Since the summer of 2018, Colorado Media Project (CMP) has served as a center of gravity for engaging a broad-based coalition of civic leaders, students, academics, philanthropists, journalists, business leaders, technologists, national thought leaders, and local residents in urgently addressing the negative impacts on Colorado and its residents that occur when reliable, independent local news disappears. As a nonpartisan philanthropic initiative, CMP works to advance the innovations that make Colorado's local news ecosystem more sustainable, collaborative, trusted, equitable and accountable to the public it serves. Within this dynamic ecosystem, CMP serves as a catalyst, funder, and advocate.