Corey Hutchins
@coreyhutchins.bsky.social
Run: Colorado College Journalism Institute Write: ‘Inside the News in Colorado’ newsletter https://coloradomedia.substack.com/
Advise: Colorado Media Project
Serve: Board of state SPJ chapter
Advise: Colorado Media Project
Serve: Board of state SPJ chapter
"The county involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor": kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"The county involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor": kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
A large city's fire department in 2025 alerting the public in official communications that they have "contained this fire to a homeless camp": x.com/CSFDPIO/stat...
Colorado Springs Fire Department on X: "Engine 11 and Engine 23 contained this fire to a homeless camp. Firefighters sprayed foam on the area where the fire burned to cool it and cut off any oxygen to ensure the fire would not reignite. Thank you to all members of the community who called in to report this fire. https://t.co/KqzEz1zTeX" / X
Engine 11 and Engine 23 contained this fire to a homeless camp. Firefighters sprayed foam on the area where the fire burned to cool it and cut off any oxygen to ensure the fire would not reignite. Thank you to all members of the community who called in to report this fire. https://t.co/KqzEz1zTeX
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November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A large city's fire department in 2025 alerting the public in official communications that they have "contained this fire to a homeless camp": x.com/CSFDPIO/stat...
Whew boy: "I finally got to ask Richard Gingras if it had occurred to him that Google executives commanding blindfolded editors in a game of power and deception might be a metaphor for the actual relationship between Google and journalism." www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
The Werewolf game: an interview with Google's former news chief Richard Gingras - Coda Story
Richard Gingras spent 15 years shaping Google's relationship with journalism—funding conferences, building friendships, creating dependencies. At a Vienna conference, we asked him to account for the s...
www.codastory.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Whew boy: "I finally got to ask Richard Gingras if it had occurred to him that Google executives commanding blindfolded editors in a game of power and deception might be a metaphor for the actual relationship between Google and journalism." www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
The story highlights the growing influence of personalities who post on social media and are able to attract large followings and the extent to which their audiences might know how they operate: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/an-influen...
An 'influencer' wanted $2K to promote a Colorado politician on Instagram?
The news behind the news in Colorado
coloradomedia.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The story highlights the growing influence of personalities who post on social media and are able to attract large followings and the extent to which their audiences might know how they operate: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/an-influen...
"So many sports media outlets have staked their entire futures on converting their audiences into gambling addicts. It makes you wonder whether, a decade from now, we’ll look back on ESPN the same way we look at cigarette companies or the Sackler family." simonowens.substack.com/p/sports-med...
Sports media is addicted to gambling
PLUS: Media executives are no longer focused on longterm growth.
simonowens.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"So many sports media outlets have staked their entire futures on converting their audiences into gambling addicts. It makes you wonder whether, a decade from now, we’ll look back on ESPN the same way we look at cigarette companies or the Sackler family." simonowens.substack.com/p/sports-med...
“'Biased,' 'Boring' and 'Bad': Unpacking perceptions of news media and journalism among U.S. teens": newslit.org/news-and-res...
Report: “Biased,” “Boring” and “Bad”: Unpacking perceptions of news media and journalism among U.S. teens - The News Literacy Project
This follow-up survey, which recontacted more than 750 respondents from the News Literacy Project’s 2024 News Literacy in America Report, sought to better understand the nature of teen distrust in new...
newslit.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“'Biased,' 'Boring' and 'Bad': Unpacking perceptions of news media and journalism among U.S. teens": newslit.org/news-and-res...
“A new resource created at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism … has identified 18 states where lawmakers have considered some manner of support for local journalism” niemanreports.org/news-deserts...
Watering News Deserts - Nieman Reports
RJI's new online resource tracks U.S. state-level legislation aimed at reversing decline of local journalism
niemanreports.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“A new resource created at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism … has identified 18 states where lawmakers have considered some manner of support for local journalism” niemanreports.org/news-deserts...
"Unfortunately, the onus is more and more on the consumer — I think less and less we’re seeing these kinds of creators be transparent about what they’re doing and whether it's journalism, how close it is to journalism, or whether it's some other form of communication" www.cpr.org/2025/11/05/c...
Influencers are trying to cash in on politics, including Colorado's race for governor
Sen. Michael Bennet was featured free of charge on Katie Grossbard’s account, but AG Phil Weiser’s team was told it could cost thousands.
www.cpr.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Unfortunately, the onus is more and more on the consumer — I think less and less we’re seeing these kinds of creators be transparent about what they’re doing and whether it's journalism, how close it is to journalism, or whether it's some other form of communication" www.cpr.org/2025/11/05/c...
"Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability" www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability" www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
How do I get Google Gemini to understand that I want it to create an image that's dimensions are wider than it is tall? Like landscape mode. No prompt I give it seems to work.
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
How do I get Google Gemini to understand that I want it to create an image that's dimensions are wider than it is tall? Like landscape mode. No prompt I give it seems to work.
Is this a joke? kdvr.com/news/support...
kdvr.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Is this a joke? kdvr.com/news/support...
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Report, edit, produce AND sell advertising. Oh, and relocate to Estes Park, where there is no office.
At least seemingly there’s no tossing rolled up papers from the seat of a bicycle before dawn.
At least seemingly there’s no tossing rolled up papers from the seat of a bicycle before dawn.
Another item in this week's newsletter is about the craziest journalism job posting I might have ever seen, except for maybe "staff freelancer" or something.
October 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Report, edit, produce AND sell advertising. Oh, and relocate to Estes Park, where there is no office.
At least seemingly there’s no tossing rolled up papers from the seat of a bicycle before dawn.
At least seemingly there’s no tossing rolled up papers from the seat of a bicycle before dawn.
“A top Homeland Security official publicly accused a Chicago Tribune reporter of interfering with federal operations this week — a move media experts say reflects an increasingly hostile posture toward journalists covering immigration enforcement” blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/24/f...
Feds Accuse Tribune Reporter Of Interference, Sparking Backlash: ‘Journalism Is Not A Crime’
Experts say the federal government is using social media to try to discredit reporters and control the narrative around immigration enforcement in Chicago.
blockclubchicago.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“A top Homeland Security official publicly accused a Chicago Tribune reporter of interfering with federal operations this week — a move media experts say reflects an increasingly hostile posture toward journalists covering immigration enforcement” blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/24/f...
"The room erupted. 'You’re a joke!' someone yelled. 'Idiot!' said another. Someone yelled that the town attorney was on Buc-ee’s payroll. Another shouted something about a sex act with a beaver." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
A colossal Buc-ee’s broke a small Colorado town
In the quest to preserve the character of Palmer Lake something has already been lost: civility.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"The room erupted. 'You’re a joke!' someone yelled. 'Idiot!' said another. Someone yelled that the town attorney was on Buc-ee’s payroll. Another shouted something about a sex act with a beaver." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
"Where do rural Texans go for news? Inside the small-town newspapers struggling for survival." www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
McKenzie: Where do rural Texans go for news?
William McKenzie: A visit with publishers of two rural Texas newspapers that have been forced to stop publication, as well as an expert from Tarleton State...
www.dallasnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"Where do rural Texans go for news? Inside the small-town newspapers struggling for survival." www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
This week's news behind the news in Colorado examines a newspaper owner putting the paper in an uncomfortable position, CO authors against an AI settlement, *the* most extra journalism job listing around, and more: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/awkward-de...
Awkward! Denver Post quits paying city rent as paper covers city's budget woes
The news behind the news in Colorado
coloradomedia.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This week's news behind the news in Colorado examines a newspaper owner putting the paper in an uncomfortable position, CO authors against an AI settlement, *the* most extra journalism job listing around, and more: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/awkward-de...
From this week's "Inside the News in Colorado" newsletter. Have you ever seen something like this?
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coloradomedia.substack.com/p/awkward-de...
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
From this week's "Inside the News in Colorado" newsletter. Have you ever seen something like this?
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/awkward-de...
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/awkward-de...
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Alden Global Capital's @denverpost.com owes the city of Denver $2 million in back rent on its former headquarters, @coreyhutchins.bsky.social reports. coloradomedia.substack.com/p/awkward-de...
Awkward! Denver Post quits paying city rent as paper covers city's budget woes
The news behind the news in Colorado
coloradomedia.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Alden Global Capital's @denverpost.com owes the city of Denver $2 million in back rent on its former headquarters, @coreyhutchins.bsky.social reports. coloradomedia.substack.com/p/awkward-de...
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Couldn't believe this was real when @coreyhutchins.bsky.social mentioned it in his newsletter but there it is.
October 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Couldn't believe this was real when @coreyhutchins.bsky.social mentioned it in his newsletter but there it is.
To my knowledge and that of Colorado Public Radio, which owns the building that also houses my office at the Colorado College Journalism Institute, there was no fire here. I’ve reached out to KKTV about this.
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
To my knowledge and that of Colorado Public Radio, which owns the building that also houses my office at the Colorado College Journalism Institute, there was no fire here. I’ve reached out to KKTV about this.
Oh boy. New research from the University of Maryland: "AI use in American newspapers is widespread, uneven, and rarely disclosed" arxiv.org/pdf/2510.18774
arxiv.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Oh boy. New research from the University of Maryland: "AI use in American newspapers is widespread, uneven, and rarely disclosed" arxiv.org/pdf/2510.18774
Gazette howler in Colorado Springs takes readers back in time today
October 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Gazette howler in Colorado Springs takes readers back in time today
👀 "The city of Denver's largest tenant, the leaseholder for the Denver Post building at 101 West Colfax Avenue, stopped making its monthly $650,000 rent payments to the city in August." www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Denver budget woes deepen as major leaseholder stops paying $650,000 in monthly rent
The city of Denver's largest tenant stopped making its monthly $650,000 rent payments to the city in August and with late charges, the leaseholder is now about $2 million behind in rent, according to ...
www.cbsnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
👀 "The city of Denver's largest tenant, the leaseholder for the Denver Post building at 101 West Colfax Avenue, stopped making its monthly $650,000 rent payments to the city in August." www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
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Colorado’s top journalism prize is the Damon Runyon Award from The Denver Press Club. Congratulations to Ari Shapiro, who’s just left NPR, as he receives this honor. I was very glad to interview him as part of the ceremony— about his career and future— for a segment that will air Friday!
October 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Colorado’s top journalism prize is the Damon Runyon Award from The Denver Press Club. Congratulations to Ari Shapiro, who’s just left NPR, as he receives this honor. I was very glad to interview him as part of the ceremony— about his career and future— for a segment that will air Friday!
Denver FOX31 meteorologist on obsessed viewer: "He’s repeatedly stalked me for years." And more news behind the news in Colorado this week: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...
Colorado TV news experiment 'The Local' launches pilot
The news behind the news in Colorado
coloradomedia.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Denver FOX31 meteorologist on obsessed viewer: "He’s repeatedly stalked me for years." And more news behind the news in Colorado this week: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...