Local government

CivicLex

CivicLex is a nationally-recognized nonprofit working to strengthen civic health in Lexington, Kentucky by helping our community understand & get involved in local issues, connect with their neighbors, and have a say in decision making.

J. The Jewish News of Northern California

Named the best Jewish news in the United States, J. The Jewish News of Northern California has an 11-person strong editorial staff and a budget of 2.9M. Nonprofit and completely independent, J.'s mission is to inform, connect and strengthen the diverse Jewish community of Northern California. We fulfill that mission by publishing stories daily online and biweekly in print, covering news from antisemitic incidents to relevant legislation to cultural happenings.

Jefferson Public Radio

Jefferson Public Radio is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public media organization serving Southern Oregon and Northern California. JPR focuses on in-depth, fact-based journalism that helps spark meaningful community conversations. Through local and regional reporting, JPR keeps people informed and connected, especially in rural and remote areas, shedding light on the decisions and issues that shape daily life.

inewsource

inewsource is a nonprofit newsroom serving San Diego since 2009 with investigative reporting that safeguards community interests and holds power to account. Through its signature Documenters program, inewsource trains and pays community members to attend public meetings and take notes. inewsource prioritizes innovation, including interactive and illustrated storytelling across platforms, and is the only local member of the Trust Project. Through various media partners, inewsource publishes its journalism on the web, social media, radio and television for local, state and national audiences.

The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, digital-first news organization that informs and engages with Texans on public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. This news organization's site provides vital information and news to millions of Texans for free, and its journalism is distributed through more than 60 statewide media partners to local outlets. Partnerships with platforms including ProPublica, Apple News, and SmartNews put its content before a nationwide audience.

New York Focus

New York Focus unmasks power in the Empire State. As the only nonprofit publication with an emphasis on state-level coverage, we produce deeply reported, investigative stories on the systems, decisions and actors that affect communities throughout New York. While most local accountability coverage is directed at New York City, we keep an eye on Albany — the notoriously corrupt and quietly impactful center of power throughout the state.

The St. Louis American

The St. Louis American is a weekly newspaper established in 1928. It has grown to become the largest weekly in the state and a leading voice for the African-American community in the St. Louis area.

Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader

The Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader is the rare, locally owned and operated newspaper that occupies the same building it’s been in for more than a century. That’s more than history — it’s a living promise to the community. The mission of The Leader is to fairly, thoroughly and accurately cover our community within the framework of standards-based professional American journalism. We commit to fearless, in-depth reporting that informs, investigates and strengthens our community.

WRKF

WRKF Baton Rouge Public Radio was founded in 1980 by community members to inform and entertain area residents. It provided NPR news, cultural programming, and local news reporting. Now, in addition to broadcasting news coverage, WRKF produces podcasts and online news. The station increased its capacity for local news reporting by partnering with WWNO public radio in the neighboring city of New Orleans in 2017. The combined newsroom now has a ten-person news team.

WSLS–TV

WSLS-TV, the Graham Media Group station in Roanoke, VA, has been a cornerstone of the Roanoke community since its establishment in 1952 as the region’s first television station. Now, we’re looking to reinvent local broadcast news. As part of an incubator program, we’re hiring three RFA Corps Members to develop local news videos each day, mainly delivered on social media to start. We will analyze daily video experiments, discovering the preferences of our target audience: people in their 30s and 40s who care about their community but don’t connect to existing local news brands. What we learn will help transform WSLS—and the industry.