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2021 Press
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- WASHINGTON MONTHLY — LOCAL NEWS IS OUR BEST WEAPON AGAINST COVID MISINFORMATION — 7/21/21
- POYNTER — IN ITS FIFTH YEAR, REPORT FOR AMERICA WILL ATTACK NEWS DESERTS IN RURAL AREAS AND SUPPORT A BROADENED GROUP OF BEATS — 7/14/21
- COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE — NEW MU SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER COVERAGE — 7/8/21
- LOS ANGELES TIMES — HOW TO STOP HEDGE FUNDS FROM WRECKING LOCAL NEWS — 6/8/21
- EDITOR & PUBLISHER — TRENDS CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR NEWS — 6/7/21
- CNN RELIABLE SOURCES — SHOULD INFRASTRUCTURE BILL INCLUDE MONEY FOR LOCAL NEWS? —6/6/21
- POYNTER — WHY LOCAL NEWS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL — 5/28/21
- NONPROFIT QUARTERLY — WHAT DOES JOURNALISM FOR A JUST ECONOMY LOOK LIKE? — 5/19/21
- VOICE OF AMERICA NEWS — TWITTER ROLLS OUT HASHTAG TO SAVE LOCAL NEWS — 5/11/21
- SEATTLE TIMES — NONPROFIT VERSUS FOR-PROFIT NEWS: A CONVERSATION WITH STEVEN WALDMAN — 5/7/21
- CURRENT — BY EXPANDING NEWSROOMS, REPORT FOR AMERICA IS GIVING STATIONS AN EDGE IN FUNDRAISING — 4/8/21
- NONPROFIT QUARTERLY — TWO PHILANTHROPIC STRATEGIES AIM TO BOOST FALTERING LOCAL NEWS — 4/7/21
- POYNTER — EVEN WITHOUT DEEP POCKETS, MAIN STREET SHOWS UP FOR LOCAL NEWS — 4/5/21
- INSIDE PHILANTHROPY — FOR LOCAL NEWSROOMS, PHILANTHROPY ISN’T CHARITY—IT’S REVENUE — 3/23/21
- CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY — POOLED JOURNALISM FUNDS COULD HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS — 3/4/21
- VOICE OF AMERICA NEWS — DETROIT MAN FREED FROM PRISON WITH HELP OF STUDENT REPORTERS — 2/27/21
- MS. MAGAZINE — THE RENAISSANCE OF THE BLACK PRESS — 2/26/21
- CNN RELIABLE SOURCES PODCAST —STEVEN WALDMAN ON FACEBOOK’S FIGHT IN AUSTRALIA, ALDEN’S TAKEOVER OF TRIBUNE, AND HOW PHILANTHROPY COULD HELP FIX THE LOCAL NEWS CRISIS — 2/18/21
- CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY — THE MISSING PIECE IN HOW FOUNDATIONS CAN FIGHT POLARIZATION — 1/27/21
- INSIDE PHILANTHROPY — ALL THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX TO FIGHT MISINFORMATION — 1/21/21
- PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — SLOW VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, DISAPPEARING LOCAL NEWS ARE CRISES WITH COMMON SOLUTION — 1/21/21
- INSIDE PHILANTHROPY — THE BIG LIE THAT FANNED THE FLAMES — 1/20/21
- MILITARY.COM — HERE’S WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE MARINE TURNED JOURNALIST AT CAPITOL ASSAULT — 1/12/21
- MSNBC, MORNING JOE — HOW REPORT FOR AMERICA IS BOOSTING LOCAL JOURNALISM —12/28/20
- BOSTON GLOBE — THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM IS ON THE GROUND — 12/1/20
- UPDATE-1 —REPORT FOR AMERICA HELPS LOCAL NEWSROOMS FILL GAPS — 11/19/20
- CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY — HOW PHILANTHROPY CAN SAVE LOCAL NEWS, OUR COMMUNITIES — 11/18/20
- BUSINESS OF GIVING — AN INTERVIEW WITH MACARTHUR FOUNDATION 100&CHANGE FINALIST: REPORT FOR AMERICA — 10/30/20
- KNIGHT FOUNDATION — “THINK AND LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX:” LOCAL FOUNDATIONS, PHILANTHROPISTS BOOST GIVING TO NONPROFIT, FOR-PROFIT NEWSROOMS — 10/29/20
- WASHINGTON MONTHLY — THE COMING ERA OF “CIVIC NEWS” — 10/26/20
- REBUILDING AMERICA — THE FOURTH ESTATE — 10/20/20
- POYNTER — FAUX LOCAL NEWS SITES ARE FLOODING AMERICA. HERE’S HOW WE FIX IT — 10/19/20
- KNIGHT FOUNDATION — REBUILD LOCAL NEWS PROPOSAL TO REVITALIZE LOCAL NEWS — 10/5/20
- POYNTER — HOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS WITHOUT ENDANGERING ITS EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE — 10/1/20
- NEWS GUILD — SAVE THE NEWS: PATHS FORWARD TOWN HALL — 10/1/20
- NIEMAN LAB — A NEW NONPROFIT NEWSROOM, MOUNTAIN STATE SPOTLIGHT, WANTS TO BE THE WATCHDOG FOR WEST VIRGINIA —9/17/20
- IT’S ALL JOURNALISM — CRISIS IN LOCAL JOURNALISM IS REAL — 9/3/20
- GIVING COMPASS — LOCAL FUNDRAISING IS HELPING NEWSROOMS FIND THEIR FOOTING — 8/17/20
- CHICAGO TRIBUNE — MACARTHUR FOUNDATION NAMES $100 MILLION COMPETITION FINALISTS — 7/20/20
- THE ATLANTIC — THE THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRUMP — 7/11/20
- PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — GOVERNMENT CAN HELP NEWS INDUSTRY — 6/2/20
- POYNTER — A MAD MEN APPROACH TO SAVING LOCAL NEWS —5/28/20
- POYNTER — IT’S TIME TO UPROOT AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS FROM HEDGE FUNDS AND REPLANT THEM IN MORE HOSPITABLE GROUND — 5/15/20
- WKSU — STRUGGLING NEWSPAPERS MEET A NEW, MORE IMMEDIATE THREAT — 5/14/2020
- BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO — REPORT FOR AMERICA FILLS MORE GAPS IN NEWS DESERTS AS PROGRAM EXPANDS — 5/13/2020
- WNYC ON THE MEDIA — REPORT FOR AMERICA: A CASE STUDY IN SOLVING LOCAL MEDIA’S WOES — 5/8/20
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN JOURNALISTS — REPORT FOR AMERICA ANNOUNCES 2020-21 INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS CORPS MEMBERS — 5/6/2020
- SUSAN CROWN EXCHANGE — REPORT FOR AMERICA: STRENGTHENING LOCAL NEWS IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 — 4/27/20
- COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW — WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP THE MEDIA INDUSTRY? — 4/24/20
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — AP, REPORT FOR AMERICA TO PUT 17 JOURNALISTS IN STATEHOUSES — 4/23/20
- NIEMAN LAB — REPORT FOR AMERICA — REMOTELY? DESPITE CORONAVIRUS, RFA WILL PUT 225 JOURNALISTS “IN” NEWSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY — 4/23/20
- INSIDE PHILANTHROPY — “THERE IS NO TURNING BACK.” PHILANTHROPY AND JOURNALISM AFTER COVID-19 — 4/21/20
- INSIDE PHILANTHROPY — “HANGING BY A THREAD.” HOW ARE FUNDERS SUPPORTING BESIEGED NEWS OUTLETS? — 4/15/20
- COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW — CURING LOCAL JOURNALISM FOR GOOD — 3/31/20
- THE ATLANTIC — THE CORONAVIRUS IS KILLING LOCAL NEWS — 3/25/20
- MEDIUM — REPORT FOR AMERICA: WHAT WE’VE LEARNED SO FAR — 3/10/20
- NONPROFIT QUARTERLY — REPORT FOR AMERICA NEARLY DOUBLES INVESTMENT IN NATIVE AMERICAN JOURNALISM — 3/9/2020
- KNIGHT-CRONKITE NEWS LAB — A CORPS OF TALENTED YOUNG JOURNALISTS – COMING TO A NEWS DESERT NEAR YOU — 8/1/19
- THE NEW YORK TIMES — A FUTURE WITHOUT THE FRONT PAGE — 8/1/19
- COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, RE: REPORT FOR AMERICA’S PROGRESS — 7/18/19
- THE ATLANTIC — REPORT FOR AMERICAN REVIVES POSSIBILITIES FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM — 6/26/19
- COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW — YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN — 6/5/19
- THE BOSTON GLOBE — LOCAL NEWS IS TANKING. REPORT FOR AMERICA AIMS TO HELP SAVE IT — 5/30/19
- NIEMAN JOURNALISM LAB — WHY LOCAL FOUNDATIONS ARE PUTTING THEIR MONEY BEHIND A RURAL JOURNALISM COLLABORATIVE — 5/22/19
- COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW — CAN REPORT FOR AMERICA BUILD TRUST IN LOCAL NEWS? A VIEW FROM TWO COMMUNITIES — 5/6/19
- NIEMAN JOURNALISM LAB — “IS HE A LOCAL BOY?” IS REPORT FOR AMERICA BUILDING TRUST WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES? — 5/6/19
- VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO — SERVICE CORPS BOLSTERS LOCAL JOURNALISM AND MAYBE DEMOCRACY — 5/1/19
- INSIDESOURCES — FOR DEMOCRACY’S SAKE, LOCAL JOURNALISM NEEDS TO THRIVE — 4/11/19
- ASSOCIATED PRESS — DECLINE IN READERS, ADS LEADS HUNDREDS OF NEWSPAPERS TO FOLD — 3/11/19
- ASSOCIATED PRESS — SOME GROUPS STEP IN TO FILL THE GAP IN LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE — 3/9/19
- POYNTER — KNIGHT FOUNDATION PUTTING $300 MILLION TOWARD REBUILDING LOCAL NEWS — 2/19/19
- THE BOSTON GLOBE — A BIG BOOST FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM — 2/19/19
- THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY — KNIGHT FOUNDATION COMMITS $300 MILLION TO SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM — 2/19/19
- FORTUNE — KNIGHT FOUNDATION INVESTS $300 MILLION IN LOCAL JOURNALISM — ‘ESSENTIAL’ TO MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK — 2/19/19
- NIEMAN JOURNALISM LAB — “REBUILDING A LOCAL NEWS ECOSYSTEM”: KNIGHT PLEDGES $300 MILLION TO LOCAL NEWS, FREE SPEECH, AND MEDIA LITERACY ORGANIZATIONS — 2/19/19
- -30- — A Q&A WITH MAGGIE MESSITT — 2/3/19
- BING CREATIONS — IMPASSIONED JOURNALISTS BOLSTER U.S. NEWSROOMS THROUGH REPORT FOR AMERICA — 1/25/19
- CNN — WHAT ‘REPORT FOR AMERICA’ IS TRYING TO DO — 1/20/19
- CNN — REPORT FOR AMERICA AIMS TO REPLENISH NEWS DESERTS HARD HIT BY JOURNALISM’S ‘ECONOMIC CRISIS’ — 1/18/19
- PROVIDENCE JOURNAL — INSIDE STORY: A TRAINING GROUND FOR JOURNALISM’S NEXT GENERATION — 12/22/18
- DAILY YONDER — JOURNALISM PROJECT SHINES LIGHT ON WHY SO MANY LACK WATER SERVICE IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA — 12/7/18
- WAMU 88.5 — LOCAL NEWS DESERTS ARE EXPANDING. HOW COULD THAT AFFECT CIVIL ENGAGEMENT — 11/6/18
- POYNTER — REPORT FOR AMERICA IS READY TO KICK GROWTH INTO HIGHER GEAR — 10/15/18
- COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW — REPORT FOR AMERICA SET OUT TO GIVE LOCAL NEWS A BOOST — 10/5/18
- NEWSY — HOW THIS ORGANIZATION IS TRYING TO SAVE LOCAL NEWS — 10/5/18
- COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY — A CHAMPION FOR COMMUNITY JOURNALISM — 7/18/18
- MARIA SHRIVER’S SUNDAY PAPER — MEDIA VETERAN CO-FOUNDS ‘REPORT FOR AMERICA’ TO PROVIDE QUALITY JOURNALISM TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES — 7/1/18
- THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY — ADVANCE THE PUBLIC GOOD, BIG DONORS, BY SAVING JOURNALISM — 5/1/18
- NIEMAN LAB — WHO’S WHO IN LOCAL NEWS: A GUIDE TO THE BIGGEST BRAINS AND BANK ACCOUNTS IN THE FIGHT FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM — 4/25/18
- THE NEW YORK TIMES — REPORT FOR AMERICA SUPPORTS JOURNALISM WHERE CUTBACKS HIT HARDEST — 4/15/18
- WASHINGTON POST — THE CRISIS IN JOURNALISM HAS BECOME A CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY — 4/11/18
- STREET FIGHT — REPORT FOR AMERICA’S ‘STAGGERING’ START IN BUILDING A ‘BETTER LOCAL MEDIA SYSTEM’ — 4/5/18
- SMERCONISH.COM — FINDING TRUTH, ONE REPORTER AT A TIME — 3/5/18
- PACIFIC STANDARD — LOCAL REPORTING IS DYING. THIS TRAINING CORPS WANTS TO BRING IT BACK. — 2/20/18
- NONPROFIT QUARTERLY — NONPROFITS INCREASINGLY CENTRAL TO THE FUTURE OF THE NEWS — 2/12/18
- COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW — JOURNALISM’S NEW PATRONS: NEWSPAPERS DEEPEN EMBRACE OF PHILANTHROPY — 2/8/18
- CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — SUN-TIMES WINS REPORT FOR AMERICA GRANT TO HIRE NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTER — 2/8/18
- DALLAS MORNING NEWS — REPORT FOR AMERICA SELECTS DALLAS MORNING NEWS FOR LOCAL REPORTING INITIATIVE — 2/8/18
- POYNTER — REPORT FOR AMERICA’S HEADING TO TEXAS, CHICAGO, MISSISSIPPI AND MORE — 2/8/18
- THE RINGER — THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF LOCAL NEWS — 1/10/18
- COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW — TAKING HEART FROM TOP-DOWN EFFORTS TO BOLSTER LOCAL JOURNALISM — 12/29/17
- OZY — THE NEW ‘PEACE CORPS’ FOR JOURNALISM — 11/6/17
- WBUR — THE CONSEQUENCES OF DECLINING LOCAL JOURNALISM — 10/7/17
- THE WASHINGTON POST — TENSION BETWEEN TRUMP AND THE MEDIA? THAT’S NOTHING COMPARED TO JOURNALISM’S WORST CRISIS. — 10/1/17
- MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL — MOVEMENT AIMS TO PLACE 1,000 JOURNALISTS IN NEWSROOMS IN NEXT 5 YEARS — 9/28/17
- POYNTER — REPORT FOR AMERICA CO-FOUNDERS ON ‘EMERGING’ JOURNALISTS, GOOGLE’S ROLE AND DIVERSITY — 9/27/17
- LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER — HERALD-LEADER OPENING PIKEVILLE BUREAU AS PART OF ALLIANCE TO BOOST APPALACHIAN NEWS — 9/26/17
- THE FEDERALIST — WILL SENDING 1,000 YOUNG REPORTERS TO LOCAL NEWSROOMS IMPROVE JOURNALISM? — 9/26/17
- POYNTER — REPORT FOR AMERICA LAUNCHES WITH A PILOT IN APPALACHIA — 9/26/17
- CHARLESTON GAZETTE-MAIL — ‘REPORT FOR AMERICA’ PILOT PROJECT BEGINS IN APPALACHIA — 9/26/17
- WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING — MEDIA PARTNERSHIP BRINGS REPORTING POWER BACK TO SOUTHERN W.VA., EASTERN KY. — 9/26/17
- LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER — HERALD-LEADER OPENING PIKEVILLE BUREAU AS PART OF ALLIANCE TO BOOST APPALACHIAN NEWS — 9/26/17
- COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW — THE MEDIA TODAY: JOURNALISM AS NATIONAL SERVICE — 9/19/17
- MEDIASHIFT — WHY IT’S TIME FOR ‘REPORT FOR AMERICA,’ A PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM FOR JOURNALISTS — 9/19/17
- NIEMAN LAB — REPORT FOR AMERICA WANTS TO PLACE (AND HELP PAY FOR) YOUNG REPORTERS IN LOCAL NEWSROOMS THAT NEED THEM — 9/19/17
- POYNTER — REPORT FOR AMERICA AIMS TO GET 1,000 JOURNALISTS IN LOCAL NEWSROOMS IN NEXT 5 YEARS — 9/18/17
- GOOGLE’S THE KEYWORD — SUPPORTING LOCAL JOURNALISM WITH REPORT FOR AMERICA — 9/18/17