Towns & cities (general assignment)

The Kansas City Beacon

The Beacon is a new nonprofit, digital only news outlet based in Kansas City, covering the two million-person metro and both sides of the state line (Kansas and Missouri). Our mission: To spur reforms in the public interest by shining light on wrongdoings and abuse by government, businesses and other institutions in the region through in-depth, solutions-driven journalism. The Beacon was founded in April 2019 and will begin publishing in early 2020.

Texas Public Radio

Texas Public Radio operates seven public radio stations, serving a wide swath of South Central Texas. Our aggregated service area consists of 22 counties covering 20,000 square miles. Two of our stations (KSTX, 24/7 news and information, and KPAC, 24/7 classical music) serve the San Antonio area. The other five stations provide service to the Hill Country, the Highland Lakes, Snyder, Del Rio and Gonzales. These are our Tex-Net stations.

Technical.ly

Technical.ly is a major part of narrating economic change for the communities we serve. We’re interested in second and third tier regional economies. We’ve reported on each of our communities for five or more years, the longest being Philadelphia for a decade. Our reporters are trained to be deeply ingrained in the communities we serve, while also holding perspective from around other local economies. We are read by serious technologists, experienced entrepreneurs and economic development leaders who allocate resources among constituencies.

Sun Herald

The Sun Herald is a local news organization that produces a website, a newspaper and top-notch social media engagement. We may be small in numbers, but we're big on accountability and visual journalism that makes a difference. We've been serving our community for over 130 years and pride ourselves on investigative stories that no one else here will touch. We consistently win numerous state journalism awards and have been awarded McClatchy's highest journalism honor for four of the last five years.

Star Tribune

The digital and print Star Tribune, based in Minneapolis and founded in 1867, has statewide reach in Minnesota and bureaus in the State Capitol in St. Paul, Duluth and Washington, D.C. It is the largest newsroom in the state. "'Every day we strive to produce journalism that truly matters to Minnesotans,'" notes our mission statement. "'Our highest priority is public service -- shining a light on issues that deeply affect their lives and holding local and state government and institutions accountable.'" Our newsroom places a high priority on ongoing training and the programs we offer provide a rich environment for young journalists to flourish.

Spectrum News 13

Spectrum News 13 is a 24-hour news station based in Orlando engaging communities around central Florida. We bring compelling and valuable hyperlocal content, including news, politics, weather, and traffic to our audiences through high-quality multimedia journalism. We break local TV news traditions and go beyond crime-chasing to create long-form stories with innovative technology and journalistic approaches. Our newsroom serves the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metropolitan area, producing about 8 hours of live news and 16 hours of recorded content, daily.

South Dakota Public Broadcasting

SDPB reaches South Dakotans through television, radio, and digital content. We are South Dakota’s NPR and PBS affiliate. We're the only statewide news organization in South Dakota operating 9 Television and 11 Radio stations covering over 97% of the state. Our strategic plan vision states SDPB is the media organization for all South Dakotans no matter where they live by 2033. We produce 15 daily newscasts, a two-hour daily radio public affairs program, an hour weekly television public affairs program, several podcasts, blog posts, news website and a robust Facebook following with featured digital videos.

San Antonio Express-News

The San Antonio Express-News is a legacy daily whose roots go back to 1865. For many years, the paper was known as “the Voice of South Texas,” a motto that still appears on our masthead. San Antonio is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, and we aim to be an authoritative and indispensable source of local and regional news. We aggressively cover City Hall, county government, the largest local school districts, courts and law enforcement. We also do ambitious enterprise reporting on the U.S.-Mexico border and U.S. immigration policy. Other coverage priorities include local arts and cultural institutions, high school sports, the San Antonio Spurs, and a burgeoning food and restaurant scene. Our editorial board maintains a robust opinion section – two pages per day of editorials, letters and op-ed pieces. We are part of Hearst Co. and share a Statehouse bureau in Austin and a Washington team with our sister paper, the Houston Chronicle.

Sahan Journal

Sahan Journal is a one-month-old, digital-only news website whose mission is to provide fair, groundbreaking coverage that illuminates issues affecting Minnesota immigrants and refugees, and to chronicle how these communities are changing and redefining what it means to be a Minnesotan. We are expanding our audience by partnering with ethnic news media in the state and Minnesota Public Radio News, one of the largest newsrooms in Minnesota.

Redding Record Searchlight

The Record Searchlight is a leading source for news and information north of Sacramento, California. We are part of the USA Today Network and have an ambitious newsroom. The Record Searchlight is tightly woven into its community and traces its modern history to the first edition of the Redding Record in 1938, when work began on the construction of Shasta Dam. For eight decades it has been the leading news source in Shasta County and neighboring rural counties in California’s vast but sparsely populated North State.