Imagine a newsroom where the editor is also the publisher, sometimes the delivery driver, and even—on occasion—the janitor. That’s the reality for many local journalists today, like Dave Perry of the Aurora Sentinel. Despite nearly $30 billion in philanthropic investment in media since 2009, newsrooms like his remain understaffed, overburdened and unable to fully leverage the resources available to them. Why hasn’t all that funding solved the crisis?

In this compelling Wolzien Lecture at the University of Denver, COLab Executive Director Laura Frank takes us inside the challenges facing local journalism and explains why funding alone isn’t enough. But there is hope. Through collaboration, innovation, and strategic capacity-building, COLab and its classroom and boardroom partners are creating a new model for revitalizing journalism from the ground up. Watch the full lecture to see how we can move from crisis to transformation—together.