Colorado News Collaborative

A nonprofit organization

An investment in COLab is an act of civic participation. Your donation ensures Coloradans will be informed about the issues that impact their daily lives, engaged in local government and inspired to affect positive change in their community.

Testimonials

Rural Colorado, and all of Colorado, actually, really need and will appreciate your services. Good Journalism is a public good and you know how to deliver the goods.
-Diane Curlette, Boulder

Thank you for helping us in Colorado see what is happening and what can be done to go forward.
-Dana Murphy-Parker

Thanks so much for all you're doing for good journalism and all of us who believe in it!
-Doris Sanders, Denver

Mission

Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) is a first-of-its-kind nonprofit designed to increase community participation across Colorado through local journalism.

Background Statement

As a result of our work, all Coloradans will be informed about the issues that impact their daily lives, engaged in local government and inspired to affect positive change in their communities.

We accomplish our mission by ensuring anyone who lives in our state has access to high quality, reliable, local reporting about the people, systems and organizations responsible for making sure the public's needs are met.

To strengthen the local news infrastructure responsible for producing reporting on behalf of Coloradans, COLab convenes journalists, local news outlets and industry groups to work in tandem on three priorities: Better News, More Trust and Faster Evolution.

Better News: COLab improves the quality of local news by providing training and coaching for journalists, leading collaborative reporting efforts among newsrooms and helping to evolve the ways journalists tell stories.

More Trust: COLab builds trust in local news by building relationships between newsrooms and communities through a commitment to listening and learning.

Faster Evolution: COLab helps newsrooms focus on sustainability by exploring next-generation business models, designing and sharing best practices, serving new audiences and diversifying revenue streams. We also develop and deploy plans to serve news deserts.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Colorado News Collaborative

other names

COLab, COLab, The Colorado Independent, Colorado News Collaborative COLab

Year Established

2020

Tax id (EIN)

46-2634633

Category

Public & Societal Benefit

Organization Size

Medium Organization

Address

2101 Arapahoe Street
Denver, CO 80205

Mailing

P.O. Box 40866
Denver, CO 80204

Service areas

CO, US

Phone

303-656-9973

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