Past Opportunities

IRE’s 2021 Virtual TV Watchdog Workshop #4 — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. MT, April 17, 2021 Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) will hold their TV Watchdog Workshops virtually in 2021. These four half-day workshops, open to broadcast journalists, will focus on tips and techniques for journalists working in television news. Each virtual workshop will […]

Zoom interviews. Writing during quarantine. A record-setting election. News that a vaccine is coming. Reporting on the changing world in which we now live. Has there ever been such a challenging — but also rewarding — time to be a freelance writer? From April 13-15, ASJA’s 2021 Conference — fully online this year — will […]

Join COLab April 13 at 7 p.m. for a preview of the documentary “News Matters” and a panel discussion about the importance of local news to democracy.

The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit newsroom covering education, is awarding grants of up to $5,000 to journalists in local newsrooms and freelance journalists in the American West to support a feature reporting project. Preference will be given to stories based in areas identified as news deserts. DEADLINE TO APPLY: APRIL 11, 2021 Learn more and […]

Colorado Media Project is offering grants of $5,000 to $10,000 to selected Colorado news outlets to support the dissemination of accurate, culturally relevant info about the COVID-19 vaccine to communities of color and other marginalized groups. Communities of color and other marginalized groups have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in Colorado. These same communities also face […]

Join Colorado Media Project, Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) and News Voices: Colorado on April 9 at 2pm MST for a discussion about the history of struggle and resistance among Latinx leaders organizing for more reflective and equitable local news and media in Colorado.* Polly Baca and Nita Gonzales will be in conversation with COLab’s Tina Griego to […]

The Colorado Press Association is hosting a newsletter accelerator program to help Colorado newsrooms improve their usage of email newsletters. In newsrooms and beyond, newsletters are increasingly viewed as crucial tools to build relationships with audiences and, directly or indirectly, grow revenue. Journalists, journalism students and content marketers are invited to apply here for a […]

In the summer of 2020, two surveys — one conducted by University of Denver (DU) with support from The Colorado Trust and the other one by Colorado Press Association (CPA) and Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) of their members and partners — assessed Colorado journalists’ views of their own news outlets and coverage, and of the […]

Join CMP for a Zoom information session on Monday, April 5 from Noon to 1 p.m. to learn more about this grant opportunity to aid Colorado journalism organizations that have existing, trusted relationships with communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Info session attendees will learn more about which types of organizations and projects are most aligned […]