If you’re a reporter passionate about local journalism and public service, mark your calendar! Applications for the 2027–2028 WSU Murrow Fellows/Report for Washington program open Aug. 12, 2026. This first-of-its-kind partnership between Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication and Report for America is working toward an ambitious goal: ensuring every one of
https://d11c61iuuht6ew.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AlissaZhu_Keynotebyte.mp4 “It is the great power and responsibility that we wield as local journalists that we can touch people so profoundly, and I want each and every one of you to think of a time that your work has changed someone’s life.” That was Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alissa Zhu’s message to the 52 Report for
First place portrait by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America: David (a pseudonym to protect his identity) spent eight months incarcerated, often in solitary confinement, at the Youth Justice and Education Center in Memphis when he was 17. Sixth Annual Local News Awards Celebrate the Power of Local Reporting Report
Newsroom applications are now open for WSU Murrow Fellows/Report for Washington, a new partnership between Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication and Report for America designed to strengthen local news across Washington state. Our goal is ambitious: to help place reporters in communities throughout Washington for two- to three-year assignments and ultimately
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