Todd Franko will help local newsrooms raise money for their corps members as Director of Local Sustainability and Development Todd Franko, the outgoing editor of the Youngstown, Ohio Vindicator, has joined Report for America in a new role focused on helping news organizations raise local funds to support journalism. The closure of the Vindicator, after
One of the basic functions of the press is to provide citizens information on which to base their vote. In thousands of communities around the country, that basic responsibility has been abdicated. The consequences are dire. Numerous studies have shown that less news coverage leads to even lower voter turnout, a less informed electorate, fewer
Most of you know that Report for America offers newsrooms an opportunity to hire reporters to address important coverage gaps in your community through beats such as health care or the environment, or in locations that have gone under-covered. But here are a few approaches you might not have thought of… Have more than one
On the night of July 22, Obed Manuel reported in the Dallas Morning News that Francisco Erwin Galicia — an American citizen born in Dallas — had been detained by border patrol for three weeks. His family feared that he’d be deported. The story went viral… Obed appeared on CNN to explain what was
PART OF SPECIAL EFFORT WITH SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK, FUNDED BY THE LOR FOUNDATION AND OTHER FUNDERS IN NEW MEXICO, MONTANA, IDAHO AND WYOMING March 22, 2019 — Report for America announced today that seven news organizations would be hosting Report for America corps members this June, as part of a special initiative with Solutions Journalism
A CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FROM NEWSROOMS IN IDAHO, NEW MEXICO, MONTANA, WYOMING AND COLORADO January 23, 2019 — Report for America and Solutions Journalism Network announced today a special initiative to place up to eight reporters in local newsrooms throughout the Intermountain West. News organizations must apply by February 22, 2019 Click here to apply.
Program will field 50 new reporting positions this year Deadline for Corps Member Applications Extended to February 8 Boston, MA, January 17 — Report for America, a national service program that places talented emerging journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered topics and communities, announced today the newsrooms that will host Report for America
Program will place 28 corps members in newsrooms in 2019 — thanks to new support from Google News Initiative, the Ziff family and others September 12, 2018 Report for America, the national service program that places talented journalists into local newsrooms, announced today that it would be doubling the size of its corps for
Why do we call Report for America “national service”? Of course we think local journalism IS public service. That’s sort of the point of Report for America. But we also see this program as a synthesis between two different movements – the efforts to reform journalism, and the national service movement. At our training for