Emily Woodruff covers healthcare and public health in southern Louisiana for The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate with a focus on The Big Easy’s metro region. As a healthcare reporter, Emily is a rare breed in the Pelican State, where few — if any — newsrooms have a full-time health reporter on staff, despite
Our 2019 corps members spent one week in Houston, Texas, training with top journalists from around the country. This included attending three days of RFA-exclusive sessions, the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference, several smaller RFA gatherings and evening events. Here are highlights from those sessions. Reporter Obed Manuel covers second-generation immigrant communities for the Dallas
Our 2019 corps members spent one week in Houston, Texas, training with top journalists from around the country. This included attending three days of RFA-exclusive sessions, the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference, several smaller RFA gatherings and evening events. Here are highlights from those sessions. Any good journalist knows that quality sourcing is the key
Carlos Ballesteros is a Report for America corps member and Chicago native who covers the city’s south and west sides at the Chicago Sun-Times. His stories run the gamut of community issues including development, profiles of community pillars and housing, plus breaking news and politics. Ballesteros, who will begin his second year with Report for
Every month, our Report Local newsletter delivers a round-up of impactful journalism to your inbox. With stories from Report for America corps members plus examples of significant public service journalism from local news organizations across the country, Report Local showcases and celebrates the power and promise of local news. In Issue No. 4, we highlight a
Eric J. Shelton is a Report for America corps member who is a photojournalist for Mississippi Today. He answered a few questions about his work as a local journalist for the latest edition of the Report Local newsletter. 1) As a journalist working in your home state of Mississippi, how has your knowledge of the state informed
Every month, our Report Local newsletter delivers a round-up of impactful journalism to your inbox. With stories from Report for America corps members plus examples of significant public service journalism from local news organizations across the country, Report Local showcases and celebrates the power and promise of local news. In Issue No. 3, we highlight