Report for America announced today that applications are now open for news organizations interested in hosting more than 300 emerging journalists in their newsrooms for up to three years, beginning next June. Report for America is a national service program that places talented journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.
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Report for America Fields 95 Journalists of Color, 42 Percent of Corps
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