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June 3, 2021
12-1 pm Mountain Time
Free webinar

After years of shedding reporters and newsrooms, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ is home to a new experiment in sustainable journalism. In early May, the National Trust for Local News announced it was acquiring ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Community Media, a network of 24 newspapers in the Denver Metro area, via the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ News Conservancy, a new public benefit corporation. The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ News Conservancy is to be majority owned by theÌý journalist-owned, online-only ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Sun.ÌýThe deal was financed through impact investment funding from FJC, the Gates Family Foundation, the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Trust, and the American Journalism Project, in a first-of-its kind model.

What does this mean for people who rely on ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Community Media? How will this relationship change the news ecosystem in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, and what consequences could it have for local media nationally? We will hear from leading people behind this deal about how it works and what they hope it will produce.

• Melissa Milios Davis ()

• Lillian Ruiz ()

• Larry Ryckman ()

Related readings

• Larry Ryckman, "," ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Sun (May 3, 2021)

• Melissa Milios Davis, "," ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Media Project (May 3, 2021)

• Corey Hutchins, "," ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Local News & Media (May 4, 2021)

Hosted by the Media Enterprise Design Labat the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder.