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After the Collapse: Rebuilding News in Denver
A year ago today – Sept. 16, 2009 –Denver was the epicenter of the debate over the future of news in America.
Some 200 people packed the Colorado History Museum downtown that night, in the middle of a workweek, and spent three hours passionately talking about how to save the news.
Some were community leaders or journalists. Most were concerned citizens. Many who attended the event sponsored by Free Press were still reeling from the shocking closure six months earlier of one of the nation’s great newspapers, Denver’s Rocky Mountain News.
I was one of them.
Report from Denver Forum on the Future of News
The following is a guest blog post from Steve Outing, a Boulder-based media consultant and columnist focused on reinventing news. Steve volunteered as a facilitator at the SaveTheNews.org forum on the future of journalism in Denver on September 16.
The Future of Minority Media
The Rocky Mountain News made great strides to become a newspaper that reflected the diversity of the local community. But its closure does not bode well for the future of minority media. The following is a guest post from Dr. Delio D. Tamayo, a former member of the Rocky Mountain News Latino Advisory Council:
The closing of the Rocky Mountain News after 150 years of uninterrupted publication prompted me to ponder the future of journalism and of the newspaper industry in particular. As a resident of Colorado and a former member of the Rocky Mountain News Latino Advisory Council, I feel particularly affected by the loss of the paper.
End the Big Broadcast Swindle
The FCC is reviewing its media ownership rules and needs to hear from you. Tell the FCC we need rules that serve the public, not big broadcasters.
Change the Channels
Check out the interactive map to see consolidating newsrooms near you.
