Imagine a newsroom where the editor is also the publisher, sometimes the delivery driver, and even—on occasion—the janitor. That’s the reality for many local journalists today, like Dave Perry of the Aurora Sentinel. Despite nearly $30 billion in philanthropic investment in media since 2009, newsroo| COLab
A report released today aims to quantify the historic loss of life, land and precious resources for 10 Native nations historically in Colorado, and asks the state to help “mend all that has been broken between Colorado’s original inhabitants and the settler community.” The privately funded study took two years to complete and is over 700 […] The post Forced Relocation and Human Rights Abuses: New Report Details Indigenous Treatment in Colorado and Recommends How To Restore Rights...| COLab
A report published this week by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of $1.7 trillion worth of Indigenous homelands in Colorado by the state and the U.S. and the more than $546 million the state has reaped in mineral extraction from them. The report, shared first with The Associated Press, identifies 10 tribal […] The post Report Finds Colorado Was Built on $1.7 Trillion of Land Expropriated From Tribal Nations appeared first on COLab.| COLab
The Colorado Lotus Project disaggregated data about the state’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander communities, revealing new findings. One of my biggest pet peeves when I tell people I’m originally from Colorado is the knee-jerk reaction: “Whoa, beautiful state — and isn’t it just full of white people?” Well, it’s true that […] The post What Asian Coloradans Face appeared first on COLab.| COLab
A new report released this spring takes an in-depth look into the diversity of Colorado’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander populations. The 84-page report, titled “The Colorado Lotus Project: A Statewide Look at the Strengths and Barriers Facing Colorado’s Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Communities,” separates Colorado’s many groups […] The post A Recent Report Examines Colorado’s Diverse Asian Populations by Disaggregati...| COLab
“I would like [candidates] to talk about how high and unreasonable the cost of living has become. Do we pay rent and insurance but go hungry?” “Need to address returning Roe vs Wade. Such a big deal that made our country turn back time. No one should govern another person’s body. Period.” “I’d love to hear […] The post What Voters Are Telling Their Local Newsrooms appeared first on COLab.| COLab
An in-depth interview from the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel with Colorado News Collaborative Managing Editor Tina Griego. The discussion covers COLab’s latest project, Voter Voices, a statewide survey meant to help guide local newsrooms in providing voter-centered election coverage focused on stakes rather than odds. The post The Daily Rewind Podast: “Vox Populi” appeared first on COLab.| COLab
Take a close look at the map above. It represents something remarkable: The coordinated effort of more than 60 Colorado newsrooms to ask voters in their communities what issues matter most to them this election year. And not just to ask. But also to listen. To let voter voices help guide electio| COLab
Listen as COLab’s Tina Griego and CPR’s Megan Verlee talk with Colorado Matters host, Chandra Thomas Whitfield, about Voter Voices, a statewide project aimed finding out what issues will shape your decision on election day. Newsrooms across Colorado are teaming up and embarking on an effort to reach out to voters and learn what they want candidates […] The post Making Sure Voter Voices are Heard appeared first on COLab.| COLab
