Advocacy
Colorado Press Association steadfastly supports the public’s right to know and the journalist’s right to report. Each year the CPA also focuses on and becomes party to court cases of industry importance, ensuring our members are proactively protected from damaging policy and court decisions. CPA’s public policy team protects your media-related interests in the state and national capitols.
As the trade association for print and digital news media in Colorado and a 501(c)(6) nonprofit authorized to lobby in support of our members, the Colorado Press Association advocates for the rights of a free press at local, state and national levels and promotes the vital role of the press in a democratic society to the public at large.
By advocating for legislation, we work to ensure that governments operate transparently, that the public has access to the information about government activities and that journalists are able to do their work unimpeded.
To stay up-to-date on legislative activities, check our newsletter as well as this section. If you are not receiving our email newsletter, contact us.
See 2024 session for information on our activity during the most recent session of the Colorado legislative session.
Protecting transparency through public notices
A top priority for our advocacy team is ensuring that the public retains access to detailed information on the activities of multiple levels of government and certain private company activity of public interest (foreclosures, unclaimed property, etc.). This information should be available to the public in trusted, third-party sources whose mission is ensure accountability. Legal newspapers and their websites, with notices aggregated statewide at PublicNoticeColorado.com, are important legal safeguards that ensure accessibility, indepdence, verifiability and archivability for all Coloradans.
A majority of Coloradans agree. According to a 2022 survey of Colorado adults from Coda Ventures, 65% of Colorado adults read public notices in local print or digital newspapers for notices of tax increases, zoning changes, minutes of local government meetings, etc. 62% believe that state and local governments should be required to public public notices in newspapers on a regular basis as a service to the community. And 80% of Colorado adults cite local newspapers and newspaper websites as their most trusted source for public notices versus government and related sources. See this report for more information, including survey methodology.
For more information on the Colorado Press Association’s legislative efforts, please reach out to CEO, Tim Regan-Porter at ceo@colopress.net.
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