Above The Noise Community Events Fund is to support Colorado newsrooms in hosting in-person community engagement events that help journalists engage with and hear from new community members, amplify the needs and concerns of the communities they serve, facilitate community conversations and dialogue around important issues, and build trusted relationships among local newsrooms and community members.
Donor Name: Colorado Media Project
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The goal of the fund is to support Colorado newsrooms in hosting in-person community engagement events that help journalists engage with and hear from new community members, amplify the needs and concerns of the communities they serve, facilitate community conversations and dialogue around important issues, and build trusted relationships among local newsrooms and community members.
In-person community events are a powerful tool for building trust between newsrooms and the communities they serve. Above the Noise grants can be used to cover organizing and hosting costs for events that are designed to help newsrooms:
- Engage with community members who aren’t already connected to their newsrooms
- Deepen their understanding of what their community needs most from their newsrooms
- Amplify the voices, perspectives and concerns of youth, communities of color, rural, low-income, and/or non-English-speaking communities
- Improve elections coverage, in coordination with Voter Voices and local initiatives
- Collaborate with other newsrooms, to serve communities together.
Funding Information
Grants will be in the amount of $1,500.
Use of Funds
Grant funds may be used to cover event hard costs as well as staff costs. Translation, childcare, venue, food and even entertainment and screening fees are all allowable expenses that can make community events more accessible.
Applicant Eligibility
All nonprofit and locally-owned for-profit Colorado newsrooms are eligible to apply. Selection priority will be given to newsrooms currently participating in Above the Noise, Public Deliberation, and Voter Voices initiatives and activities described above.
Event Eligibility
Eligible events must be scheduled for a date after the submission of the application, but may be scheduled for a date that precedes the completion of the contracting process and grant payment. (In other words, please do not apply for events you have already hosted, but your event may take place before the grant payment arrives).
For more information, visit Colorado Media Project.
