Report for America welcomes more than sixty newsrooms for 2021

Report for America has announced the selection of 64 new local news organizations as host newsroom partners—expanding its support to more than 200 newsrooms across the country for 2021-2022. View all open newsroom positions, at new and current newsrooms, here.

Our newly-selected host newsrooms and beats are:

Alaska

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner — Health care in rural Alaska

KUCB — Regional reporting in the Eastern Aleutians

Alabama

AL.com — 1) Child wellness and mental health in Alabama 2) educational opportunity in Birmingham

Montgomery Advertiser — Alabama’s rural “Black Belt” region

WBHM — Education in Birmingham, AL

Arkansas

Southwest Times Record — Food insecurity and poverty in Fort Smith, AR

Arizona

Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting — Health care crises on the Arizona-Mexico border; underserved communities

Nogales International — Eastern Santa Cruz County, AZ

TucsonSentinel.com — Government accountability and equity issues in Tucson

California

Black Voice News — Black community in the Inland Empire of Southern California (data journalist)

California News Desert & Trust Initiative — Local accountability reporting in California’s biggest news deserts (5 positions)

CapRadio & Sacramento Observer — Education in Sacramento area

Lookout Santa Cruz — 1) Business 2) crime and courts in Santa Cruz

San José Spotlight — Vietnamese communities and San Jose

Colorado

The Colorado Sun — Visual storytelling around Colorado

Connecticut

New Haven Independent — Government accountability in Hamden, CT

WNPR — Housing in Fairfield County

District of Columbia

The Washington Informer — Health care in the Black community of DC

Florida

WUFT News — Racial justice in East Gainesville

Georgia

Athens Banner-Herald — Communities of color in and around Athens, GA

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution — Immigrant communities in Atlanta (two beats)

The Plug — Innovation and business start-up initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Guam

GuamPDN.com/Pacific Daily News — Poverty in Guam

Hawaii

Honolulu Star-Advertiser — Ethnic and cultural affairs on the island

Idaho

Idaho Statesman — Watchdog education reporting for Idaho

Illinois

Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting — Illinois agribusiness and status of workers

Indiana

IndyStar — Education, health in Latino & Black communities of Indianapolis

WFYI Public Media — Criminal justice in central Indiana

Massachusetts

New England Public Media — Equity Team. covering racial socio-economic disparities, based in Springfield

The Boston Globe — Boston’s Black neighborhoods

Maryland

The AFRO-American Newspaper — Business news affecting Baltimore’s African-American community

Maine

Maine Public — Refugee communities in the state

Michigan

Detroit Jewish News — Generational shifts among Detroit-area Jews

Michigan Chronicle — Detroit politics, for African-American audiences

The Hastings Banner — Barry County, Michigan

Minnesota

MPR News — Hispanic communities in Minnesota

Missouri

St. Louis American/Type Investigations — Business reporting/economic development in St. Louis Black community

Montana

Bozeman Daily Chronicle — Photography in rural Montana

North Carolina

88.5 WFDD/La Noticia — COVID-19 recovery and the Latino community in Forsyth County, NC

Mountain Times Publications — Watchdog environmental reporting in western NC

The Charlotte Post — Healthcare, African-American community in Charlotte

WFAE — Equity beat

Nebraska

The Reader – El Perico — Latino community Omaha, especially COVID-19 impact

New Hampshire

Granite State News Collaborative — New Hampshire statehouse

New Hampshire Public Radio — Latino communities in southern NH

Valley News — 1) Environment and climate change in the Upper Valley and 2) general-assignment photography

New Jersey

Asbury Park Press — Housing shortages and poverty

New York

Documented — Immigration enforcement in New York City

New York Amsterdam News — NYC mayor, city council and city agencies

The Riverdale Press — Housing in Riverdale, Bronx, NY

WSKG Public Telecommunications Council — Rural health care in southern NYS

Ohio

Richland Source — Richland, Ashland County and Knox County in Ohio

Oregon

Statesman Journal — Agricultural workers and Oregon

Pennsylvania

PublicSource — Race relations in Pittsburgh

Tennessee

Commercial Appeal — South Memphis

Texas

El Paso Matters — Status of women in El Paso

Houston Chronicle — Small businesses in Houston

Houston Defender Network — Schools in Houston

Marfa Public Radio — U.S.-Mexican border communities

The Texas Observer — Reporter and photographer covering indigenous areas

Virginia

Henrico Citizen — Education in Henrico County, VA

Washington

The News Tribune, in partnership with The Olympian, The Bellingham Herald, and The Tri-City Herald — Indigenous communities and Washington