Silver Linings
Laura Frank
Nov 28, 2020
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
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Working Through Uncertainty
Laura Frank
Nov 13, 2020
Dear reader, Yesterday, Susan Greene was hard at work — helping a trio of our partner newspaper editors prep for a project with the Colorado News Collaborative. She helped lead a
An Antidote to Polarization and Partisanship
Laura Frank
Nov 4, 2020
Dear fellow Coloradan, On this morning of the 2020 election, I’m moved to write you a letter about a conversation I had last night with my teenage son. Yesterday, Susan
The Pits in Our Stomachs
Susan Greene
Nov 2, 2020
Dear reader, Words generally come easily for me. But I have been struggling for seven months to name how it feels to live through this time. The pit in my
Finding Connection
Tina Griego
Oct 26, 2020
Dear reader, We at COLab think a lot — one could say “obsessively” — about readers, listeners and viewers of local news. We think about people we know and whom
Your Thoughts on Truth-Telling and Bias
Susan Greene
Oct 6, 2020
Dear reader, Wow. We asked for your thoughts last week on the test the Trump administration has posed to journalists seeking to be “objective” while adhering to the obligation to
The case for not holding our tongues
Susan Greene
Sep 29, 2020
Dear reader, From our angst department, I’m writing to fill you in about an ethical question I and journalists across the country are wrestling with this election cycle – one
There Aren’t Enough Burts to Go Around
Tina Griego
Sep 22, 2020
Thank you and good luck to a Colorado reporter with a mind for data and a heart for people
Stonewalled: Kiowa County Sheriffs Won’t Explain Why They Killed Zach Gifford
Susan Greene
Aug 31, 2020
Dear reader, Brandon, population 21, lies three hours southeast of Denver. It’s a speck of a place amid Colorado’s Southeastern Plains as they reach toward Kansas. On the afternoon of April
On Longing
Susan Greene
Aug 6, 2020
Dear reader, Tina and I have spent much of the last month knee-deep in documents for a difficult investigative project we’re still piecing together. So instead of a newsy newsletter,