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The pits in our stomachs

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...

Finding Connection

Dear reader,  We at COLab think a lot — one could say “obsessively” — about readers, listeners and viewers of local news. We think about...
Looking through a broken window to the lobby of the old Denver Post building the morning after the May 29, 2020 racial justice protest in downtown Denver.

Your thoughts on truth-telling and bias "Be the beacon that lets us see through...

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...

The case for not holding our tongues

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...

There aren’t enough Burts to go around Thank you and good luck to a...

Dear reader, I’m writing today to tell you about one of the most decent, generous, hardworking Colorado reporters you probably have never met — Burt...

The hunger for news among Colorado’s immigrant and refugee communities In the age of...

Dear reader, Before the pandemic and all that has spiraled from it — the quarantines, the distancing, the business closures, the lost work and childcare,...

Stonewalled: Kiowa County sheriffs won’t explain why they killed Zach Gifford

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...
Laura Frank, left, helps a young journalist analyze data on immigration.

Meet our new boss: Introducing Laura Frank

Dear readers, We’re writing to introduce you to our new boss, the Colorado News Collaborative’s (COLab) Executive Director Laura Frank. Laura is a Denver native and...
Illustration by Desolina Fletcher

Greene: On longing What's moving you in this time of isolation and unrest?

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...

Griego: No local news is bad news

“Tell me a bit about the broader consequences that we found happen to a community when they lose their sources of local news.” “Well, there’s...