Support Local Journalism

Billionaires don’t support journalism. Hard-work & Community do.

With many communities suffering from news deserts, it is rare to have authentic, local, award-winning journalism to serve them. Yet Yellow Scene Magazine has been committed to this for 23 years.

When you become a YS member – at any amount – you support a critical local media source dedicated to bringing you the award-winning, always free, local journalism you have come to count on for the last 23 years. One of the few in Colorado not owned by corporations and investment boards.

Your monthly donation — whether it’s $8, $50, $100, or $1000— does more than just support local media and journalism. It gives you back the power of what you see in your news feed: the truth.

Sponsor a Journalist today!

• Employ additional local writers to increase editorial coverage of impactful and relevant stories impacting our community ($400-$1000/mo)
• Regular beat reporter to help us keep you in the loop  ($3,500/mo)
• Requesting documents via CORA (Open Records Act) for investigative reporting (typically $300-$1000 or more, it’s not cheap to do investigative journalism)
• Replacing our 2008-2012 computers and upgrading our office supplies
• Sustaining Press Memberships ($2000/annually)
• Continue to be your local voice to represent the community, not a corporate news feed

(We also do not sell your information or use it to add to a list. For those who would rather donate through Paypal our contact is Yellow Scene Magazine @shavonneblades1.)

Starting YS out of a 500-sq. ft. apt. as nothing more than a flyer, over years of dedication to authentic journalism and exceptional design, YS grew into Boulder County’s most widely read publication— without ever having an outside investor. It was built on the talents, creativity, and the drive of our staff to produce a local resource that connects our community to the important aspects of our lives. Discover the people who built YS in our ‘Ourticles’ Series.

While YS is not burdened with the kind of corporate oversight that buries stories that matter, YS does not shy away from the disenfranchised. We follow the stories that shape and impact our lives. The beauty of independent journalism is its ability to approach and dissect stories in ways that monolithic corporate news is either unable or unwilling to cover.

In the last 20 years, the number of journalists in Colorado has gone from 15,000 to fewer than 50 at the Denver Post. Eighty-five percent of the current media is now controlled by six major companies.

And almost all of their investigative departments have been gutted. We rely on independent journalism to find stories that hide in the background. To hold public figures accountable. To expose chronic abuse of the disenfranchised. To show the connections between monied interests and policy changes. And to show the beauty of the human spirit — from the arts to the activists. YS employs approx. a dozen freelance writers, when you support local journalism, you are supporting local journalists.

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