We are honored to announce that Report for America was recently selected as a first-time participant in the 2026 New York Times employee giving program, the Campaign for Journalism. The Times launched the Campaign for Journalism in 2022 to support organizations working to strengthen journalism. From Sept. 22 through Oct. 9, The Times invited employees
Last week, nearly 200 Report for America corps members gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the 2026 National Gathering. Representing 161 newsrooms, and 45 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, the event convened current corps members, speakers, trainers, newsroom partners, alumni and staff for two days of programming centered around strengthening journalistic skills and building community.
WSU Murrow Fellows/Report for Washington Takes Major Step Toward Bringing Local Reporting to Every Washington County Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication and Report for America today announced a major milestone for the WSU Murrow Fellows/Report for Washington program: the first Washington newsrooms selected to welcome reporters as part of one of
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