KOTZ
KOTZ is a nonprofit public radio station that serves the Northwest Arctic. The news department covers everything from local city government and megadevelopment projects, to climate change and mining. We have a small one-person newsroom.
2026-2027
KRBD Rainbird Community Radio
KRBD is a public radio station in Ketchikan, Alaska, and is owned and operated by Rainbird Community Broadcasting. KRBD is a community radio station that seeks to inform, engage, enlighten, and delight to make a positive difference in the lives of the people of Southern Southeast Alaska. The station is located on Revillagigedo Island, in the heart of the Tongass National Forest, and serves a listening area of approximately 18,000 to 20,000 people, including the communities of Ketchikan, Saxman, Metlaktla, Craig, Klawock, Thorne Bay and Hydaburg. KRBD is a vital news source for the area, as well as the area’s LP-1 emergency provider.
Dallas Free Press
Dallas Free Press, a nonprofit news site, launched in January 2020 with the mission of amplifying voices and exploring solutions to the city’s systemic inequities. It focuses community journalism efforts on three zip codes in South Dallas and West Dallas, which are predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods, respectively.
Camilo Diaz Jr.
Prior to joining the Dallas Free Press as a visual journalist, Camilo Diaz Jr. was a video intern at KERA, the NPR and PBS member station for North Texas, where he developed a deep appreciation for video production, making his inner child smile by working at a station he watched growing up. He also worked as a multimedia fellow at the Fort Worth Report, covering local news in his hometown. As a teenager, he began documenting his community and identity through photography, leading him to the world of photojournalism. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a concentration in photojournalism from the University of North Texas.
Isabelle Taft
Isabelle Taft covers immigration for New York Focus through Report for America. Prior to joining Focus, she was a reporting fellow on the National desk at the New York Times, covering breaking news around the United States and writing about criminal justice, higher education and immigration. Before that, she spent four years in Mississippi reporting for Mississippi Today, the Biloxi Sun Herald and ProPublica. Her investigation into Mississippi's practice of jailing people with no criminal charges to await mental health treatment helped lead lawmakers to overhaul the involuntary commitment process there. Taft's first full-time journalism job was copy editing at Viet Nam News in Hanoi. She speaks Spanish and is proud to be from Atlanta.
Gabby Birenbaum
Gabby Birenbaum is the Washington Correspondent at The Texas Tribune. Prior to joining the Trib, Birenbaum was the D.C. Correspondent at The Nevada Independent, covering the 2024 election, the state's congressional delegation and a host of policy issues in the swing state. In the past, she's covered politics and policy at The Washington Monthly, Vox, The Hill and The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Birenbaum holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from Northwestern University. She's an Arlington, VA native and avid Washington sports fan.
Diego Vargas
Before joining Fresnoland as a Report for America corps member, Diego served as their community correspondent and covered stories in multiple beats, including local government, transportation and elections in Fresno County. He began as a general assignment student writer for Fresnoland in 2023 while serving as editor-in-chief for The Collegian, Fresno State's student-run newspaper. At the paper, he started his journalism career as an Arts & Entertainment editor and was involved in transitioning its weekly newspaper edition to a 24-page print magazine with a focus on long-form stories. He earned his bachelor's degree in digital journalism from Fresno State, speaks Spanish natively and is passionate about photojournalism.
Danielle Dawson
Danielle Dawson is a collaborative investigative reporter for InvestigateWest, focusing on communities in eastern and central Oregon. Before joining Report for America, she worked as a digital reporter for FOX 5/KUSI in her hometown of San Diego, California, covering a wide range of topics — from City Hall, local elections and legal battles to business and public health. Prior to that, Dawson interned at the award-winning local investigative publication, inewsource, where she wrote about renters facing eviction at the end of COVID-era assistance programs and the uneven use of local laws to enforce homeless encampments. Dawson holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and bachelor’s degrees in literary journalism and dance from University of California, Irvine. In her down time, she loves attending concerts, reading and checking out new coffee shops.
Andy Lusk
Andy Lusk is the mid-cities communities reporter for NPR member station KERA in Dallas. He is a returning Report for America corps member, having spent two years with KUCB, the NPR member station serving Alaska's Aleutian and Pribilof Islands. While in Alaska, Andy was an award-winning general assignment reporter with a focus on local and tribal government. He previously reported for InvestmentWires, a financial trade publication based in New York City. Born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Andy grew up on Carolina barbecue but is willing to give Texas dry rubs a try. He spends his free time hiking and writing fiction. If you run into him in the wild, tell him about your favorite book. Andy is an alumnus of New York University with a bachelor's degree in sociology.
Grant Ritchey
Prior to joining the Racine County Eye, Grant Ritchey covered K-12 education at Knox Pages in Ohio for three years, writing solutions-journalism-focused stories on Knox County's public schools. He also covered local government and crime at the Ashland Times-Gazette.