2026-2027

The Journal

The Journal is a growing nonprofit, nonpartisan news site published by the Kansas Leadership Center in Wichita, Kansas. It focuses on in-depth and solutions reporting about community issues. The full-time team includes an editor, staff reporter and an engagement manager. It works closely with experienced freelancers plus Wichita’s journalism collaborative and Documenters program. The Journal's reporting, particularly its investigative work, has won honors from the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Kansas Press Association.

MEDIALEX Community Newsroom

MEDIALEX is a public platform for local voices to share stories that matter through community-created news, information, and entertainment. MEDIALEX provides local news & information in multiple languages through fact-based reporting by trusted members of the community. The organization's public interest/public health reporting model has been recognized as an effective example of community-centered, collaborative local journalism.

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.

Montana Free Press/Mountain Journal/High Country News

Founded in 2016 by award-winning journalist John Adams, MTFP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-powered news organization dedicated to serving the information needs of all Montanans. In November 2024, Mountain Journal (est. 2017) became part of MTFP, uniting around a mission of deeply reported journalism on water, wildlife, energy, climate and land use in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. This reporter will also be contributing to the award-winning national magazine High Country News, as part of a new partnership with HCN and Mountain Journal.

The New Bedford Light

The New Bedford Light is a free, nonprofit, nonpartisan digital news outlet dedicated to community-based coverage of important local issues — health and safety, education, environment, economy, immigration, arts and culture, government and politics, and social justice.

The Associated Press – Arkansas

The Associated Press is a global news organization that is one of the world's most trusted sources of independent, nonpartisan and factual news in all formats. The AP is located in 100 countries and has journalists in all 50 states. More than half the world's population sees AP journalism every day.

Border Belt Independent

The Border Belt Independent is a nonprofit, digital newsroom that focuses on issues and challenges that affect Bladen, Columbus, Robeson, and Scotland counties in southeastern North Carolina.

Hunter Morrison

Prior to joining KRBD Community Radio in Southeast Alaska, Morrison reported on arts, fishing and the environment for KDLL Public Radio on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. His journalism career began in the Florida Panhandle, where he interned for an independently-run magazine covering business and culture. He later freelanced for a number of small town newspapers before making the transition to public radio at his college radio station, WUWF, in Pensacola, Florida. After graduating, Morrison left his life in Florida behind to embark on an Alaska adventure, where he spends his summers hiking and his winters skiing. Morrison holds a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of West Florida, where he was editor-in-chief of The Voyager, the student-run newspaper.

Ismael Lele

Before joining the Oklahoma Eagle, Lele worked as a reporting intern at the Tulsa World, serving audiences with stories related to homelessness, housing costs and gun violence. The previous summer, he contributed to a multimedia project analyzing the state of American democracy through Carnegie-Knight's News 21 program. At the University of Oklahoma, he earned a degree in journalism and worked for the independent student newspaper — The OU Daily — as a city reporter and editor. His interest in news writing stems from his high school days, when he wrote movie reviews and sports content for his high school paper, the Tiger Tribune.

Desiree Hagan

Desiree Hagen is a reporter based in Kotzebue, Alaska which is located about 30 miles above the Arctic Circle. She's worked in public radio for over a decade and started her carrer in journalism after hosting a podcast on Alaskan gardening and agriculture. She's worked as a reporter for KBBI in Homer, Alaska and KYUK in Bethel, Alaska. Currently she is news director for a one-person newsroom for KOTZ in Kotzebue.