
Laura Frank



Unlocking the Truth: COLab is Making a Difference in the Quality of Your News
It was June 30 and Robert Davis was puzzled. The young freelance reporter for The Denver VOICE was covering a virtual event marking the opening of a new homeless shelter, and Denver’s

Good Journalism Equals Revenue — and Democracy
The following is Laura Frank’s keynote address to the 2021 joint convention of the Kansas and Colorado Press Associations, delivered May 20, 2021. Hello, Kansas and Colorado Press Association members.

Journalism Ethics in Practice
COLab’s Laura Frank leads a conversation with Fred Brown on journalism ethics. As former chair of the Society ofProfessional Journalists’ ethics committee, Brown was a key figure in the evolution


A Letter of a Different Sort: Reflections on Collaboration
Dear reader, Journalists receive lots of letters. Our inboxes and mailboxes are often full of news tips, requests for coverage and input from readers about what we write, what we

Happy Anniversary to COLab: Celebrating our First Year
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

John Ferrugia joins COLab’s team!
Dear reader, I am thrilled to announce that John Ferrugia has joined the COLab staff to help us strengthen news throughout Colorado. John has won more professional honors than any other investigative

Working Together to Do Better
Dear reader, I want to introduce you to Alfonzo Porter. He is the thoughtful and talented editor of Denver Urban Spectrum, which serves the city’s Black community. But he is much more

Silver Linings
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