Concerning fire weather setup for Wednesday for eastern Colorado/Denver area. 40-60 mph gusts possible, and very dry and warm. Unusually early Fire Weather Watch up for southern Colorado already. More info as it gets closer. #COwx

Each year, this newsletter reports on the pay landscape in Colorado journalism. We’re luckier than most on this front because of a 2021 state transparency law that requires Colorado employers to publish salary ranges with their job postings. coloradomedia.substack.com/p/what-color...

50% of public media organizations in the United States are licensed by a college or university #LocalJournalismResearchersWorkshop

Public policy to support local news is spreading in states across the country

Cable revenues to local organizations are dropping 5-10% per year since 2019

Seen at the Local Journalism Researchers Workshop in DC this a.m.

“Media groups hope Minnesota will join other states in bolstering newsrooms” www.minnpost.com/media/2026/0... “A bill at the Legislature that would spend workforce development grants on an internship program appears to have bipartisan support”

I got a bunch of pitches last year about how Geese cracked the algorithm—well, surprise, it was a "narrative" marketing campaign. @johnsemley3000.bsky.social with the goods: www.wired.com/story/geese-...

The ways people get their news and information are changing rapidly, and keeping a running tag on it is a constant process. Here's an effort in Colorado to examine the landscape of digital content creators: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorados-...

UPDATE: "On Wednesday, Juan Carlos Membrano Portillo was released from ICE custody at the GEO Group detention center in Aurora Colorado," The Revolutionist reports. therevolutionistgj.org/2026/04/10/i...

From Axios Colorado Springs today in America in 2026

In Colorado Springs, the politically independent mayor, Yemi Mobolade, who beat Wayne Williams, an entrenched kind of country club not-MAGA establishment GOP career politician type, for the job four years ago, has just announced his former opponent will be his (checks notes) new chief of staff.

“To ensure Minnesota continues to have strong local journalism, Greene authored a bill that would fund a Minnesota Local News Talent Pipeline Program.” www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/...

"Twenty-four states give citizens the constitutional right to sponsor initiatives. Last year, legislatures in those states passed 51 bills restricting citizen ballot measures, according to the Fairness Project, which supports progressive initiatives." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...

"Campbell Law School in Buies Creek, North Carolina reversed course after law student Justin Booker alleged viewpoint discrimination over posters condemning political violence." www.campusreform.org/article/camp...

New edition of Community Newswire from the Center for Community News is out: mailchi.mp/communitynew... Learn about what higher-ed #journalism programs are doing for their students and local media ecosystems. #academicsky #localnews

More than a decade ago, when the United States was a much different place, The Denver Post got attention in some circles for not having anything about Easter on the front page and instead dedicating it to coverage of cannabis 4/20 rally. That's what was "controversial" on this holiday in 2014.

“Long-time BU spokesperson retired on Friday, leaving behind a ‘legacy of respecting student media’”: dailyfreepress.com/04/04/12/219...

😬 When a newsroom manager declines to answer questions about the use of AI in the newsroom: www.gjsentinel.com/news/western...

"But, over time, the appropriateness of journalists’ participation in a community’s civic life has evolved more toward detachment — because active civic engagement might be seen by some as a forfeiture of journalistic objectivity." www.denvergazette.com/2026/04/04/f...

Here's the proclamation Colorado's governor plans to make on April 9, calling it 'Local News Day' in Colorado. Folks will gather at the Denver Press Club at 5 p.m. that day to honor local media.

Good grief. It’s mergers and acquisitions all the way down in Colorado this week. coloradomedia.substack.com/p/media-merg...

All the AI email marketing tools in the world, and I still seem to get at least one “Hi Cory” pitch a day.

Every year it seems a student newspaper winds up in the news over an April Fools edition: www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...

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I'm done with the weekly Friday media newsletter and it's Tuesday, WTF?

It's getting bad out there folks 🤣

“Multiple newspapers across Iowa have announced they received notice from their ownership company, Mid-America Publishing Corporation, that it will close in April.” www.weareiowa.com/article/news...

“We should consider taking as strong a stance against ultraprocessed content as we already do against ultraprocessed food. Which is to say: Most people should avoid these diversions most of the time” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

Was interviewing Colorado's attorney general recently and he said he can't watch dog videos online anymore because AI has eroded the experience. Now, it's come for possum content. We're cooked.

The Facebook page operator, who is also a local real estate agent, has created something of a de facto digital public square for her community — and one that plenty more people than actually live there year-round seem to care about. coloradomedia.substack.com/p/a-colorado...

Seen in Downtown Colorado Springs

Thanks, @westword.com!

The editor of the the largest news organization in Colorado that Republicans pay attention to is pounding the drum again for more state support for local journalism. He wants to see some public policy like in New Mexico: www.denvergazette.com/2026/03/28/n...

Judge issues temporary restraining order in Nexstar/Tegna local broadcast TV merger. It’s DirecTV’s lawsuit, but I’m told the eight Democratic state attorneys general have the same judge and similar arguments. Preliminary injunction hearing early next month.

Only reason I was paying $8/month for X. Just cancelled. "X Pro, the feature most users would recognize as TweetDeck, has been removed as a benefit of the social network's Premium subscription. It is now only part of the Premium+ tier, which costs $40 a month." www.engadget.com/social-media...

Here's the Colorado Senate's formal resolution recognizing the importance of local journalism

Patty is a legend. Alt-weeklies forever. www.westword.com/opinion/patr...

Pennsylvania has built one of the deepest collaborative journalism networks in the country. At #CJS2026, Andrew Conte, Shawn Mooring, Christopher Baxter and Kristin Traniello dig into what's been built — from Spotlight PA to Every Voice Every Vote. May 14 at Temple in Philly.

"ICE agents are currently patrolling some U.S. airports after a right-wing radio caller proposed the idea, the show’s host took it to Fox, and the president adopted the policy in a social media post, as Semafor’s Ben Smith first detailed in a Sunday report." www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...

“From shuttered print editions to firings, student journalists clash with universities” www.csmonitor.com/USA/Educatio...

🤔 Is it "amusing" for an entire press corps not know about something going on under their nose at the state Capitol?

Interesting contrast: Veteran congressional reporter weakly both-sideses the decline of Congress www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... Younger reporter (below) boldly doesn’t. Maybe there is hope.

“The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home.” apnews.com/article/afro...

UPDATE: The Denver Book Society says co-owner Kwame Spearman is out after a month. Co-owner Rich Garvin said: "I'm sorry that personnel choices alienated the Denver community."

I worked on this on the Library of Congress project for about five years, and CBS was not interested in preserving their history!

Wow, from the spokesperson for the City of Colorado Springs to members of the local media

Wanting to save space in a headline, can I call the state attorney general the "top cop"?

In the latest edition of Community Newswire, I report on the emergence of J-school programs that are playing key roles in some new (and proposed) laws to support local news. across the states: mailchi.mp/communitynew... #academicsky #localnews #journalism #highereducation