This year’s Report for America corps was chosen after a highly selective national competition that drew more than 1,800 applications. The 225 journalists who were selected for this year’s corps are eager to deliver trustworthy, accurate local news to communities across our nation. More about the process here.
| Alaska | Anchorage Daily News | Annie Berman | Healthcare in Alaska |
| Alaska | KCAW | Erin McKinstry | Sitka and surrounding communities |
| Ariz. | KAWC Colorado River Public Media | Andrea Perez Balderrama | Latino communities |
| Ariz. | The Arizona Republic | Megan Taros | African-American and Latino communities in South Phoenix |
| Calif. | CALmatters | Jackie Botts | Poverty |
| Calif. | Berkeleyside’s Oakland newsroom | Ricky Rodas | Immigrant businesses in Oakland |
| Calif. | inewsource | Camille von Kaenel | Growth and development in San Diego County’s backcountry |
| Calif. | Long Beach Post | Crystal Niebla | West Long Beach |
| Calif. | Long Beach Post | Sebastian Echeverry | North Long Beach |
| Calif. | Mission Local | Annika Hom | Unequal services in Mission District of SF |
| Calif. | Redding Record Searchlight | Nada Atieh | Education, childhood trauma and the achievement gap |
| Calif. | Sacramento Bee | Kimberly Bojórquez | Latino communities in the Sacramento area |
| Calif. | Sacramento Bee | Ashley Wong | Asian-American issues in the Sacramento area |
| Calif. | San Jose Mercury News | Laurence Du Sault | Childhood poverty in California |
| Calif. | The Desert Sun | Maria Sestito | Seniors in the Palm Springs area |
| Calif. | The Desert Sun | Amanda Ulrich | Native American issues in Coachella Valley |
| Calif. | The Fresno Bee | Nadia Lopez | Latino issues in Fresno and the region |
| Calif. | The Fresno Bee | Manuela Tobias | Childhood poverty in California’s Central Valley |
| Calif. | The Mendocino Voice | Lana Cohen | The effect of environmental regulation on salmon runs, wildfires and the regional economy. |
| Calif. | The Modesto Bee | Kristina Karisch | Economic development in Stanislaus County and the Northern San Joaquin Valley |
| Calif. | The Modesto Bee | ChrisAnna Mink | Children’s health in the Central Valley |
| Calif. | Ventura County Star | Shivani Patel | Equity in education in the county |
| Calif. | Voice of OC | Brandon Pho | Coverage of cities in North Central Orange County |
| Calif. | Associated Press Data | Camille Fassett | State-by-state data journalism to serve legislative Reporters nationwide |
| Colo. | Associated Press CO | Patricia Nieberg | Colorado state legislature, with special focus on public health |
| Colo. | Ouray County Plaindealer | Liz Teitz | Housing among the working class in Ouray County |
| Conn. | Connecticut Public | Brenda Leon | Latino communities |
| Conn. | Connecticut Public | Ali Oshinskie | The Naugatuck River Valley, especially blue-collar families |
| Conn. | The Connecticut Mirror | Yehyun Kim | Photojournalism, especially in communities of color |
| Conn. | The Connecticut Mirror | Kelan Lyons | Mental health and criminal justice |
| Del. | Delaware Public Media | Roman Battaglia | State and local elections |
| D.C. | DCist | Dee Dwyer | Photojournalism involving minority communities in Wards 7 and 8 in D.C. |
| D.C. | DCist | Aja Beckham | Community coverage in Wards 7 and 8 in D.C. |
| Fla. | El Nuevo Herald | Syra Ortiz Blanes | Presidential election through a local Hispanic/Latino prism |
| Fla. | El Nuevo Herald | Lautaro Grinspan | Nicaraguan, Honduran, Dominican and other Latino communities |
| Fla. | Miami Herald | Yadira Lopez | Economic mobility in Dade County |
| Fla. | Spectrum News 13 | Molly Duerig | Central Florida’s housing crisis |
| Fla. | Tampa Bay Times | Bailey LeFever | Seniors |
| Ga. | Ledger-Enquirer | Madeleine Cook | Photography, post-covid recovery in Columbus, GA |
| Ga. | Ledger-Enquirer | Adrienne Underwood | Post-COVID economic and health recovery in Columbus, GA |
| Hawaii | Honolulu Civil Beat | Kevin Knodell | Military and veterans affairs in the state |
| Hawaii | Honolulu Civil Beat | Lorin Eleni Gill | Public health disparities among Native Hawaiians |
| Idaho | Boise State Public Radio | Rachel Cohen | Twin Falls and Blaine County |
| Idaho | Post Register | Kyle Pfannenstiel | Rural healthcare in the state |
| Ill. | Belleville News-Democrat | Megan Valley | K-12 education |
| Ill. | Belleville News-Democrat | DeAsia Sutgrey | East St. Louis, Ill. |
| Ill. | Block Club Chicago | Jake Wittich | Lakeview/Boystown/Lincoln Park areas of Chicago, home to the largest population of the city’s LGBTQ community. |
| Ill. | Block Club Chicago | Pascal Sabino | Austin and North Lawndale neighborhoods on the West Side of Chicago |
| Ill. | Capitol News Illinois | Raymon Troncoso | Illinois statehouse, especially legislation and issues that affect minority communities |
| Ill. | Chicago Sun Times | Anthony Vazquez | Photojournalism of South and West sides of Chicago |
| Ill. | Chicago Sun-Times | Manny Ramos | South and West Chicago |
| Ill. | The Chicago Reporter/Univisión | Rita Oreguera | Minority communities outside Chicago |
| Ill. | The Daily Herald | Milton “Trey” Arline | Lake County |
| Ill. | WNIJ Northern Public Radio | Juanpablo Ramirez | Substandard housing and police relations in northern Illinois |
| Ill. | WNIJ Northern Public Radio | Yvonne Boose | Community issues in northern Illinois |
| Ind. | Associated Press IN | Casey Smith | Indiana state legislature, local elections, education funding |
| Iowa | Iowa Public Radio | Kassidy Arena | Iowa statehouse, especially issues affecting underserved populations |
| Kan. | Associated Press KS | Andy Tsubasa Field | Kansas legislature, especially the disintegration of public services |
| Kan. | The Community Voice | Jazzlyn Johnson | African-American communities in Kansas City |
| Kan. | Wichita Eagle | Megan Stringer | Issues facing the working class |
| Kan. | Wichita Eagle | Sarah Spoon | Climate change in the Wichita and the midwest |
| Ky. | Associated Press KY | Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | Kentucky state legislature, especially issues affecting Appalachia |
| Ky. | Cincinnati Enquirer | Julia Fair | Government watchdog reporting in Northern Kentucky |
| Ky. | Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting | Graham Ambrose | Youth, social services and legislative accountability |
| Ky. | Lexington Herald Leader | Silas Walker | Photojournalist for rural communities throughout the state |
| Ky. | Lexington Herald-Leader | Alex Acquisto | Health care in eastern and southern Kentucky |
| Ky. | Northern Kentucky Tribune, Kentucky Forward, Kentucky Center | Maridith Yahl | A solutions approach to healthcare in the state |
| Ky. | WFPL News Louisville 89.3 | John Boyle | Southern Indiana |
| La. | The Times-Picayune and The Advocate | Emily Woodruff | Public health in south Louisiana |
| La. | WWNO 89.9 FM New Orleans Public Radio | Paul Braun | Statehouse reporting in Baton Rouge |
| Maine | Pine Tree Watch | Katie Brown | Statewide energy and environmental issues |
| Maine | Pine Tree Watch | Samantha Hogan | State legislature and education |
| Maine | Pine Tree Watch | Rose Lundy | Healthcare watchdog, post-COVID-19 |
| Md. | Baltimore Sun | Tatyana Turner | African-American neighborhoods in the city |
| Md. | Baltimore Sun | Stephanie Garcia | Latino neighborhoods in the city |
| Md. | Capital Gazette | Heather Mongilio | Military affairs, covering the U.S. Naval Academy and Fort Meade |
| Md. | Maryland Matters–Elections | Bennett Leckrone | State elections, money and ethics |
| Md. | Maryland Matters–Health | Elizabeth Shwe | Health policy, including status of asbestos victims |
| Md. | Technical.ly | Donte Kirby | Winners and losers in the tech economy in Baltimore |
| Md. | WYPR 88.1 FM Your Public Radio Corporation | Sarah Kim | Baltimore’s housing crisis |
| Mass. | Bay State Banner | Morgan Mullings | State legislature and Boston’s African-American communities |
| Mass. | The Berkshire Eagle | Daniel Jin | Legislation affecting rural western Massachusetts |
| Mass. | WCAI | Eve Zuckoff | Climate change impact in Cape Cod and the state’s southern shore |
| Mich. | Associated Press MI | Anna Nichols | Michigan legislature, especially infrastructure policies, U.S. House races |
| Mich. | Detroit Free Press | Nushrat Rahman | Economic mobility in Detroit |
| Mich. | Detroit Free Press | Angie Jackson | Formerly incarcerated citizens re-entering the community |
| Mich. | Detroit Free Press/Politifact | Clara Hendrickson | Fact-checking of Michigan politicians during election season and beyond |
| Mich. | FlintBeat.com | Katie Kanazawich | Photojournalism, especially efforts to restore Flint |
| Mich. | Traverse City Record-Eagle | Kaye LaFond | Using public data to tell stories of local and state issues and trends |
| Minn. | Associated Press MN | Mohammed Ibrahim | Minnesota legislature, especially energy and environmental policy |
| Minn. | Sahan Journal | Jaida Grey Eagle | Photojournalist focusing on Hmong, Somali and Latino communities in Minnesota |
| Minn. | Sahan Journal | Becky Dernbach | Education of Hmong, Somali, Latino and other immigrant students in the state |
| Minn. | Sahan Journal | Hibah Ansari | Immigration policy, especially affecting the Hmong, Somali and Latino communities in Minnesota |
| Minn. | Star Tribune | Zoe Jackson | Issues of concern to younger voters |
| Minn. | Twin Cities Public Television | Kyeland Jackson | Causes, effects and solutions to racial disparities in Minnesota |
| Miss. | Associated Press MS | Leah Willingham | Mississippi state legislature, especially actions affecting the poor |
| Miss. | Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting | Shirley Smith | Watchdog reporting |
| Miss. | Sun Herald | Isabelle Taft | Vietnamese and African American neighborhoods in Biloxi, MS |
| Mo. | Kansas City PBS | Jacob Douglas | Rural issues in Missouri |
| Mo. | Kansas City PBS | Catherine Hoffman | COVID-19 coverage and healthcare |
| Mo. | St Louis Public Radio | Eric Schmid | Metro East area in Illinois |
| Mo. | The Beacon | Brittany Callan | Environment and health |
| Mo. | The Kansas City Star | Humera Lodhi | A team approach to coverage of gun violence in the city |
| Mo. | The Kansas City Star | Jelani Gibson | A team approach to coverage of gun violence |
| Mo. | The Kansas City Star | Kaitlin Washburn | A team approach to coverage of gun violence |
| Mont. | Associated Press MT | Iris Samuels | Gubernatorial and Congressional elections, plus state policy issues in Montana |
| Mont. | Montana Free Press | Chris Aadland | Native American issues in the state |
| Mont. | Yellowstone Public Radio | Kaitlyn Nicholas | Native American issues |
| Mont. | Yellowstone Public Radio | Kevin Trevellyan | Montana statehouse |
| Nev. | Associated Press NV | Sam Metz | Nevada state legislature, especially water, education and health care |
| Nev. | KUNR Public Radio | Lucia Starbuck | Education and Latino communities in Reno |
| Nev. | Las Vegas Review-Journal | Jonathan Ng | Non-profit and charity sector in the city |
| N.H. | Concord Monitor | Teddy Rosenbluth | Seniors and health care issues in the state |
| N.H. | Concord Monitor | Eileen O’Grady | Watchdog reporting on state and local education issues |
| N.M. | Albuquerque Journal | Theresa Davis | Water resources in New Mexico |
| N.M. | Associated Press NM | Cedar Attanasio | New Mexico state legislature, with a focus on education and poverty |
| N.M. | Las Cruces Sun-News | Miranda Cyr | Public education in Las Cruces |
| N.M. | New Mexico In Depth | Shaun Griswold | Urban Native Americans in Albuquerque |
| N.M. | Santa Fe Reporter | Katherine Lewin | Santa Fe’s Southside |
| N.M. | Searchlight New Mexico | Julia Sclafani | Healthcare, including mental healthcare, for the state’s poorest residents |
| N.Y. | City Limits | Nicole Javorsky | Climate change and its implications for New York City |
| N.Y. | Democrat and Chronicle | Natalia Rodriguez Medina | Puerto Rican community in Rochester |
| N.Y. | Democrat and Chronicle | Adria Walker | Public education in the “last in nation” district in Rochester |
| N.Y. | Spectrum News Buffalo | Camalot Todd | Mental health issues in western New York State |
| N.Y. | The City | Eileen Grench | Juvenile justice in the Bronx |
| N.Y. | The Haitian Times | Samuel Bojarski | Brooklyn’s Haitian community |
| N.C. | Associated Press NC | Bryan Anderson | North Carolina state legislature, especially health care, education and prisons |
| N.C. | Carolina Public Press | Jordan Wilkie | Voting systems and election fraud in North Carolina |
| N.C. | La Noticia, Inc | Zila Sanchez | Affordable housing around Charlotte |
| N.C. | North Carolina Health News Inc. | Hannah Critchfield | Maternal health, prison health |
| N.C. | The Charlotte Observer | Devna Bose | The status of poor and minority communities in prosperous Charlotte |
| N.C. | The Charlotte Observer | Lauren Lindstrom | Affordable housing crisis in Charlotte |
| N.C. | The News & Observer | Ben Sessoms | The pandemic’s effects on housing, gentrification and related issues |
| N.C. | The News & Observer | Sophie Kasakove | Post-Covid economic recovery |
| N.C. | The News & Observer | Adam Wagner | Watchdog reporting about Hurricane Florence recovery |
| N.C. | WFAE 90.7 / La Noticia (Joint Application) | Laura Brache Field | Charlotte’s growing Latino community |
| N.C. | WFAE Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Digital Public Library of America | Alex Watts | Local government in Charlotte |
| N.C. | WFAE Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Digital Public Library of America | Dante Miller | Unique partnership using both radio and Wikipedia to fill news deserts |
| N.D. | The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead | Adam Willis | North Dakota business issues; elections |
| N.D. | The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead | Michelle Griffith | The fall and rise of rural America, as seen through a North Dakota lens |
| Ohio | Associated Press OH | Farnoush Amiri | Ohio legislature, especially opioid settlements |
| Ohio | Mahoning Matters | Ellen Wagner | Watchdog reporting related to the decline in city services in Youngstown |
| Ohio | Spectrum Columbus OH | Pete Grieve | Public health in Columbus |
| Ohio | The Akron Beacon Journal | Seyma Bayram | Minority communities around Akron |
| Ohio | The Columbus Dispatch | Ceili Doyle | Rural issues in central Ohio |
| Ohio | The Devil Strip | Abbey Marshall | Effect of economic forces on moderate and low income residents |
| Ohio | The Devil Strip | H.L. Comeriato | Healthcare in Akron |
| Ohio | Cleveland.com | Conor Morris | Poverty in Cleveland |
| Ohio | WCPO | Monique John | Gentrification |
| Ohio | WYSO Public Radio | Chris Welter | Climate change and environmental issues |
| Okla. | KOSU | Seth Bodine | Agriculture and rural issues |
| Okla. | Oklahoma Watch | Supriya Sridhar | Blight in northeast Oklahoma City |
| Okla. | Oklahoma Watch | Keaton Ross | The state’s prison system |
| Ore. | Associated Press OR | Sara Cline | Oregon state legislature, with special focus on the tech boom and the crisis in housing affordability |
| Ore. | Herald and News | Alex Schwartz | Endangered species, water rights and other issues associated with a dam removal |
| Ore. | Willamette Week | Latisha Jensen | Minority communities in the city |
| Pa. | WITF | Anthony Orozco | Latino communities in Reading, Lebanon and elsewhere |
| Pa. | WITF | Alanna Elder | Local Latino angle on elections |
| Pa. | Technical.ly | Michael Butler | Winners and losers in the tech economy in Philadelphia |
| P.R. | Centro de Periodismo Investigativo | Jose Encarnación | The education crisis |
| P.R. | Centro de Periodismo Investigativo | Rafael René Diaz Torres | Watchdog reporting on recovery efforts following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico |
| P.R. | Centro De Periodismo Investigativo | Victor L. Rodriguez-Velazquez | Watchdog reporting on recovery efforts following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico |
| R.I. | The Public’s Radio | Antonia Ayres-Brown | Race and poverty in Newport, R.I. |
| S.C. | Associated Press SC | Michelle Liu | South Carolina state legislature, especially problems caused by climate change |
| S.C. | The (Myrtle Beach) Sun News | Mary Norkol | Homelessness in Horry County |
| S.C. | The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C. | Tobie Perkins | Chester County, S.C. |
| S.C. | The Island Packet | Kate Hidalgo Bellows | Hilton Head’s working class |
| S.C. | The Island Packet | Sam Ogozalek | Development issues in Jasper County, SC |
| S.C. | The State Media Company | Rebecca Liebson | Public housing and the Columbia Housing Authority |
| S.D. | South Dakota Public Broadcasting | Richard Two Bulls | Ethnic communities, including Native Americans |
| Tenn. | Chattanooga Times Free Press | Wyatt Massey | Local coverage of religion |
| Tenn. | MLK50: Justice Through Journalism | F. Amanda Tugade | Poverty, power and public policy in Memphis and Shelby County |
| Tenn. | WPLN / Nashville Public Radio | Samantha Max | Criminal justice in Nashville |
| Texas | Associated Press TX | Acacia Coronado | State legislature and the politics of climate change |
| Texas | Dallas Morning News | Brooklynn Cooper | South Dallas |
| Texas | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Haley Samsel | Environmental issues caused by rapid economic development |
| Texas | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Kailey Broussard | Accountability reporting for the city of Arlington |
| Texas | KUT | Riane Roldan | Costs and benefits of suburban growth in Williamson County |
| Texas | KUT | Allyson Ortegon | Hays County and the strains of rapid development |
| Texas | San Antonio Express-News | Brandon Lingle | Political dysfunction in suburban towns |
| Texas | Texas Newsroom/ KERA | Mallory Falk | Border and immigration issues in El Paso |
| Texas | Texas Newsroom/ KERA | Keren Carrión | Visual journalist exploring Dallas-Fort Worth and news deserts in ex-urban and rural Texas |
| Texas | Texas Newsroom/ KERA | Alejandra Martinez | Impact of COVID-19 and its economic fallout on marginalized communities |
| Texas | Texas Newsroom/ KERA | Sara Ernst | Health disparities related to income and other factors in Houston area |
| Texas | Texas Public Radio | Maria Mendez | Business issues in Laredo and other border areas |
| Texas | Texas Public Radio | Dominic Walsh | Texas Hill Country |
| Texas | The Victoria Advocate | Mark Rosenberg | Rural counties surrounding Victoria |
| Texas | The Victoria Advocate | Ciara McCarthy | Rural healthcare |
| Utah | Associated Press UT | Sophia Eppolito | Utah state legislature, religion and government |
| Utah | KUER/NPR Utah | Kate Groetzinger | Indigenous issues in southern Utah |
| Utah | KUER / NPR Utah | Lexi Peery | Washington County |
| Utah | KUER / NPR Utah | David Fuchs | Energy issues |
| Utah | Salt Lake Tribune | Zak Podmore | San Juan County |
| Utah | Salt Lake Tribune | Becky Jacobs | Women’s issues |
| Utah | The Spectrum | Joan Meiners | Growth-related issues in Cedar City |
| Utah | The Spectrum | K. Sophie Will | National parks |
| Vt. | Vermont Public Radio | Anna Van Dine | Deeper issues revealed by coronavirus |
| Vt. | VTDigger.org | Emma Cotton | Southern Vermont |
| Va. | Rappahannock News & Foothills Forum | Rachel Needham | The changing nature of public services in northern Virginia |
| Wash. | The Daily Herald | Ian Davis-Leonard | Working-class issues, including housing and healthcare, in Snohomish County |
| Wash. | The News Tribune | Abbie Shull | The Joint Base Lewis-McChord military installation |
| Wash. | The Olympian | Brandon Block | Homelessness |
| Wash. | The Spokesman-Review | Laurel Demkovich | State legislature |
| Wash. | The Spokesman-Review | Orion Donovan-Smith | A Washington, D.C.-based beat, policies affecting the Northwest |
| Wash. | The Spokesman-Review | Arielle Dreher | Public health in eastern Washington State |
| W.Va. | 100 Days in Appalachia | Christopher Jones | White supremacy groups in Appalachia |
| W.Va. | Mountain State Spotlight | Amelia Ferrell Knisely | Poverty in West Virginia |
| W.Va. | Mountain State Spotlight | Douglas Soule | In-depth business and economic coverage in West Virginia as part of a new Enterprise Hub |
| W.Va. | Mountain State Spotlight | Lauren Peace | Public health threats as part of a new Enterprise Hub |
| W.Va. | Mountain State Spotlight | Lucas Manfield | Data-based articles as part of a new Enterprise Hub |
| W.Va. | West Virginia Public Broadcasting | Emily Allen | State government and southern West Virginia |
| Wis. | Green Bay Press-Gazette | Frank Vaisvilas | Native American issues in Green Bay and Wisconsin |
| Wis. | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Sarah Volpenhein | Hmong, Native American and other under-covered ethnic communities |
| Wis. | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Jessica Rodriguez | Latino neighborhoods on Milwaukee’s south side |
| Wis. | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service | PrincessSafiya Byers | Health, minority businesses, religion |
| Wis. | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service | Matthew Martinez | Housing |
| Wis. | Spectrum Milwaukee | Maddie Burakoff | Public health in Milwaukee |
| Wis. | Wausau Daily Herald | Renee Hickman | Population loss and its effects |
| Wis. | Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism | Phoebe Petrovic | Criminal justice misconduct |
| Wyo. | Buffalo Bulletin | Jessi Dodge | Photojournalism in the Buffalo area |
| Wyo. | Buffalo Bulletin | Mara Abbott | Local energy industry in Johnson County |
| Wyo. | Wyoming Public Media | Savannah Maher | Wind River Reservation |