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Guide

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
Provider: Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Format: 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

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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
Format: 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

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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
Provider: Membership Puzzle Project / The Membership Guide
Format: Guide

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Build your AI reporting knowledge

Editorial & reporting

RJI’s annotated resource guide brings together AI reporting checklists, ethics guidance, examples and policy resources for journalists.

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Reynolds Journalism Institute; Andy Lee Roth and avram anderson

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Description: RJI’s annotated resource guide brings together AI reporting checklists, ethics guidance, examples and policy resources for journalists.
Who can use it: Reporters; Editors; Journalism learners. Public resource.
Cost: Public online guide.
Task: Explore the resource
Provider: Reynolds Journalism Institute; Andy Lee Roth and avram anderson
Format: Curated guide

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Podcast and transcript

Design community listening experiments

Editorial & reporting

Jennifer Brandel’s February 2023 conversation explores newsroom listening, small experiments and how teams adopt new ideas.

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Local News Matters / Jennifer Brandel

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Description: Jennifer Brandel’s February 2023 conversation explores newsroom listening, small experiments and how teams adopt new ideas.
Who can use it: Public episode page for reporters, editors and community-engagement teams.
Cost: Public page and automated transcript; no displayed charge observed. Hearken services have separate terms.
Task: Improve community listening
Provider: Local News Matters / Jennifer Brandel
Format: Podcast and transcript

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Reporting guide

Develop an extreme-heat investigation

Editorial & reporting

Find investigative angles on heat, from worker protections and infrastructure to unequal community impacts. GIJN pairs reporting questions with examples and source leads. Use the guide to develop a local reporting plan.

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Global Investigative Journalism Network

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Description: Find investigative angles on heat, from worker protections and infrastructure to unequal community impacts. GIJN pairs reporting questions with examples and source leads. Use the guide to develop a local reporting plan.
Who can use it: Public guide for journalists; examples are international and require local verification.
Cost: Publicly readable web guide; no fee or registration shown.
Task: Develop an extreme-heat investigation
Provider: Global Investigative Journalism Network
Format: Reporting guide

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Find Colorado public data for a story

Editorial & reporting

CFOIC’s Public Data Online index organizes Colorado reporting sources by beat, including campaign finance, education, local government and state data portals.

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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition

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Description: CFOIC’s Public Data Online index organizes Colorado reporting sources by beat, including campaign finance, education, local government and state data portals.
Who can use it: Reporters; Data journalists; Researchers. Public resource.
Cost: Public index; linked data services set their own fees.
Task: Explore the resource
Provider: Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Format: Directory

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Source directory

Find diverse sources for your reporting

Editorial & reporting

Browse Amplify Colorado’s source guide to find people and perspectives for Colorado reporting.

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Colorado News Collaborative (COLab)

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Description: Browse Amplify Colorado’s source guide to find people and perspectives for Colorado reporting.
Who can use it: Public source guide for journalists.
Cost: Public online guide.
Task: Find a source
Provider: Colorado News Collaborative (COLab)
Format: Source directory

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Handbook

Plan a data journalism project

Editorial & reporting

Explore approaches to finding, assembling and working with data, alongside case studies and newsroom collaboration practices. A reference for planning a project and understanding the limits of its evidence.

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European Journalism Centre / Google News Initiative

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Description: Explore approaches to finding, assembling and working with data, alongside case studies and newsroom collaboration practices. A reference for planning a project and understanding the limits of its evidence.
Who can use it: Public reference for journalists and newsroom teams; no application criteria stated.
Cost: Public web edition and PDF link offered; no fee shown on verified landing page.
Task: Plan a data journalism project
Provider: European Journalism Centre / Google News Initiative
Format: Handbook

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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

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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
Format: Worksheet

Provider source for Plan a safer reporting assignment

Podcast and transcript

Plan election reporting around community questions

Editorial & reporting

In this July 2024 interview, Jay Rosen explains how a Citizens Agenda starts election reporting with questions from the community.

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Local News Matters / Jay Rosen

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Description: In this July 2024 interview, Jay Rosen explains how a Citizens Agenda starts election reporting with questions from the community.
Who can use it: Public episode page for reporters, editors and community-engagement teams.
Cost: Public page and automated transcript; no displayed charge observed.
Task: Plan election coverage
Provider: Local News Matters / Jay Rosen
Format: Podcast and transcript

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Guide

Prepare for reporting in tense settings

Editorial & reporting

CPJ’s U.S. journalist safety kit brings together assignment preparation, crowd and rally coverage, aggression, online abuse and device security guidance.

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Committee to Protect Journalists

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Description: CPJ’s U.S. journalist safety kit brings together assignment preparation, crowd and rally coverage, aggression, online abuse and device security guidance.
Who can use it: U.S.-based journalists; Freelancers; Assignment editors. Public resource.
Cost: Public online guide.
Task: Read the guide
Provider: Committee to Protect Journalists
Format: Guide

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Guide

Protect your devices, accounts and sources

Editorial & reporting

CPJ’s Digital Safety Kit introduces account, device and communications security for journalists, with guidance on protecting personal data and recognizing digital threats.

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Committee to Protect Journalists

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Description: CPJ’s Digital Safety Kit introduces account, device and communications security for journalists, with guidance on protecting personal data and recognizing digital threats.
Who can use it: Journalists; Editors; Freelancers. Public resource.
Cost: Public online guide.
Task: Read the guide
Provider: Committee to Protect Journalists
Format: Guide

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Checklist

Review an AI story for common pitfalls

Editorial & reporting

Sayash Kapoor and Arvind Narayanan’s checklist identifies eighteen pitfalls in AI reporting, with examples that editors and reporters can use to question claims and framing.

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Sayash Kapoor and Arvind Narayanan / Princeton University-hosted resource

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Description: Sayash Kapoor and Arvind Narayanan’s checklist identifies eighteen pitfalls in AI reporting, with examples that editors and reporters can use to question claims and framing.
Who can use it: Reporters covering AI; Editors; Journalism learners. Public resource.
Cost: Public online guide.
Task: Explore the resource
Provider: Sayash Kapoor and Arvind Narayanan / Princeton University-hosted resource
Format: Checklist

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Ethics code

Review journalism ethics principles

Editorial & reporting

SPJ's Code of Ethics provides a framework for discussing accuracy, harm, independence, accountability and transparency in reporting and editing. Read the complete code and its supporting explanations when considering an ethical decision.

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Society of Professional Journalists

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Description: SPJ's Code of Ethics provides a framework for discussing accuracy, harm, independence, accountability and transparency in reporting and editing. Read the complete code and its supporting explanations when considering an ethical decision.
Who can use it: Reporters; editors; journalism learners. Public resource.
Cost: Public online code.
Task: Read the ethics code
Provider: Society of Professional Journalists
Format: Ethics code

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