Colorado’s Smallest Protests Became Its Most Violent

COVID Diaries Colorado: A Day in the Pandemic
On April 16, scores of reporters from across Colorado set out to find how people were coping.