Allison Levine is leading the charge to catalyze funding and innovative collaborations for local journalism with Delaware’s Local Journalism Initiative. We interviewed Allison to hear more about her work and ask for her insights and advice to emerging CNF communities. Question: How does your CNF serve the Delaware local news ecosystem? Allison: The Local
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Report for America Releases 2022 Community News Funds Update
One year after Report for America released Community News Funds: Local foundations lead the way with a pivotal new strategy for community journalism, its local sustainability team revisited the seven communities profiled in the original study. The results of their work, trends in collaborative philanthropic work for local journalism, and a call to action are
Honoring Black History Through Local Journalism
Here’s how America voted, and prepared for voting, leading up to and throughout the midterm elections– as told by Report for America corps members.
Report for America launches 6-month Community News Fund Workshop with support from the Google News Initiative
Report for America brought together 14 communities last week to launch a history-making effort to catalyze news funding for communities across America. The Community News Fund Workshop brings together for the first time news and philanthropy leaders who have created news funds in their communities — or who seek to do so. They will spend the
The GroundTruth Project, home to Report for America, names Rob Zeaske as CEO and President
The GroundTruth Project, home of Report for America and Report for the World, is pleased to announce the selection of Rob Zeaske as its CEO and president, following a national search launched last summer. Zeaske will step into the role on Jan. 23, a return of sorts as he was the nonprofit’s chief operations officer
2022: A Year in Review
This year, Report for America corps members covered issues critical to communities across the United States, including America’s education system, the threat and impact of climate change, the midterm elections, and more. It’s been a whirlwind of a year, but we’re excited to look back, and can’t wait for what lies ahead in 2023. Report
Report for America adds newsrooms, opens applications for reporters
See the full list of new newsrooms and beats here. Report for America has announced the selection of nearly 30 new host newsroom partners, while opening applications for dozens of new reporting and photojournalism corps positions—to include a wide variety of beats—across the United States and Puerto Rico. “Far too many Americans desperately need reliable,
The 2022 U.S. midterm elections, through the lens of local journalism
Here’s how America voted, and prepared for voting, leading up to and throughout the midterm elections– as told by Report for America corps members.
Hispanic Heritage Month: A Conversation with Amir Khafagy
Hispanic and Latino journalists are historically underrepresented in journalism, with higher estimates estimating they make up around 11% of newsroom staff. Report for America is changing these statistics. We currently partner with five Latino-owned newsrooms. Roughly 21% of our corps members identify as Hispanic or Latino, and many of them cover beats specific to Latino
Hispanic Heritage Month: A Conversation with Jayme Lozano
Hispanic and Latino journalists are historically underrepresented in newsrooms, with estimates that they make up around 11% of staff. Report for America seeks to change these statistics. We currently partner with five Latino-owned newsrooms. Roughly 21% of our corps members identify as Hispanic or Latino, and many of them cover beats specific to Latino communities.