The Rock That Makes the Ripple
Dec 28, 2021
Dear reader, I’m in my 50s. I’ve been a journalist for more than half my life. I’ve been one of a few Hispanics in a newsroom and one of many Hispanics
Tina Griego
Tina is an editor, reporter and coach with the Colorado News Collaborative. She has been a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and the Albuquerque Tribune, but spent most of her career as a reporter and columnist for the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post. Her reporting on immigration, education and urban poverty has won national recognition. Tina lives in Fort Collins with her husband and two kids. She's a native New Mexican and prefers red over green.
What It Will Take for Local News Outlets to (Re)Build Trust With Black Community Members
Oct 26, 2021
Dear reader, Last week, a few of the state’s larger newsrooms, networks and The Denver Press Club hosted a mixer billed “Cocktails & Conversation” for local Black community members and
An Invitation: Black Voices Calling for Change
Sep 16, 2021
Dear reader, Our slogan here at COLab is “Better News for All Coloradans.” We talked a lot about what we mean by “better” before adopting the phrase more than a
Connecting More Dots
Aug 30, 2021
Dear reader, About a week ago, not quite a dozen editors and reporters hopped on a call to talk about their COVID coverage, specifically, their coverage of Coloradans who have yet
Beyond the Inverted Pyramid
May 21, 2021
Ideas on more thoughtful approaches to story-telling and story structure from COLab journalist Tina Griego. Presented as part of the 2021 Joint Virtual Conference of the Colorado and Kansas Press
The Art of the Interview
May 21, 2021
COLab journalists Susan Greene and Tina Griego provide training for journalists on the basics of culling more – and better – information from subjects, with extra tips for handling COVID-related
Deepening Your Newsroom’s Coverage of Communities of Color
May 20, 2021
COLab journalist Tina Griego moderates a panel discussion with Carmen Ramirez, community leader from the City of Longmont, and Jessica Peterson, reporter with the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. Presented as
The Latinx Community v. Local News: We’ve Been Here Before
Apr 7, 2021
Dear reader, When she was a child growing up in a 1940s’ Greeley that still posted “No dogs or Mexicans” signs, Polly Baca remembers that the local paper had a habit
The “Lab” in COLab: Coaching and Collaboration
Mar 1, 2021
Dear reader, Jessica Gibbs is a reporter for Colorado Community Media, the largest family-owned newspaper chain in the state. She’s been a reporter for five years, most of that time spent
For Tylan Jones, Anxiety is Also a Battle Between Optimism and Pessimism
Jan 21, 2021
Tylan Jones is not naive. He is a 20-year-old Black man living in the United States. This reality does not easily accommodate naivete. When he was in middle school, he