Rocky Mountain Community Radio coalition receives $120,000 grant!

KZMU is a proud member of the Rocky Mountain Community Radio Coalition, which is the recipient of a generous grant from the Colorado Media Project. 

From the CMP website: 

Community News Network grantees were selected from a competitive pool of 30 applicants representing small nonprofit and/or locally-owned civic newsrooms that serve Colorado residents who — because of language, race or ethnicity, and/or geography — are not adequately served by other news outlets in the state.

In making the awards, CMP prioritized news outlets that have a clear track record of service to communities of color and/or rural communities, demonstrate fiscal sustainability, and have a robust plan to use grant funds to expand or sustain their impact. Finally, we tried to balance our grantee cohort in terms of geographies and racial/ethnic communities served.

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The Rocky Mountain Community Radio coalition was awarded $120,000 over the course of three years to support a new managing editor or reporter position to expand thematic story collaboration, partnerships and distribution for this network of 19 mostly rural or mountain community radio stations, who collectively reach more than 415,000 unique listeners per week.

Learn more here. https://coloradomediaproject.com/latest-news/2022/1/26/nearly-1-million-in-grants-for-strengthening-community-news-and-advancing-equity