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Find Your Local Newsroom!
Find Your Local Newsroom!
Why Colorado's Local News Needs YOUR Support:
Why Colorado's Local News Needs YOUR Support:
Your Community Needs Local News to Thrive
Research shows that people need relevant, trustworthy, independent local news to stay safe and healthy, to be engaged in their communities, to hold government accountable, and to create change on issues they care about.
In communities without a reliable source of local news, fewer people vote or run for office, political polarization increases, elected officials are less accountable, and the local economy can suffer.
1 in 5 Colorado Newsrooms Have Closed
Twenty years ago, local advertising sustained local news. Today, big tech companies gobble up to 85% of local digital ad revenue.
Nearly one in five Colorado newspapers has closed since 2004 - and more are on the brink. The number of professional reporters covering critical information needs of Coloradans across all media formats declined by nearly 44% between 2010 and 2018 — from 1,010 to just 570 reporters statewide - while Colorado's population grew by over 600,000 people.
Each Donation is a Lifeline to Colorado's Local News
Individuals like you can turn the tide. By subscribing, donating, or becoming a member of your favorite local newsroom/s, you are ensuring that important issues like education, the environment, health, housing, and economic opportunity are covered in ways that matter to your community.
Personal health and safety. Civic participation. Government accountability. It’s all at stake — please support local news today.
What is #newsCOneeds?
Since 2018, the #newsCOneeds Year-End Giving Challenge has helped local Colorado news outlets increase public awareness and grassroots support from individuals for the vital public service that journalism provides to our communities.
The campaign is modeled after the national NewsMatch campaign that has helped nonprofit newsrooms across the country raise more than $277 million since 2017.
What is #newsCOneeds?
Since 2018, the #newsCOneeds Year-End Giving Challenge has helped local Colorado news outlets increase public awareness and grassroots support from individuals for the vital public service that journalism provides to our communities.
The campaign is modeled after the national NewsMatch campaign that has helped nonprofit newsrooms across the country raise more than $277 million since 2017.
How can I help?
The #newsCOneeds campaign helps you find and support YOUR local newsrooms' fundraising efforts Between Dec. 3 (a.k.a. #GivingNewsDay) and Dec. 31, 2024.
35 of the newsrooms participating in this year's #newsCOneeds campaign have been awarded $5,000 matching grants from Colorado Media Project, in a dollar-for-dollar match aimed at inspiring individuals like YOU who support long-term sustainability of public-service journalism.
How can I help?
The #newsCOneeds campaign helps you find and support YOUR local newsrooms' fundraising efforts Between Dec. 3 (a.k.a. #GivingNewsDay) and Dec. 31, 2024.
35 of the newsrooms participating in this year's #newsCOneeds campaign have been awarded $5,000 matching grants from Colorado Media Project, in a dollar-for-dollar match aimed at inspiring individuals like YOU who support long-term sustainability of public-service journalism.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What kinds of local newsrooms are participating in #newsCOneeds?
#newsCOneeds supports nonprofit or locally-owned for-profit Colorado newsrooms actively publishing high-quality, non-advocacy, nonpartisan, public service journalism that primarily serve communities in Colorado. All participating newsrooms are members of the Colorado Press Association, Colorado Broadcast Association, and/or Colorado News Collaborative.
How does #newsCOneeds support donations to locally-owned for-profit newsrooms?
Research shows that locally-owned for-profit newsrooms provide the same public service benefits to communities as non-profit newsrooms - and many locally owned for-profit Colorado newsrooms are in the process of changing both their business models and tax statuses to better reflect their role in proviuding vital public services and infrastructure. All participating for-profit newsrooms are fiscally sponsored by an eligible non-profit organization, and donations to participating newsrooms through the ColoradoGives.org platform are tax-deductible.
What kinds of contributions are eligible to meet Colorado Media Project's #newsCOneeds Matching Grant?
Between December 3 (a.k.a. #GivingNewsDay) and December 31, 2024, each participating Colorado newsroom will receive up to $5,000 from the Colorado Media Project, in a dollar-for-dollar match. Individual donations to any participating newsroom of up to $1,000 made within the giving period and through Coloradogives.org are eligible to be matched.
- Only online donations made via the ColoradoGives.org platform are eligible for the match.
- Only donations made during the December 3 - December 31, 2024 giving period are eligible for the match.
- Individual contributions larger than $1,000 will be matched up to the $1,000 limit.
- Recurring donations can be scheduled monthly through ColoradoGives.org. Any recurring donation transactions processed during the giving period are eligible for the match.
What is the Colorado Media Project?
The Colorado Media Project is a nonpartisan philanthropic fund fiscally sponsored by the Rose Community Foundation. We fund, catalyze and advocate for a healthier local news and information ecosystem for all Coloradans. Since the summer of 2018, Colorado Media Project has served as a center of gravity for engaging a broad-based coalition of civic leaders, students, academics, philanthropists, journalists, business leaders, technologists, national thought leaders, and local residents in addressing, with urgency, the disturbing expansion of local news deserts and the negative impacts on Colorado and its residents. Since 2018, Colorado Media Project's funders have included Bohemian Foundation, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust, Democracy Fund, The Gates Family Foundation, The Gill Foundation, Innasmuch Foundation, Press Forward, and Rose Community Foundation.
You can learn more about our work to support your local news on our website.
Who is funding the #newsCOneeds Year-End Giving Challenge?
Colorado Media Project's 2024 #newsCOneeds Matching Grant is made possible through unrestricted support from Bohemian Foundation, Democracy Fund, The Colorado Health Foundation, and The Gates Family Foundation. Colorado Media Project's fiscal sponsor, Rose Community Foundation, provides oversight and administration for the funds. The #newsCOneeds Year-End Giving Challenge Campaign is supported by Colorado Media Project and run on the ColoradoGives.org platform in partnership with Colorado Gives Foundation.
Are all participating newsrooms receiving matching grants from Colorado Media Project?
This year Colorado MediaProject made it's largest #newsCOneeds grant to date, awarding $175,000 in $5,000 matching grants to 35 newsrooms. But there are far more than 35 newsrooms providing vital news to Colorado's communities - and Colorado Media Project is not the only donor contributing matching funds to newsrooms' year-end giving campaigns anymore.
Through the ColoradoGives.org fundraising platform the campaign can now be open include all local newsrooms running year-end giving campaigns to better connect you with the #newsCOneeds!
Each newsroom's individual fundraising page will clearly articulate whether your donation will be matched, and who the donor of those matching funds is.
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Newsrooms: Get Your #newsCOneeds Campaign Toolkit!
Newsrooms: Get Your #newsCOneeds Campaign Toolkit!
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