Nicole Vap Laura Frank More than 130 television news stations across the country could go dark if the merger between Nexstar and Tegna goes through, investigative journalist Nicole Vap said in a prescient on-line discussion hosted by Colorado Press Women on March 18. Vap talked with COLab executive director Laura Frank about the potential consequences of [...]
Registration is now open for the 2025 NFPW Communications Conference, which will be held Sept. 11–13 at the Denver Marriott West in Golden, Colorado. Themed “The Next Frontier,” the conference will highlight Colorado’s Old West history as well as its innovative leadership in communications, science and technology. Conferencegoers can register for the full conference or a single [...]
By Sandra Fish NEDERLAND — From mountain rescues to local government goings on, from Black Hawk through Nederland and over to Jamestown, The Mountain-Ear has covered communities along the Peak to Peak Highway since 1977. Managing Editor Barbara Hardt and her staff talked with 10 members of Colorado Press Women about the mountain communities they cover, [...]
Story & photo by Ann Lockhart How has reporter Marianne Goodland survived covering the Colorado legislature for 27 years? She said “I have a life outside the legislature…a husband and a daughter and I play the harp. It keeps me grounded.” She has even played the harp on the final day on the Colorado House floor [...]
By Sharon Almirall Three weekly newspaper publishers stressed integrity in local journalism at a Colorado Press Women Zoom panel on February 22. They noted the weight of leadership is part of their concerns as they make hard editorial and financial decisions. They spoke on the challenges of financial sustainability, press freedom, pushback and innovation. Erin McIntyre, [...]
By Sharon Almirall Sandra Fish, Colorado Press Women’s featured speaker at the Park Hill Library on Sept. 28, describes herself as someone who is “really into numbers,” the key element of her career as a data journalist. “From using a spreadsheet to looking at financial reports, the work initially called computer-assisted reporting has become data journalism,” [...]
By Dala Giffin CPW met at the Estes Park Museum CPW member Lori Rapp deserves accolades for arranging a summer meeting for us in Estes Park on August 24, 2024. By necessity, she reduced the scale of our usual seasonal outing from a two overnight stay to a half-day visit since reasonably priced lodging was not [...]
JOIN THE EXCITEMENT OF 2025 CONFERENCE PLANNING! Now that the 2024 NFPW conference has concluded and CPW’s invitation to “The Next Frontier” has been extended, it’s time to line up sponsors, engage colleges, identify speakers and specific topics, and organize pre- and post-conference tours for next year’s conference in Golden, Colo., Sept. 11-13. Conference co-chairs Karen [...]
By Sharon AlmirallPhotos by Ann Lockhart “I believe AI (artificial intelligence) is absolutely going to play a role in journalism’s future,” speaker Corey Hutchins told Colorado Press Women members and guests in a Zoom presentation on March 16. As the number of journalists in newsrooms dwindles, Hutchins sees a crisis in newsrooms. One example he mentioned [...]
By Sharon Almirall “If I trace it back, it goes back to 9/ll,” said Jacqueline St. Joan in explaining how she was inspired to write “Shawl of Midnight,” a novel about the strength of Pakistani women living today under medieval laws and the networks they form to help each other. “Every murderer creates his own story,” [...]