Report on Aspen’s News Landscape
COLab
Aug 5, 2022
The Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) is a nonprofit seeking to stop the spread of news deserts in our state. We serve as a local media resource hub and ideas lab
Faster Evolution
Financially stronger newsrooms can produce better news. COLab helps strengthen news outlets through innovation. Below we share some of the ways that happens.
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Inside the News: A New Newspaper Ownership Model Emerges in Colorado
Corey Hutchins
May 3, 2021
Once again, Colorado is staking out new ground in the battle to save local news, this time with a first-in-the-nation effort to keep newspapers locally owned and thriving. For about
Happy Anniversary to COLab: Celebrating our First Year
Laura Frank
Mar 31, 2021
Dear reader, As of today, the Colorado News Collaborative is a year old. And what a year. What we imagined compared to what has come to pass is beyond what
Silver Linings
Laura Frank
Nov 28, 2020
Dear reader, Has this happened to you? I’ve now lost track of the number of times I’ve uttered “What an unbelievable year!” or some variation of that. But today, I’m
An Antidote to Polarization and Partisanship
Laura Frank
Nov 4, 2020
Dear fellow Coloradan, On this morning of the 2020 election, I’m moved to write you a letter about a conversation I had last night with my teenage son. Yesterday, Susan
Meet Our New Boss: Introducing Laura Frank
COLab
Aug 22, 2020
Dear reader, We’re writing to introduce you to our new boss, the Colorado News Collaborative’s (COLab) Executive Director Laura Frank. Laura is a Denver native and award-winning journalist who spent
No Local News Is Bad News
Tina Griego
Aug 3, 2020
“Tell me a bit about the broader consequences that we found happen to a community when they lose their sources of local news.” “Well, there’s a lot of things that