Report for America is one of six finalists in 100&Change, a global competition for a single $100 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to fund a bold solution to critical social challenges. Report for America, an initiative of The GroundTruth Project, has an audacious goal of virtually eliminating American news deserts with MacArthur’s support.
Report for America announced today that applications are now open for news organizations interested in hosting more than 300 emerging journalists in their newsrooms for up to three years, beginning next June. Report for America is a national service program that places talented journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.
Emily Woodruff is a second-year Report for America corps member, who covers health care and public health in southern Louisiana for The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate with a focus on the New Orleans metro region. Headlines at the end of March blamed Mardi Gras for the potential spread of coronavirus, calling it a
Amid a global pandemic and civil unrest against systemic racism, America is in many ways on a journey into the unknown. This summer, Report for America reporters will take listeners on a voyage into the heart of America in “On the Ground with Report for America,” an all-new series of the GroundTruth Podcast. The podcast is
This month, Craig Newmark, the founder of craigslist, announced $250,000 in support of Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms. This renewed partnership with Craig Newmark Philanthropies will fuel Report for America’s efforts to train and support 225 corps members across the United States this year, as the program
Clad in riot gear, police officers on horseback sent tear gas wafting through the streets and fired rubber bullets into a line of marchers, pinging off buildings, cars and flesh. As I watched this all unfold, I marveled at how any journalist who looks like I do could walk among our people, protesting the murder
This week, demonstrations broke out in dozens of cities across America in response to a painful legacy of police violence against African Americans in the U.S. Against the backdrop of a global pandemic which has disproportionately affected communities of color, the inequities and divisions that our country faces feel starker than ever. At The GroundTruth
Report for America was created to help save local news. It was launched long before COVID-19, yet the signs of local journalism’s collapse were quite evident even in 2014. The pandemic has accelerated the decline and created an imminent crisis. Even before COVID-19, local newspapers had lost more than half their jobs since 2008—about the
Report for America is pleased to welcome five new corps excellence regional managers to its staff: Jason Blakeney, Sergio R. Bustos, Pam Fine, Teri Hayt and Robert Naylor—combined, they bring more than a century of award-winning journalism experience to their new roles. The group includes former leaders of professional organizations like the News Leaders Association
Camille von Kaenel is a 2019-20 Report for America corps member, covering wildfire recovery for the Chico-Enterprise Record in Northern California, focusing on a region that was devastated by 2018’s deadly Camp Fire. As of June 2020, she is covering growth and development in San Diego County’s backcountry for inewssource. “I wish I knew that