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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...
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,...
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...
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...
“Bright lights in dark times”
Dear reader,
Our apologies for our recent radio silence. Our new project launch with COLab (the Colorado News Collaborative) has us gathering string and casting nets...
With Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on DACA comes more time, but no less uncertainty...
As of the end of last year, Colorado was home to 14,640 DACA recipients. They have always known their freedom runs on a clock....
A note about Thursday’s DACA story Standing aside to let people speak for themselves...
Dear reader,
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been interviewing Colorado DACA recipients about their states of mind as they waited for the U.S....
At nearly every turn in Denver, protesters confront a reason to march The marches...
Kenny White, a black man in his late 20s, joins the downtown Denver protesters near dusk. A speaker has just wrapped his exhortation to...
COVID Diaries Colorado: A Westside pastor still holding services — 10 people at time
About this story: On Thursday, April 16, twenty-two Colorado news organizations sought to capture a snapshot in the day of residents from all walks...