How are newspapers coping with dwindling revenue that
forced drastic newsroom personnel cutbacks?
By accepting stories from newly created sources, which
may or not be accurate, judging by a look at Colorado newspapers after the
Rocky Mountain News folded in 2009 despite being awarded four Pulitzer Prizes
in the previous decade.
Ann Imse, former Rocky Mountain News investigative
reporter, created Colorado Public News with Colorado Public TV in 2009.
Another former Rocky Mountain News
investigative reporter, Laura Frank, created the Rocky Mountain Investigative
News Network, or I-News.
CU News Corps, manned by students in the University of
Colorado Boulder’s Journalism and Mass Communication Program, also provides stories
used by Colorado newspapers and TV and radio stations.
Colorado Public News distributes content free
to 44 news organizations in the state. Foundations and grants keep the staff of
six in business.
I-News partners with Colorado PBS and public radio stations.
Colorado newspapers also rely on the
Associated Press, which lost one-fourth its staff since 2008.
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