Report for America helps local newsrooms plug holes in their coverage. We’re accepting applications now, through Sept. 30, from newsrooms that want us to help them find great reporters, for under-covered communities or topics, and pay half their salary. Many of the beats of our 300 journalists, working in more than 200 newsrooms, are what
Forty-five percent of corps members are journalists of color, reflecting America’s diverse communities Report for America today announced the placements of some 300 journalists for its 2021 reporting corps. The cohort, which includes a number of corps members returning for a second or third year, will join the staffs of more than 200 local
Supporters commit nearly $5M this week toward a $15M year-end goal; challenge other philanthropic partners to match the commitment Today, Report for America shared plans to expand its efforts to eliminate America’s news deserts with support from a diverse network of philanthropists. To reach its aim of placing a reporter in every community, Report for
Report for America today released Local News Philanthropy: Strong Signs of Positive Movement, a report on local sustainability and development efforts by the nonprofit program’s newsroom partners in 2020. The report underscores the fact that the demand by communities for local news is healthy—it’s the industry’s business model that must change. “It’s time for local
Report for America today announced that it will release its 2020 Local Newsroom Sustainability Report during the Knight Media Forum, hosted virtually by the Knight Foundation, March 2-4. The upcoming report includes the striking news that Report for America newsroom partners raised 61% more funding per reporter in 2020 than in 2019, jumping from a
Report for America today announced $500,000 in support from Lumina Foundation of Indianapolis. Report for America is a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Over the next two years, Lumina’s grant will help support Report for America corps members covering issues pertaining to racial justice.
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 unveils more than sixty new newsroom partners—including a doubling of Black and Hispanic owned media—and opens the application window for new reporters (EDITOR’S NOTE: A list of new host newsrooms and added positions follows. A complete list of all newsrooms can be found here) Report for America today announced the selection of
Local news has been gasping for air for several years now, exasperated by shrinking advertising revenue, and more recently, the coronavirus. Yet Report for America’s Todd Franko has more than two million reasons to be grateful this year—$2.1 million, to be specific. Franko is leading efforts to help partner newsrooms raise funds locally to support
This month, Craig Newmark, the founder of craigslist, announced $250,000 in support of Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms. This renewed partnership with Craig Newmark Philanthropies will fuel Report for America’s efforts to train and support 225 corps members across the United States this year, as the program