Report for America, Local Media Association and Meta Journalism Project announced a new partnership to catalyze philanthropic and business model innovation for local newsrooms. Support from Meta Journalism Project will enable Report for America and Local Media Association to offer 20 local newsrooms a six-month best practices course on philanthropy, grants, membership and subscriptions, branded
This Q&A first appeared in Mandy Hofmockel’s Journalism Jobs newsletter. Report for America is currently accepting applications for more than 150 open positions across the U.S. and its territories. Applications close Jan. 31, so apply today! A big thank you goes out to Kim Kleman, Senior Vice President at Report for America, for her thoughtful
Report for America is currently accepting corps member applications through Jan. 31. To help prospective Report for America corps members better understand what it’s like to be part of our corps, we’ve asked members of our current cohort to share what their experience has been like. Today, we spoke with Melissa Montalvo, of The Fresno
Report for America, and its new sister program, Report for the World, will grow to new heights in 2022 thanks to a partnership with Google News Initiative. Support from Google News Initiative — including a grant and global training resources — will help expand the programs’ footprint in Brazil, India, and Nigeria, while also supporting
Four Black-owned media companies—New York Amsterdam News, The St. Louis American, Black Voice News and the Atlanta Voice, in collaboration with Report for America—have joined together to produce “The Barren Mile: COVID-19 and the fight against food apartheid,” the first collaborative national enterprise story by multiple Black publications since the 1960s. “The Barren Mile,” which
November is Native American Heritage Month, and to celebrate, Report for America launched a weekly series highlighting our Indigenous corps members, their reflections and their stories. This week, we spoke to corps member Natasha Brennan, of The News Tribune, in partnership with The Olympian, The Bellingham Herald, and The Tri-City Herald. Here is what she
November is Native American Heritage Month, and to celebrate, Report for America is launching a weekly series highlighting our Indigenous corps members, their reflections and their stories. Journalists that identify as Native American or Indigenous make up just half a percent of all journalists in the United States, despite being nearly two percent of the
November is Native American Heritage Month, and to celebrate, Report for America is launching a weekly series highlighting our Indigenous corps members, their reflections and their stories. This week, we spoke to corps member Sierra Clark, of the Traverse City Record-Eagle. Here is what she had to say: “The most challenging part of journalism is
Report for America presented awards to journalists in a dozen categories and named a Mentor of the Year at its inaugural Local News Awards program, held virtually, June 25. Among the evening’s top winners was The Columbus Dispatch’s Ceili Doyle, who took home Dispatch of the Year honors for her piece “Against the tide:
Supporters commit nearly $5M this week toward a $15M year-end goal; challenge other philanthropic partners to match the commitment Today, Report for America shared plans to expand its efforts to eliminate America’s news deserts with support from a diverse network of philanthropists. To reach its aim of placing a reporter in every community, Report for