Corey Hutchins

Corey Hutchins oversees the Journalism Institute at Colorado College, advises the Colorado Media Project, and serves on the board of the state chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. For nearly a decade he has reported on the U.S. local media scene for Columbia Journalism Review and is a member of The Washington Post's Talent Network. As a former alt-weekly reporter in the Palmetto State he was twice named South Carolina's Journalist of the Year.

His work has appeared on the cover of The Nation, and in The Washington Post, Slate, The Daily Beast, and Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab, among other outlets. His weekly "Inside the News in Colorado" newsletter reports on, comments on, and analyzes the goings on in Colorado’s media scene, connecting local developments to what’s happening nationally and exploring what makes the state’s local news ecosystem unique.

Hutchins authored the chapter on media in the book "American Decades: 2010-2019" and the entry on public funding for SAGE's "Encyclopedia of Journalism," 2nd edition. At Colorado College, where he teaches multiple courses and advises journalism minors, he maintains the database for the Colorado News Mapping Project that seeks to help Coloradans find and learn more about existing sources of local news and information. In 2023, the Colorado Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists names him Educator of the Year.