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During this global pandemic, show local news some love at a time when we need trusted, factual, on-the-ground journalism.

Use Command+F on a Mac, or Ctrl+F on a PC to find a specific state, region (South, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast and West) or newsroom.

Click on the newsroom name to support that newsroom’s Report for America corps member.
For a full list of our 2020-2021 partner newsrooms, please click here. 

SOUTH        

Florida

  • El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL: 1) Nicaraguan, Honduran, Dominican and other Latino communities 2) Presidential election through a Latino prism
  • Miami Herald, Miami, FL: Economic mobility in Dade County
  • Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, FL:  Seniors
  • WLRN Public Media, Miami, FL: 1) South Miami-Dade County 2) immigration

Georgia

  • Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, GA: healthcare now and post-coronavirus
  • WABE, Atlanta, GA: Minority communities in south Atlanta

Kentucky

Louisiana

  • The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, New Orleans, LA; Baton Rouge, LA; and Lafayette, LA: 1) Business coverage in New Orleans 2) St. Tammany Parish 3) K-12 Education in Lafayette 4) Higher ed in Baton Rouge 5) Livingston, Tangipahoa parishes 6) Public health in south Louisiana
  • WWNO 89.9 FM New Orleans Public Radio, Thibodaux, LA: 1) Bayou parishes, based in Thibodaux 2) Statehouse reporting in Baton Rouge

Maryland

  • Capital Gazette, Annapolis, MD: Military affairs, covering the U.S. Naval Academy and Fort Meade
  • Maryland Matters, Takoma Park, MD: 1) State elections, money & ethics 2) Health policy, including status of asbestos victims
  • Technical.ly, Baltimore, MD: Winners and losers in the tech economy in Baltimore
  • The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD: 1) African-American neighborhoods 2) Latinos, the fastest growing minority group in the city
  • WYPR 88.1 FM, Baltimore, MD: Baltimore’s housing crisis

Mississippi

North Carolina

Puerto Rico

  • Centro De Periodismo Investigativo, San Juan, PR: 1) The education crisis 2) Watchdog reporting on recovery efforts following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico 3) Watchdog after Hurricane Maria

South Carolina

  • The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC: 1) Climate change & development in Georgetown County 2) Homelessness in Horry County
  • The Herald, Rock Hill, SC: Chester County, SC
  • The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island: 1) SC Development issues in Jasper County 2) Hilton Head’s working class
  • The State, Columbia, SC: Public housing and the Columbia Housing Authority

Tennessee

Virginia

West Virginia

 

SOUTHWEST 

Arizona

Nevada

New Mexico

Texas

  • Texas News Hub / KERA, El Paso, TX: Border and immigration issues
  • Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX: 1) South Dallas 2) Second-generation immigrants
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX: 1) Environmental issues caused by rapid economic development 2) City of Arlington
  • Houston Public Media, Houston, TX: Health issues in and around Houston
  • KUT, Austin, TX: 1) Costs and benefits of suburban growth in Williamson County 2) Hays County and development strains
  • San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, TX: 1) Development in Texas Hill Country 2) Political dysfunction in suburban towns
  • Texas Public Radio, San Antonio, TX: 1) Texas Hill Country 2) Business issues in Laredo and other border areas
  • The Victoria Advocate, Victoria, TX: 1) Rural counties surrounding Victoria 2) Rural healthcare 

Utah

  • KUER, Salt Lake City, UT: 1) Indigenous issues in southern Utah 2) Washington County  3) Accountability reporting on the energy industry  
  • Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT: 1) Women’s issues 2) San Juan County
  • The Spectrum, St. George, UT: 1) National parks 2) Growth and related issues in Cedar City

 

MIDWEST            

Illinois

  • Belleville News Democrat, Belleville, IL: 1) East St. Louis, IL 2) K-12 education
  • Block Club Chicago, Chicago, IL: 1) Austin and North Lawndale neighborhoods on the West Side of Chicago 2) Lakeview/Boystown/Lincoln Park areas, home to the largest population of the city’s LGBTQ community.
  • Chicago Sun Times, Chicago, IL: 1) South and West Chicago 2) Photojournalism of South and West sides of Chicago
  • Southern Illinois Local Media Group, Chester and Murphysboro, Du Quoin, IL: The town of Chester
  • The Chicago Reporter / Univision, Chicago, IL: Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, Cicero, Waukegan and other Chicago exurbs
  • The Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL: 1) Minority communities in Lake County 2) Northern DuPage County 3) State legislative races and local elections in suburban districts
  • WNIJ Northern Public Radio, DeKalb, IL: Substandard housing and police relations

Iowa

  • Iowa Public Radio, Des Moines, IA: Iowa statehouse, especially issues affecting underserved populations

Kansas

  • The Community Voice, Wichita, KS: African-American communities in Kansas City
  • Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS: 1) Issues facing the working class, e.g. decline in unions, changes to state workers comp laws 2) Climate change in the midwest

Michigan

  • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI: 1) Formerly incarcerated citizens re-entering the community 2) economic mobility
  • Detroit Free Press/Politifact, Detroit, MI & St. Petersburg, FL: Fact-checking of Michigan politicians during election season and beyond
  • Detroit Public Television, Detroit, MI: 1) Early childhood education in metro Detroit 2) Threats to clean drinking water
  • FlintBeat.com, Flint, MI: 1) Public health, especially issues affecting Latinos 2) Photojournalism, especially efforts to restore Flint
  • Michigan Radio, Ann Arbor, MI: Mental health care in Michigan
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, MI: Using data to tell stories of local and state issues and trends

Minnesota

  • Sahan Journal, St. Paul, MN: 1) Education of Hmong, Somali, Latino and other immigrant students 2) Immigration policy, especially affecting the Hmong, Somali and Latino communities 3) Photojournalist focusing on Hmong, Somali and Latino communities
  • Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN: Issues of concern to younger voters
  • Twin Cities Public Television, St. Paul, MN: Causes, effects and solutions to racial disparities in Minnesota

Missouri

Ohio

Wisconsin

 

NORTHEAST          

Connecticut

  • Connecticut Public, Hartford, CT: 1) Naugatuck River Valley 2) Latino communities
  • The Connecticut Mirror, Hartford, CT: 1) Mental health and criminal justice 2) Photojournalism especially focused on communities of color

Washington, DC

  • DCist, Washington, DC: 1) Minority communities in Wards 7 and 8 in D.C. 2) Photojournalism involving minority communities in Wards 7 and 8

Delaware

Maine

  • Pine Tree Watch, Augusta, ME: 1) State legislature and education 2) Energy and environment

Massachusetts

  • Bay State Banner, Boston, MA: How state legislative and city hall actions affect Boston’s African-American communities
  • The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA: Legislative coverage affecting rural western Massachusetts
  • WCAI, Woods Hole, MA: Climate change impact in Cape Cod and the state’s southern shore 

New Hampshire

New York

  • City Limits, New York, NY: Climate change and its implications for New York City
  • Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY: 1) Public education in the “last in nation” district 2) Puerto Rican community
  • The City, The Bronx, NY: Juvenile justice in the Bronx 
  • The Haitian Times, Brooklyn, NY: 1) Brooklyn’s Haitian community 2) Miami’s Little Haiti, especially climate change gentrification and immigration

Pennsylvania

  • WITF, Harrisburg, PA: 1) Local Latino angle on elections 2) Latino communities in Reading, Lebanon and others

Rhode Island

Vermont

 

WEST           

Alaska

California

  • Berkeleyside, Berkeley, CA: Immigrant businesses in Oakland
  • CALmatters, Sacramento, CA: Poverty (a partnership with San Jose Mercury News and the Fresno Bee) 
  • EdSource, Oakland, CA: 1) K-12 education crisis among immigrants 2) Higher education among immigrants
  • inewsource, San Diego, CA: Growth and development in San Diego County’s backcountry
  • Long Beach Post, Long Beach, CA: West Long Beach
  • Mission Local, San Francisco, CA: Inequality and income disparities in Mission District
  • Radio Bilingüe, Fresno, CA: San Joaquin Valley
  • Redding Record Searchlight, Redding, CA: Education, childhood trauma and the achievement gap
  • Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA: 1) Asian-American issues in California 2) Latino communities
  • San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CA: Childhood poverty in California 
  • The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA: 1) Growing senior population in the Palm Springs area 2) Native American issues in Coachella Valley
  • The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA: 1) Childhood poverty in California 2) Latino issues in Fresno and the region
  • The Mendocino Voice, Boonville, CA: The effect of environmental regulation on salmon runs, wildfires, the economy and other issues
  • The Modesto Bee, Modesto, CA: 1) Children’s health in the Central Valley 2) Economic development, and its impacts, in Stanislaus County and the Northern San Joaquin Valley
  • Ventura County Star, Camarillo, CA: Equity in education
  • Voice of OC, Santa Ana, CA: North Central Orange County

Colorado

Hawaii

  • Honolulu Civil Beat, Honolulu, HI: 1) Military and veterans affairs 2) Public health disparities among Native Hawaiians 

Idaho

Montana

Oklahoma

  • Oklahoma Watch, Oklahoma City, OK: 1) Blight in northeast Oklahoma City 2) Oklahoma’s prison system
  • KOSU, Oklahoma City, OK: Agricultural and rural issues in the state 

Oregon

  • Herald and News, Klamath Falls, OR: Endangered species, water rights and issues associated with a dam removal
  • Willamette Week, Portland, OR: East Portland, inequality and political representation

South Dakota

Washington

  • The Daily Herald, Everett, WA: Working-class issues, including housing and health care, in Snohomish County
  • The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA: Coverage of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord military installation
  • The Olympian, Olympia, WA: Homelessness, its causes and solutions
  • The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA 1) Statehouse 2) Public health in eastern Washington State 3) A Washington, D.C.-based reporter covering legislation affecting the Northwest

Wyoming

  • Buffalo Bulletin, Buffalo, WY: 1) Local energy industry in Johnson County 2) Photojournalism in Buffalo and surrounding areas
  • Wyoming Public Media, Wind River Reservation, WY: Wind River Reservation