The Colorado Media Project has published a new report, "Local News is a Public Good: Public Pathways for Supporting Coloradans' Civic News and Information Needs in the 21st Century," that explores the hardships to Colorado communities when local news declines.
The white paper answers the following questions with data and examples from across Colorado and beyond:
The Colorado Media Project also presents five ideas for transforming local news with public support, substantiated with local, national and international research and existing models:
This study is part of a broader Colorado Media Project, launched in the summer of 2018, that has engaged a broad-based coalition of civic leaders, students, academics, philanthropists, journalists, business leaders, librarians, technologists and other local residents to study the market forces behind the decline in local news; to understand new opportunities and threats introduced by technology and social platforms; to survey Coloradans on their news and information interests, needs and habits; and to prototype and test new ways to engage a broader range of residents in the future of local news and civic information.