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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

The Latinx Community v. Local News: We’ve Been Here Before
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

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

Award-Winning Investigative Reporter John Ferrugia Joins COLab
Veteran award-winning investigative reporter John Ferrugia is joining COLab, the Colorado News Collaborative, a new nonprofit coalition of journalists from more than 100 news outlets statewide. Ferrugia will help local

The “Lab” in COLab: Coaching and Collaboration
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

Lineages of Harm, Futures of Repair
By Diamond Hardiman, News Voices: Colorado Across the country, outlets like The Los Angeles Times and The Kansas City Star have published apologies for how their coverage has upheld and

Opening the Conversation
There are times when she does not recognize herself. Who is this cautious woman whose heart hammers when she hears her kids cough or when the latest national political outrage

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