Small-town staff shortages, matched with increasing operational expenses and decreasing advertising revenue, are leading to shuttered small newsrooms…
Author: Corey Hutchins
Corey Hutchins is co-director of Colorado College’s Journalism Institute, reports on the U.S. local media scene for Columbia Journalism Review, and is a journalist for multiple news outlets. Subscribe to his Inside the News newsletter, here.
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS: No Leaks Necessary
A Denver TV station made national news this week for its coverage of local ICE raids under the new Trump administration…
‘The Colorado Sun’ Goes Non-Profit
The move marks the latest in a recent rush of Colorado news organizations that have pivoted away from a for-profit business model…
INSIDE THE NEWS: The Boebert 911 Call
She said she left Jayson Boebert an earnest voicemail saying she had obtained some 911 calls, and offered him time to respond…
INSIDE THE NEWS: I Lost Money Following a Colorado Newspaper’s Sports Betting Advice
Four years ago, Colorado legalized online sports gambling…
OPINION: How Colorado Newsrooms Are (or Aren’t) Using ChatGPT
This week, I asked ChatGPT to flag any inconsistencies with Associated Press style for news writing…
INSIDE THE NEWS: ‘Crestone Eagle’ Transitions to a Nonprofit in Rural Colorado
Nonprofit status will allow the Eagle to solicit funding from grants and donations to beef up its website…
INSIDE THE NEWS: A New Normal in Colorado’s Media Landscape?
In December, the West Virginia company Ogden Newspapers announced it would buy the Nevada-based Swift Communications newspaper chain that runs about a dozen papers in Colorado…