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
The GroundTruth Project, home to Report for America, stands with AAPI community A series of mass shootings occurred at three Atlanta-area massage parlors on March 16. Eight people — Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Yue, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan and Daoyou Feng — were killed, six of
Report for America today announced two key leadership promotions: Kim Kleman to senior vice president of Report for America, and Alison Bethel McKenzie to vice president of corps excellence. The promotions reflect the nonprofit program’s growth and success in its efforts to place journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities “The
Report for America today announced $500,000 in support from Lumina Foundation of Indianapolis. Report for America is a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Over the next two years, Lumina’s grant will help support Report for America corps members covering issues pertaining to racial justice.