Want to stay up-to-date with the stories that Report for America corps members are publishing across the country? Read Report Local, a round-up of impactful news stories and updates about our program! In Issue No. 11, we highlight work from Mallory Falk of Texas News Hub, Camalot Todd of Spectrum News Buffalo, Katherine Lewin of
2019 corps member Camille von Kaenel covers wildfire recovery for the Chico Enterprise-Record in Northern California, focusing on a region that was devasted by 2018’s deadly Camp Fire. She brings experience in environmental reporting, having covered climate change policy for E&E News in Washington, D.C. Her writing has also appeared in Fast Company, Atlas Obscura,
Want to stay up-to-date with the stories that Report for America corps members are publishing across the country? Read Report Local, a round-up of impactful news stories and updates about our program! In Issue No. 10, we highlight the work of Obed Manuel at The Dallas Morning News, whose reporting led to the release of
Want to stay up-to-date with the stories that Report for America corps members are publishing across the country? Read Report Local, a round-up of impactful news stories and updates about our program! In Issue No. 9, we highlight the first-ever tribe-to-tribe buffalo transfer under a preservation program that three of our corps members covered. We
Pascal Sabino is a 2019 Report for America corps member who covers the Chicago West Side neighborhoods of Austin and North Lawndale digital news nonprofit Block Club Chicago. He’s from the south side of Chicago and previously covered environmental health in his hometown for the Real Chi, a local news lab with a mission of
By Steven Waldman In a narrow sense, Report for America is focused on plugging the gaps in “news deserts.” Our goal is 1,000 reporters in the field years from now, so we are aspiring to dramatically improve the quality and quantity of accountability reporting on the ground. This is a ‘helping communities’ program more than
Every month, our Report Local newsletter delivers a round-up of impactful journalism to your inbox. With stories from Report for America corps members plus significant public service journalism from local news organizations across the country, Report Local showcases and celebrates the power and promise of local news. In Issue No. 8, we highlight the first story
One of our 2019 host newsrooms is a brand-new public radio collaborative that’s poised to be a prototype for a new way of organizing local news coverage. Texas News Hub is NPR’s first regional journalism hub, bringing together KUT, KERA, Texas Public Radio and Houston Public Radio. We’re proud to have corps member Mallory Falk
Mallory Falk is a second-year Report for America corps member who spent her first year at KRWG and will now report for an exciting new public radio collaborative called Texas News Hub. She’s an award-winning audio reporter whose stories have aired on regional and national programs like Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here & Now
Our 2019 corps members spent one week in Houston, Texas, training with top journalists from around the country. This included attending three days of RFA-exclusive sessions, the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference, several smaller RFA gatherings and evening events. Here are highlights from those sessions. Ever hear a reporter referred to as a “quote journalist”