Report for America
  • About us
    • Our Mission
    • Who We Are
    • News and Press
    • Get Involved
    • Work for Us
    • 2019 Annual Report
  • Journalists
    • Application
    • Journalists Home
    • 2020-2021 Corps Members
    • 2019-2020 Corps Members
    • FAQs for Journalists
    • Our Journalists’ Work
    • Awards & Recognition
    • Training and Mentoring
    • Service Projects
  • Newsrooms
    • Newsrooms Home
    • 2021-2022 Newsrooms And Beats
    • 2020-2021 Newsrooms and Beats
    • 2019-2020 Newsrooms and Beats
    • FAQ for Newsrooms
  • Supporters
  • GroundTruth
  • Donate
Skip to content
Report for America Report for America
  • About us
    • Our Mission
    • Who We Are
    • News and Press
    • Get Involved
    • Work for Us
    • 2019 Annual Report
  • Journalists
    • Application
    • Journalists Home
    • 2020-2021 Corps Members
    • 2019-2020 Corps Members
    • FAQs for Journalists
    • Our Journalists’ Work
    • Awards & Recognition
    • Training and Mentoring
    • Service Projects
  • Newsrooms
    • Newsrooms Home
    • 2021-2022 Newsrooms And Beats
    • 2020-2021 Newsrooms and Beats
    • 2019-2020 Newsrooms and Beats
    • FAQ for Newsrooms
  • Supporters
  • GroundTruth
  • Donate

diversity

Celebrating Black History: Renaissance of the Black press

Alison Bethel McKenzie|February 24, 2021February 24, 2021

On Canyon Crest Drive in Riverside, California, sits Jammin’ Bakery and Café, a sandwich shop that recently closed. It is one of the latest casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. Paulette Brown-Hinds, publisher of Black Voice News, was a regular at the bakery and on Valentine’s weekend hosted a virtual farewell for people who’d read from

Report for America boosts diverse newsrooms and beats

Sam Kille|December 14, 2020December 15, 2020

Report for America has doubled the number of its partner newsrooms owned or operated by Black and Hispanic journalists and is increasing the number of beats covering communities of color in 2021. The nonprofit initiative, launched by The GroundTruth Project in 2017, will work with more than 20 newsrooms owned or operated by journalists of

Report for America Fields 95 Journalists of Color, 42 Percent of Corps

Sam Kille|May 7, 2020May 8, 2020

When Report for America announced the selection of 225 journalists for its 2020-21 reporting corps recently, it shared welcomed news for those calling on newsrooms to better reflect the diversity of the communities they serve: 42 percent of this year’s corps are persons of color. This stands in contrast to the reality that people of

Get great local public service journalism from our Report for America journalists

We’re committed to keeping your information safe. View our privacy policy.

Report for America

In 2017, GroundTruth launched Report for America.

  • Reporters
  • FAQ
  • Apply
  • Newsrooms
  • FAQ
  • Apply
  • About us
  • Get Involved
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Funders
  • Privacy Policy
Follow Us

Our mission is to restore journalism from the ground up by supporting the next generation through field reporting that serves under-covered corners of the world.

Learn More

Support Us

Your donation will be used to put talented journalists in the field, reporting on underserved communities and important topics.

Donate