Who We Are:
Colorado Public Radio is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that produces meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in Colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms. Roughly 95 percent of CPR’s funds come from the private support of listeners, businesses and foundations. For more information, visit www.cpr.org.
- CPR News delivers in-depth, insightful and impartial news and information from around the world, across the nation and throughout Colorado, examining its relevance to our state and connecting it to our community.
- CPR Classical takes listeners on an in-depth exploration of thoughtfully curated music – with an emphasis on Colorado’s classical community – providing context to a broad range of meaningful and compelling works from past to present.
- Indie 102.3 takes listeners inside the world of new and independent music – exposing them to up-and-coming artists and highlighting Colorado’s local music scene.
- Denverite is an online news source dedicated to Denver's curious and concerned.
- KRCC is a public radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving Southern Colorado. KRCC is operated by Colorado Public Radio in partnership with Colorado College.
Our values inspire, inform and guide our everyday actions. They serve as a set of expectations and a promise we make to ourselves, our partners and audiences.
• Creative • Curious • Ethical • Inclusive • Respectful
At Colorado Public Radio we are committed to cultivating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace that helps us represent the voices of the communities within Colorado. We highly encourage individuals with unique contributions such as ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, nation of origin, age, language, veteran status, color, religion, disability and sexual orientation to apply to our openings. CPR is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team.
Colorado Public Radio (CPR) is hiring a fellow for the Max Wycisk Fellowship for Digital Audiences for Fall 2025.
This is not a remote position. This role is expected to work from our newsroom in downtown Denver upon starting. The Fellowship runs from September 2025 to August 2026.
About the Position:
This fellowship opportunity prepares the next generation of public media journalists. In this role, you will contribute to CPR’s core mission of delivering meaningful news to Coloradans using the human voice in all its forms. In this capacity, we will train you on what that means and how to achieve it.
In this fellowship, you will participate in CPR’s digital audience work by attracting, earning the trust of and developing relationships with audiences. You’ll learn to measure the newsroom's success through key performance indicators and will produce clean and confidence-inspiring digital content on multiple platforms.
The fellowship is specifically designed to support recent graduates, early career journalists, those who have had only freelance experience, OR folks looking to pivot into the field of journalism. If you have 2+ years of professional experience in the audio journalism field or in a newsroom, we ask that you apply to other full-time CPR newsroom positions.
Key learning objectives for the experience include -
- Developing digital production skills through contributing to CPR’s web content, social media, and newsletters.
- Developing practical audience thinking skills (who is this story meant to serve, how might that impact how and when we produce and distribute it, how would we know if we were successful?).
- Developing skills to manage social media accounts for a public media group and assess engagement metrics and Google Analytics.
- Developing editing and style judgment.
- Develop audience-focused digital story writing skills, and practice delivering content on a daily deadline
About You:
You are a recent graduate or early career journalist who is looking to further develop your skills in journalism. Or you might be newer to journalism, but want to pivot into a career in this field because you already have translatable writing skills and an understanding of the core ethics and principles of journalism. You're self-motivated, creative, curious, and interested in supporting journalism’s role in shaping democracy and educating communities.
You have experience coordinating social media accounts in some capacity and have thought through how to reach audiences via these platforms. You have AP writing experience with things like news copy and newsletter development. You have familiarity with WordPress or similar content management systems. Deadline driven work is familiar to you and you’re able to analyze data effectively to drive decisions under deadline. Finally, you should have a knowledge of digital literacy as it relates to learning new tools, software and apps and have an understanding of ethics around artificial intelligence, headlines and photo images will create a solid foundation for the fellowship to build on.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of fair and accurate reporting is required. This experience could include writing for a news website or generally having a grasp of constructing an argument and the ability to write in the voice of a publication.
- Experience with Google Suite or similar technology including word processing software, spreadsheets, email and messaging systems.
- Basic understanding of HTML, experience navigating a Content Management System and using analytics software.
- Experience utilizing social media accounts to promote a group, business or organization.
- Experience analyzing data in order to seek solutions.
- Experience collaborating with others on projects and a demonstrated ability to work effectively with a diverse group of people across many areas of interest and platforms.
- An interest in producing news that reflects and serves a diversity of potential audiences in Colorado through language, images and accessible tools.
- Must have less than 2 years of relevant professional experience in the field of journalism.
- A valid driver’s license and clean driving record is required as this role needs access to reliable transportation to respond with urgency to news events. Newsroom vehicles may sometimes be available for your use.
Education Equivalency:
- While a degree is not necessary, the fellowship is specifically designed to support recent graduates, early career journalists with less than 2 years of experience, OR folks looking to pivot into the field of journalism.
Benefits:
Colorado Public Radio is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our culture of caring. Our employees have access to: 100 percent employer paid individual health, dental, life, and disability coverage; an outstanding paid family medical leave policy plus paid holidays and a very generous sick, vacation, and personal time off plan; voluntary offerings such as vision; flexible schedules; engagement and development opportunities; and a casual atmosphere.
Position Information:
Position Type: Full-Time, Temporary
Anticipated Start: September 8, 2025 to August 28, 2026
Hiring Range: $20.80 hourly (budgeted for 40 hours per week)
Application Requirements:
Click here (https://secure.entertimeonline.com/ta/MOPBC0031.careers?ApplyToJob=721562564) to apply. Please upload a resume, and respond to the application questions.
Incomplete Applications will not be considered.
Deadline: This position was posted on March 10th, 2025. We recommend you apply as soon as possible as the posting may close before April 9th if we have a strong candidate pool.
At Colorado Public Radio we are committed to cultivating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace that helps us represent the voices of the communities within Colorado. We highly encourage candidates with unique contributions such as ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, nation of origin, age, language, veteran status, color, religion, disability and sexual orientation to apply to our openings. CPR is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
Employment Requirement: Colorado Public Radio (CPR) strives to maintain a workplace that keeps employees mentally and physically safe. CPR requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical or religious accommodation is timely requested and approved. All candidates offered a position at Colorado Public Radio will be required to comply with the COVID vaccine mandate and procedures prior to their first day of employment.
