https://d11c61iuuht6ew.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/volunteer_week_kick-off-1080p.mp4 National Volunteer Week is a time to recognize the time and effort that volunteers put into their service to better their communities. Report for America corps members volunteer their time on a service project, generally a student journalism or youth media project, to help teach media literacy and storytelling skills to the next generation.
https://d11c61iuuht6ew.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/volunteer_week_kick-off-1080p.mp4 National Volunteer Week is a time to recognize the time and effort that volunteers put into their service to better their communities. Report for America corps members volunteer their time on a service project, generally a student journalism or youth media project, to help teach media literacy and storytelling skills to the next generation.
https://d11c61iuuht6ew.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/community_news_fund_webinar_april_13th_-_paulette_brown-hinds-1080p-1.mp4 Register today! How can local philanthropy and newsroom leaders create a more sustainable model to save local journalism? Report for America invites community foundations and local newsroom leaders to discuss a major new trend — the creation of “Community News Funds” — during a virtual panel, April 13, at 2 p.m. EDT. The event
Nineteen newsrooms have been selected to be part of the RFA/LMA Sustainability Lab, a new partnership between Report for America, Local Media Association and Meta Journalism Project to catalyze philanthropic and business model innovation for local newsrooms. Support from Meta Journalism Project will enable newsrooms in the lab, run by LMA for RFA partner media
Journalists play a crucial role in holding governments accountable, transparent and uncorrupted. Watchdog reporting exposes conflicts of interest for public officials, ensures fiscal responsibility, creates safer communities to live in and more. Access to public records is a fundamental part of this type of reporting. Since 2005, journalists, publishers, journalism educators and others have used
This International Women’s Day, we spoke with Becky Jacobs, a Report for America corps member who writes about women’s issues and the status of women in Utah for The Salt Lake Tribune. “We knew that during the coronavirus pandemic, women were disproportionately affected economically, in terms of jobs but also taking on responsibilities with kids
This Sunday’s edition of CBS “60 Minutes” will look at the crisis in local news and how hedge funds and other financial firms have swallowed up newspapers, closed newsrooms and slashed staff. The episode will feature Report for America as one answer to the crisis and the threat it poses to democracy. Report for America
Read the Community News Funds Report Report for America has released a new report that identifies a major new trend – the creation of “Community News Funds” – and outlines how the new funds can be created. The new strategy involves community foundations working in conjunction with local news leaders in creating a single, permanent
Let’s face it, journalism isn’t exactly the most glamorous of professions. It doesn’t always pay all that well. Not every story is exciting. And the stereotypes that lead to mistrust of the media? We’ll save that for another day. The truth is that journalism is a public service—an opportunity to inform the public while holding
Report for America corps member Monique John reports for WCPO, a TV and digital news outlet in Cincinnati where she focuses on gentrification. Broadcast journalists! Report for America has 10 great, open positions for reporters with TV and related experience. Apply today: The deadline for these, and all open corps member positions, is Monday,