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Philanthropy fuels Journalism
A key function of Report for America is to unlock millions of dollars in U.S. philanthropy to help America's decimated local news ecosystems. In 3 years, more than $15 million has been generated for Report for America newsrooms.
Reporting with Real Impact
Samantha Hogan’s investigation uncovered sweeping errors in the financial oversight of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, revealing overbilling of up to $2.2 million by lawyers defending Maine’s poor. Her continued coverage, still ongoing, has sparked multiple state investigations and public defense reform.
Samantha Hogan
Report for America corps member
Maine Monitor
Corps members Brandon Pho, Hosam Elattar and Noah Biesiada at Voice of OC have spent months covering developments in Anaheim, California, a city turned upside down by an FBI public corruption probe. The corps members’ continued reporting has led Anaheim City Council to push the city’s mayor to resign and community members to demand answers.
Brandon Pho, Hosam Elattar, Noah Biesiada
Report for America corps members
Voice of OC
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’re in nearly every state, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam.
On the Ground: Reporter Dispatches
These articles provide ‘ground truth’—a sense of place, a feeling for life in the community and a view from the ground.
ON THE GROUND IN SILVERGROVE, KY ON THE GROUND IN GAINESVILLE, FL ON THE GROUND IN BOZEMAN, MONT
Our Rivers’ Keepers: How the Ohio River’s trash collectors transformed the waterway
How a Black marching band style was erased from Gainesville’s fields, and why it matters decades later
A picture is worth a thousand words, or a surprise drum set gift in this Montana town
On the Ground with Report for America Podcast
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Pandemic. Protests. America is on a journey into the unknown. Let our corps members guide you on this voyage. Be sure to subscribe to the GroundTruth Podcast and listen here.
Meet our Corps Members
Report for America recruits bring skills, new perspectives and passion to participating newsrooms.
