COVID-19 has had a profound impact on pretty much every aspect of life on the planet since early 2020 and Rocky Mountain PBS, Colorado s largest public television network, is no exception.
Veteran journalist John Ferrugia recently left Rocky Mountain PBS for a position with COLab, aka the Colorado News Collaborative, billed as a nonprofit, statewide media resource hub that s currently working with more than 100 news organizations across the state including his former employer. Although Ferrugia stresses that his departure from Rocky Mountain PBS wasn t acrimonious, he says a focus shift in terms of news coverage necessitated by tight resources influenced his decision.