OUR MISSION
Bucket List Community Cafe is an online community journalism for the Denver area. We are free hyperlocal, neighborly news and have a unique niche at the intersection of community and journalism. Everyone has a story, and we build community by sharing our stories. We are Denver’s home for information, inspiration, and interaction. We share news, issues, culture, events, people, pets, food, fun and more so that you can know what is happening on your street and across town. We strive to represent the diverse voices within our community and connect rather than divide people.
WHAT WE COVER
Bucket List Community Cafe is committed to sharing news and issues that matter to people in our area such as climate change, food insecurity, homelessness, affordability, transportation, inequities, gentrification, growth, and arts and culture. But we also love to have fun, meet people, go out to community events, and see what’s happening in the area and neighborhoods. You might have seen us in the community passing out refrigerator magnets and stickers. Our team of multimedia journalists is pounding the pavement getting to know our neighbors. We call it journalism by walking around.
WHY IS IT CALLED BUCKET LIST COMMUNITY CAFE?
Our publisher, Vicky Collins is a television news producer. She imagined that when she was ready for a change, her next act would be owning a coffee shop/bookstore/photo gallery. This was on her bucket list. She decided to create a community site online and called it Bucket List Community Cafe. She loves the aspirational name and imagined a place where people can swap stories and learn what’s going on in their community. We have been growing ever since. Bucket List Community Cafe is positive, solution-oriented journalism and leans toward social justice. We see everyone as our neighbor and are here to help you get to know one another.
OUR TEAM
Bucket List Community Cafe has a team of students and recent graduates from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Denver and Denver Public Schools, that aspire to be multimedia journalists and journalism entrepreneurs. We have recognized that many students leaving universities are not prepared for the rigors of the newsroom and we are working to address that pain point. Our journalists are interns and paid apprentices and move from Bucket List into excellent jobs. We have a diverse group that represents different voices in our community. Our goal is to make sure everyone is heard and sees themselves in the news, our website, social media, three weekly newsletters and our monthly radio program on KGNU.
SPONSORSHIPS
Bucket List Community Cafe is community inspired and supported. We are fiscally sponsored journalism entrepreneurs that raise money through grants, community fundraising, recurring monthly contributors and sponsorships. We work with small business and non-profit sponsors to tell their stories in a way that is trustworthy and organic to our audience. A media kit with sponsorship opportunities is on our website, and our rate card and pitch deck with latest analytics are available by contacting vicky@teletrendstv.com. We have a branded content certificate and you will see a sponsored content tag on these stories to set them apart from our journalism. What you won’t see are ad clutter, paywalls, paid subscriptions, paid memberships and barriers to access. Bucket List Community Cafe is free to all.
