{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Denver Urban Spectrum | logo = | image = | caption = | motto = Spreading the news about people of color | type = Monthly newspaper | format = | owner = <!-- or |owners= --> | founder = <!-- or |founders= --> | publisher = Rosalind Juanita Harris | president = | general_manager = Lawrence A. James | chief_editor = | editor = Tanya Ishikawa | deputy_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = <!-- or |maneditors= --> | news_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | custom_label = | custom_data = | founded = <!-- or |launched= --><!-- Use: {{start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{start date|...}}, if ceased --> 1987 | political_position = | language = | ceased_publication = <!-- Use: {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | relaunched = | headquarters = Aurora, Colorado | publishing_city = Denver, Colorado | publishing_country = | circulation = 25,000 | circulation_date = | circulation_ref = | readership = 60,000<ref name="echo">{{cite web |title=Denver Urban Spectrum |url=https://echo-media.com/medias/details/6137/denver+urban+spectrum |website=Echo Media}}</ref> | sister_newspapers = Gulf Coast Urban Spectrum, Baltimore Urban Spectrum | ISSN = 1085-634X | eISSN = | oclc = 23866026 | RNI = | website = https://www.denverurbanspectrum.com/ | free = }}
'''''Denver Urban Spectrum''''' (est. 1987) is a newspaper in Denver, Colorado. Founded by Rosalind "Bee" Harris, describes themselves as filling a gap in the market for positive news stories by and about people of color.<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.denverurbanspectrum.com/about-us/ |website=Denver Urban Spectrum}}</ref>
==History== Rosalind Juanita Harris founded ''Denver Urban Spectrum'' (DUS) in 1987 to address the lack of positive articles about people of color.<ref name="about" />
The DUS headquarters had a fire in 1989 that almost shut down the newspaper, but community fundraising helped with the paper's financial troubles.<ref name="post 2007">{{cite news |title=20 and counting for urban newspaper |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2007/06/24/20-and-counting-for-urban-newspaper/ |publisher=The Denver Post |date=June 24, 2007}}</ref>
As a way of supporting youth of color who are interested in journalism, DUS and Harris founded Urban Spectrum Youth Foundation in 2000. The foundation originally offered multi-week workshops, but now offers internships, seminars and other opportunities to middle- and high-school students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Urban Spectrum Youth Foundation, a Colorado 501(c)3 nonprofit |url=https://www.denverurbanspectrum.com/usyf/ |website=Denver Urban Spectrum}}</ref>
In 2016, DUS developed the ''Montbello Urban Spectrum Edition'' as a bimonthly newspaper for the Montbello community.<ref name="about" />
In 2017, DUS expanded to offer the ''Baltimore Urban Spectrum'' and the ''Gulf Coast Urban Spectrum''.<ref name="about" />
In 2023, DUS launched a podcast network called Expanding the Narrative Network. It is the first network in Colorado to showcase people of color in the community.<ref name="ETN">{{cite news |title=Black Newspaper in Denver Launches Podcast Network to Expand the Narrative With the BIPOC Voice in Colorado |url=https://blacknews.com/news/denver-urban-spectrum-black-newspaper-launches-podcast-network-bipoc-voice-colorado/ |publisher=BlackNews.com |date=April 24, 2023}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition== DUS gives away awards to celebrate the BIPOC community in Colorado. The "African Americans Who Make a Difference" award is given to 14 people each February.<ref>{{cite news |title=CBS4's Mekialaya White Honored As One Of 14 'African Americans Who Make a Difference' By Denver Urban Spectrum |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/mekialaya-white-honored-african-americans-who-make-difference-denver-urban-spectrum/ |publisher=CBS News Colorado |date=February 15, 2022}}</ref>
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Category:Newspapers published in Colorado Category:Mass media in Colorado Category:Alternative press Category:Alternative media Category:Newspapers established in 1987 Category:African-American newspapers