If we at COLab had our way, there would be journalists in every Colorado community watchdogging local governments and demanding accountability from those who run them. But at least for
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.
Dear reader, If I have learned anything about Kiowa County, it’s that the phrase “You’re not from around here” isn’t a compliment. I’d been warned last spring by then-Eads-based journalist
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
Journalists and journalism institutions are rethinking how they center the needs and desires of communities of color. But there is still a long history of disinvestment and harm that newsrooms must address
The story of the relationship between local journalism and Colorado’s Latinx community is complicated, contentious and ever-changing. It is a story that includes a media history of generalization, demonization and of
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
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
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
Dear reader, The people of Kiowa County woke Wednesday morning to an edition of their local newspaper unlike any other. The cover story, “Three Bullets to the Back,” is a deep investigative
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