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Understand Colorado open records and meetings

Legal, access & press freedom

CFOIC’s searchable Sunshine Laws guide covers Colorado records requests, open meetings, executive sessions and court access, with topic navigation and links to statutes and cases.

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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition

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Description
CFOIC’s searchable Sunshine Laws guide covers Colorado records requests, open meetings, executive sessions and court access, with topic navigation and links to statutes and cases.
Who can use it
Journalists; Colorado residents. Public resource.
Cost
Public online guide.
Task
Read the guide
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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Guide

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Worksheet

Plan a safer reporting assignment

Editorial & reporting

CPJ’s five-page risk assessment template helps reporters and editors plan an assignment, assess physical and digital risks, and document check-ins and contingencies.

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Committee to Protect Journalists

Details for Plan a safer reporting assignment
Description
CPJ’s five-page risk assessment template helps reporters and editors plan an assignment, assess physical and digital risks, and document check-ins and contingencies.
Who can use it
Reporters; Freelancers; Assignment editors. Public resource.
Cost
Public online guide.
Task
Explore the resource
Provider
Committee to Protect Journalists
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Worksheet

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Guide

Improve reader membership retention

Revenue & sustainability

The Membership Guide’s retention chapter explains churn and retention and explores billing, customer service and participation practices that support a reader membership program.

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Membership Puzzle Project / The Membership Guide

Details for Improve reader membership retention
Description
The Membership Guide’s retention chapter explains churn and retention and explores billing, customer service and participation practices that support a reader membership program.
Who can use it
Audience teams; Membership managers; Newsroom leaders. Public resource.
Cost
Public online guide.
Task
Read the guide
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Membership Puzzle Project / The Membership Guide
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Guide

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Strengthen a verification workflow

Editorial & reporting

Review methods for investigating manipulated information, social accounts and visual material. The handbook includes practical chapters and cases; confirm current platform interfaces before applying older examples.

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European Journalism Centre

Details for Strengthen a verification workflow
Description
Review methods for investigating manipulated information, social accounts and visual material. The handbook includes practical chapters and cases; confirm current platform interfaces before applying older examples.
Who can use it
Public reference aimed at journalists and investigators; no application criteria stated.
Cost
Public chapters and PDF links offered; no fee shown on the verified landing page. PDF download not tested.
Task
Strengthen a verification workflow
Provider
European Journalism Centre
Format
Handbook

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Tool

Understand whose voices your reporting includes

Editorial & reporting

RJI and Chalkbeat’s Source Auditing Tool helps newsrooms track and analyze reporting sources. The provider offers setup information, a usage guide and a demo route.

Free tool

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Reynolds Journalism Institute and Chalkbeat

Details for Understand whose voices your reporting includes
Description
RJI and Chalkbeat’s Source Auditing Tool helps newsrooms track and analyze reporting sources. The provider offers setup information, a usage guide and a demo route.
Who can use it
Editors; Reporting teams; Newsroom leaders. Public resource.
Cost
Free public tool.
Task
Explore the resource
Provider
Reynolds Journalism Institute and Chalkbeat
Format
Tool

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