Report for America has doubled the number of its partner newsrooms owned or operated by Black and Hispanic journalists and is increasing the number of beats covering communities of color in 2021. The nonprofit initiative, launched by The GroundTruth Project in 2017, will work with more than 20 newsrooms owned or operated by journalists of
Report for America is expanding its support to more than 200 newsrooms across the country for 2021-2022. Read more. Below is the full network, including the new newsrooms and those that are continuing for a second or third year. Report for America has opened applications for more than 100 positions. View them here. Alaska Anchorage Daily
Report for America has announced the selection of 64 new local news organizations as host newsroom partners—expanding its support to more than 200 newsrooms across the country for 2021-2022. View all open newsroom positions, at new and current newsrooms, here. Our newly-selected host newsrooms and beats are: Alaska Fairbanks Daily News-Miner — Health care in rural
Report for America unveils more than sixty new newsroom partners—including a doubling of Black and Hispanic owned media—and opens the application window for new reporters (EDITOR’S NOTE: A list of new host newsrooms and added positions follows. A complete list of all newsrooms can be found here) Report for America today announced the selection of
There are a lot of stereotypes about journalists, their beliefs and where they come from. The reality is that they come from all walks of life—to include military veterans who have traded in their tactical gear for microphones, cameras or the all-mighty pen. Report for America salutes those who’ve served in uniform, including our corps
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
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
This year’s Report for America corps was chosen after a highly selective national competition that drew more than 1,800 applications. The 225 journalists who were selected for this year’s corps are eager to deliver trustworthy, accurate local news to communities across our nation. More about the process here. Alaska Anchorage Daily News Annie Berman
This piece ran in Columbia Journalism Review. I’m using this space to elaborate on some of the ideas. DISCUSSIONS OF HOW TO SAVE LOCAL NEWS now need to balance two awkward realities. On the one hand, local news organizations need urgent help in order to keep their doors open and provide information to residents. No, it doesn’t
Report for America will place 250 journalists into 164 newsrooms in 46 states plus Puerto Rico and D.C. SOUTH Report for America will partner with 44 local news outlets across the South. El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL: 1) Nicaraguan, Honduran, Dominican and other Latino communities — filled by current corps member 2)