To encourage more investigative reporting in local newsrooms and to help local reporters hone those skills, Report for America is partnering with Investigative Editing Corps to oversee up to 10 projects over the next two years in its host newsrooms. Today, the organizations are announcing the first five newsroom partners, which were selected among newsrooms
Report for America presented awards to journalists in nearly a dozen categories and named a Mentor of the Year at its third annual “Local News Awards,” held virtually, May 17, following a ceremony honoring the program’s recent graduates. More than 300 entries were submitted this year, showcasing compelling and impactful local reporting from across
See the new corps member assignments here. As newsroom layoffs continue to make headlines across the industry, Report for America is pleased to announce that it will place more than 60 reporters and photojournalists in new positions at local newsrooms across the country this summer. These new corps members join hundreds more who will
One year after Report for America released Community News Funds: Local foundations lead the way with a pivotal new strategy for community journalism, its local sustainability team revisited the seven communities profiled in the original study. The results of their work, trends in collaborative philanthropic work for local journalism, and a call to action are
Here’s how America voted, and prepared for voting, leading up to and throughout the midterm elections– as told by Report for America corps members.
Report for America brought together 14 communities last week to launch a history-making effort to catalyze news funding for communities across America. The Community News Fund Workshop brings together for the first time news and philanthropy leaders who have created news funds in their communities — or who seek to do so. They will spend the
This year, Report for America corps members covered issues critical to communities across the United States, including America’s education system, the threat and impact of climate change, the midterm elections, and more. It’s been a whirlwind of a year, but we’re excited to look back, and can’t wait for what lies ahead in 2023. Report
See the full list of new newsrooms and beats here. Report for America has announced the selection of nearly 30 new host newsroom partners, while opening applications for dozens of new reporting and photojournalism corps positions—to include a wide variety of beats—across the United States and Puerto Rico. “Far too many Americans desperately need reliable,
Here’s how America voted, and prepared for voting, leading up to and throughout the midterm elections– as told by Report for America corps members.
Hispanic and Latino journalists are historically underrepresented in journalism, with higher estimates estimating they make up around 11% of newsroom staff. Report for America is changing these statistics. We currently partner with five Latino-owned newsrooms. Roughly 21% of our corps members identify as Hispanic or Latino, and many of them cover beats specific to Latino