Today, Report for America is proud to announce an expansion of our Local News Internship program, an important step towards building the country’s most powerful pipeline of journalists covering issues that matter most to their communities. The program, run in partnership with nine higher education partners and newsrooms, is designed to help aspiring journalists fill
Funding will support additional reporting capacity in North Central Washington and future statewide journalism convenings Seattle, WA – Microsoft has announced its support for the WSU Murrow Fellows/Report for Washington partnership, a collaboration between Report for America and Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication designed to strengthen local news across Washington state.
A new cohort of corps members will report on undercovered communities and issues while helping local newsrooms grow trust, engagement and sustainability. May 20, 2026 – Report for America announced today the placement of 78 journalists in newsrooms across the country, the organization’s latest effort to strengthen local news in communities across the country at
This post is the second in our series on impact research with Kira Limer, Report for America’s Manager of Impact and Evaluation. For this piece, Kira is joined by Report for America Training Manager Priska Neely, an experienced newsroom leader, editor and reporter. Understanding the impact of local news gives outlets the ability to speak
At Report for America, we’re inspired by the commitment that local newsrooms have to serving their communities. We know they are best positioned to tell the important local stories and hold power to account. Too often, small and mid-size newsrooms don’t have the necessary resources to dive deep into a local issue. In 2021, Report
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Murrow College of Communication and Report for America have launched an ambitious partnership to cover every one of Washington’s counties by 2029, aiming to fill reporting gaps as newsrooms shrink and misinformation spreads across the state. The first-of-its-kind collaboration brings together Washington’s land-grant university and the nation’s leading nonprofit
Report for America announces 2026 newsroom partners; opens corps member applications for 70 positions Report for America’s current host newsrooms increase to 175+; innovative partnerships seek to expand newsrooms’ capacity and reach January 20, 2026 – Report for America announced today its selection of 2026 newsroom partners, who will receive holistic support: a dedicated Report
Organization that houses Report for America and Report for the World unveils a unified identity focused on the future of local news in the U.S. and around the globe Boston, MA — Today, the nonprofit organization that is home to Report for America and Report for the World unveiled its new name: Report Local. The
This post is the first of a new series on impact research, “Insights.” In it, Kira Limer, Report for America’s Manager of Impact and Evaluation, shares what we know about the program’s impact on career trajectories and how we know it— the methodology behind the findings. Sustaining careers in journalism is a key outcome for
Today is National Mentorship Day, and here at Report for America, we are grateful for the 95+ mentors who work with our corps members and provide professional advice, tips and guidance. Report for America mentors are veteran, award-winning journalists from a range of industries — print, broadcast, digital, non-profit news and academia. We are grateful