League of Women voters hosts CCM publisher

Colorado Community Media publisher Linda Shapley will discuss community news’ role in a democracy with the Adams County League of Women voters at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 13. e meeting is free and open to the public at the Adams County Human Services Center, 11860 N. Pecos St. in Westminster. To attend via zoom, request the link via email to omas_pond53@centurylink.net.

Linda Shapley

Shapley has been the publisher of Colorado Community Media since August 2021. She has worked for a number of Colorado newspapers, starting with Colorado State University’s student newspaper, the Collegian, in Fort Collins and her hometown newspaper, the Greeley Tribune. She spent 21 years as an editor at the Denver Post. Colorado Community Media is locally owned and is the parent company of 24 community newspapers, including the Northglenn-Sentinel and Westminster Window. She lives in ornton.

She’ll discuss the importance of local news in a market where hedge funds purchase independent newspapers and competition drives many media outlets out of business, making many local communities are becoming “news deserts” without local journalists to hold public o cials accountable. e League of Women Voters of Adams County, Colorado is part of a national network that is nonpartisan, grassroots and multi-issue, a recognized force in shaping public policy. e League promotes political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in local, state and national government.