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Kim Kleman

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Kim Kleman is the Executive Director of Report for America, managing a talented team of senior leaders of the organization. As a longtime adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has taught courses in investigative skills and reporting, among other things. Previously, she was Editor-in-Chief of Consumer Reports, where she led the organization’s showcase brand and galvanized its editorial, testing, survey research and advocacy teams to produce a unique mix of reports. She also spearheaded its digital expansion to tablets and other digital platforms. Kleman was also Editor-in-Chief of The American Lawyer, responsible for leading editorial strategy of ALM’s flagship legal brand and overseeing The American Lawyer website, magazine and daily newsletters. Earlier, she was a reporter and editor at the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times). She began her career in the Polk County bureau of The Tampa Tribune. Over the course of her 30+ editorial career, her teams have won more than two dozen prestigious awards for work in various media. Kleman is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Six beats to consider when your newsroom applies to Report for America 

Kim Kleman|September 9, 2021September 17, 2021

Report for America helps local newsrooms plug holes in their coverage. We’re accepting applications now, through Sept. 30, from newsrooms that want us to help them find great reporters, for under-covered communities or topics, and pay half their salary. Many of the beats of our 300 journalists, working in more than 200 newsrooms, are what

Apply to our pilot program for experienced journalists!

Kim Kleman|December 22, 2020January 22, 2021

You’ve accomplished a lot in your long career—and now what? Maybe you dream of going back to your roots: signing on with a local newsroom to bring all your experience to bear reporting on an important subject, long under-covered. Perhaps you are interested in doing some editing and mentoring, too, to help emerging journalists grow

What’s new at Report for America for the 2021-2022 service year

Kim Kleman|August 24, 2020September 17, 2020

Newsrooms and journalists, you asked—and we heard you. We’re trying to improve our program all the time, so thanks to your insightful feedback we’ve made the following changes as we kick off this year’s newsroom application process: We’re offering a third year in the program. Up to now, Report for America has been a two-year program.

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