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.
Report for America is expanding its support to more than 200 newsrooms across the country for 2021-2022. Read more. Below is the full network, including the new newsrooms and those that are continuing for a second or third year. Report for America has opened applications for more than 100 positions. View them here. Alaska Anchorage Daily
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
The GroundTruth Project, home of Report for America, is pleased to announce that the veteran news executive Susan Leath will serve as chief operating officer at a time of ambitious growth for the organization. Leath will be responsible for coordinating operations and guiding a growing staff in the build of GroundTruth’s award-winning global reporting initiatives