Select newsroom applicants should expect to receive updates by mid-November.
Become a Corps Member
We are looking for talented, ethical, insanely hard-working, gutsy, open-minded, service-oriented journalists to cover under-reported issues and communities in towns and cities throughout the country and hold powerful institutions accountable.
Become a Host Newsroom
We'll recruit for you talented journalists with the skills you need to cover critical beats. We'll pay roughly half their salary. And we'll help you fundraise more effectively. To date, we've helped unlock nearly $60 million for Report for America newsrooms.
Reporting with Real Impact
Corps member Shannon Chaffers reports on gun violence in Black and brown communities. Her contributions to “Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence,” brought attention to the economic burdens survivors face, ranging from lost income to medical debt to legal expenses. The series earned Shannon multiple awards, including being placed as a finalist for the Livingston Award.
Shannon Chaffers
Report for America corps member
NY Amsterdam News
Corps member Pablo Unzueta, whose reporting is made possible though an expanded partnership with CatchLight, leverages photojournalism to capture health equity, culture and displacement affecting the Latino community in the Bay Area. In one story, he documented an unhoused mother’s public battle to place her disabled daughter into San Francisco public housing, highlighting the growing issue of family homelessness in the region.
Pablo Unzueta
Report for America corps member
El Tecolote
Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, AK
Associated Press, 18 statehouses throughout U.S.
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD
Casper Star-Tribune, Wind River Reservation, WY
Centro Del Periodismo Investigativo, San Juan, PR
Chicago Sun Times, Chicago, IL
Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH
Community Voice, Wichita, KS
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX
Delaware Public Media, Dover, DE
El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL
FlintBeat.com, Flint, MI
Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA
Houston Public Media, Houston, TX
Iowa Public Radio, Des Moines, IA
Kansas City PBS, Kansas City, MO
Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, Louisville, KY
KUER, Salt Lake City, UT
La Noticia, Charlotte, NC
Miami Herald, Miami, FL
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
New Mexico In Depth, Rio Rancho, NM
Oklahoma Watch, Oklahoma City, OK
South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Vermillion, SD
Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, FL
Times-Picayune and The Advocate, New Orleans, LA
Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, MI
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
Our Newsroom Partners
Participating newsroom partners include nonprofit and for-profit organizations, daily and weekly newspapers, digital only newsrooms, TV and radio stations. They’ve been in every state, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam.
Meet our Corps Members
Report for America recruits bring skills, new perspectives and passion to participating newsrooms.