Leaders from both the journalism and national service worlds have come together around this big vision. Report for America co-founders Charles Sennott and Steven Waldman are both nationally known, veteran journalists and social entrepreneurs dedicated to saving journalism.
Corps Excellence Project Coordinator
Director of Corps Excellence
Social Media Coordinator
Director of Photography
Co-Founder & GroundTruth CEO
Program Assistant
Manager of Local Sustainability and Development
Corps Excellence Regional Manager, Southwest
Manager of Impact and Evaluation
Training Coordinator
VP Strategic Initiatives
National Director
Director of Recruitment
Corps Excellence Regional Manager, Midwest
Director of Training and Service
Director of Operations
Corps Excellence Regional Manager, Northeast
Marketing and Public Relations Manager
Corps Excellence Regional Manager, South
Co-Founder & President
Corps Excellence Regional Manager, West
Director of Local Sustainability and Development
Senior Fellow, Democracy Fund, Former Director of Journalism, USC Annenberg
Senior Director, Gannett
CEO, Service Year Alliance, former Managing Dir., Corporation for National and Community Service
COO, Public Broadcasting System
Editor, National Review
Founder, AllDigitocracy
President, NewCoordinates Executive Search
Chief Content Officer, WFAE
Professor, USC Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism
Founder, Teach for America and Teach for All
Charles Koch Institute
CEO, Connecticut Public Broadcasting
Reporter, CBS News
National Security Correspondent, Fox News
Senior Investigative Reporter, WGBH
Senior VP, ABC News
President, The Economist
Producer, VICE News
Director of Practice Change, Solutions Journalism Network
Director of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative
Special Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Correspondent, ABC News Founder, Bob Woodruff Foundation
Former Head of Standards, PBS
President, Local Media Consortium
President, American Press Institute
Former Senior Editor, The Indianapolis Star; Former Editorial Page Editor, The Baltimore Sun
CEO, Spirited Media
Executive Director, Center for Community Media, CUNY Newmark
Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Department of Media Studies
Founder, Clickshare
Director, TED Residency
Executive Director of Project Accelerate, Seattle Times
Director of Borderzine.com
Deputy Weekend Editor, Washington Bureau, New York Times
Professor of the Practice, Northeastern University. Investigative Reporter, WCVB-TV
Director of Annenberg Media Center, Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism
Senior Managing Editor for WAMU in Washington, D.C.
Executive Director, Society of Professional Journalists
Journalist, Author and Documentary Film Producer
Digital Content Specialist, Mercer University. Formerly Senior Editor, Telegraph in Macon, Georgia.
Director of the Office of Career Development, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Former instructor, NYU. Former assistant editor, San Jose Mercury News
Communication Faculty, Washington Adventist University
Senior Local News Editor, Louisville Courier-Journal
Editor, The Foundry. Former Senior Editor at Time, Inc, Readers Digest, Beliefnet
Freelance Investigative Reporter, 2016 Boston Globe Spotlight Fellow, Director at Quinlan
Professor of Professional Practice, Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism
Knight Chair in Journalism, ASU Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Former IRE president. Former data editor at The New York Times, The Washington Post
Correspondent, National Geographic
Contributing Editor, Washingtonian and Washington Monthly
Digital News Editor, WBUR. Former 2018 NEFAC fellow. Former 2015 FASPE journalism fellow
Associate Professor Journalism, Quinnipiac University
Metro Reporter, Los Angeles Times
Senior Editor for News and Alerting, CNN Digital. President, National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
Partner, GMMB. Former Senior Editor, NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered
Hearst Journalism Fellow, University of Florida’s Brechner Center. Formerly Washington Correspondent, CNN
Urban Affairs Reporter, Texas Tribune. Former Senior Producer, In the Thick.
Washington Bureau Chief, TheCrimeReport.org. President, Criminal Justice Journalists
National Security Correspondent, Fox News
Journalist and Author. Executive Director, Sports Emmys
Journalism Consultant. Organizer, Poynter’s Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media
Columnist & Editorial Board Member, The Kansas City Star
Associate Professor of Professional Practice, USC Annenberg
Journalist on Call, Society of Professional Journalists
Director of Media Portfolio, The Charles Koch Institute
Vice President for Programming, CNN Digital
Public Health Reporter, New York Times
Former Metro Editor, The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Author, After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings
Former Editor-in-Chief, Consumer Reports
Freelance Journalist. Former Washington Bureau Chief, The Plain Dealer/Cleaveland.com
Climate, Energy & Environment reporter, Mother Jones
Assistant Dean and Director of Innovation News Center, University of Florida
Investigative Editor, ABC News
Chief Content Officer, WFAE in North Carolina. Former Managing Editor, WashingtonPost.com
Deputy Projects Editor, The Boston Globe
Emmy-Award Winning Reporter, WPRI-TV in Rhode Island
Local News Researcher & Data Analyst, Michele’s List, INN Index
Political Writer, Los Angeles Times. Former Knight-Wallace fellow, University of Michigan
Director, Spanish-Language Program, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Award-Winning Journalist on Indigenous Rights and Injustice, Tribal Citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna
Senior Editor, InsideClimate News
Director, Journalism Certificate Program, Wheaton College
Race, Identity and Changing Demographics Reporter, Oregon Public Broadcasting. Former Producer, NPR & WBUR’s Here & Now
Writer, NBC News & CNN
Professor Emeritus, USC Annenberg School of Journalism
Knight Professor of Practice in TV News Innovation, ASU Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Director of Photography and Executive Digital Producer, WGBH
Region II Director, National Association of Black Journalists
Journalist & Professor, Nieman Berkman Fellow ’15, Harvard University
Director of Journalism, Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism
Washington Correspondent, La Opinión/ Impremedia
General Manager, Marfa Public Radio
Founder, AllDigitocracy.org & Senior Fellow, Democracy Fund
Former Editor of the News Vertical, Dallas Morning News
Freelance Social Justice Journalist and Commissioning Editor
Chief Knowledge Officer, Institute for Nonprofit News
Deputy Editor for Digital, Fortune Magazine
Emmy-award winning television news producer. Director of Annenberg TV News, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Managing Director, Dow Jones News Fund
Director, Center for Narrative Journalism at Denison University
Managing Editor, The Marshall Project
Senior Editor, Literary Hub. Former Senior Multimedia Web Editor, PBS NewsHour Weekend
Veteran News Leader and Journalism Consultant based in North Carolina
Associate Professor, Medill School of Journalism
Growth Director, WhereBy.Us
Professor of Professional Practice, Annenberg School of Communication
Senior Vice President of Editorial Quality, ABC News
Reporter, Military Times. 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Vice President / News Operations, Gannett & the USA Today Network
Assigning Editor, iPondr
Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Managing Director, The Media Project
Director of Training and Diversity, Poynter
Associate Professor, The University of Illinois & George Washington University
Former Investigative Reporter, Wall Street Journal
Former Reporter and Lifestyles Editor, The Journal News. Former Health Editor, Consumer Reports. Development Communications Manager, Weill Cornell Medicine
Newscaster, NPR
Associate Professor of Journalism, Quinnipiac University
Managing Editor, Ohio Valley ReSource
Co-Founder, InvestigateWest
Editor for Culture, National Geographic; 2016 Neiman Fellow; Board Member, The Maynard Institute
Freelance journalist reporting on gender, migration and human rights
Director of Visual Journalism, The Dallas Morning News
Editorial Page Editor, The Miami Herald
Intern Supervisor and Editor, Random Lengths News
Editor, Reporter and Producer, WLRN
Owner and Head of Content, Latino News Network
Journalist, Teacher and Story Coach
President, PA Media Group
Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty
Reporter, Indian Country Today
Documentary Photographer
Senior Food & Agriculture Reporter, Politico; Winner of the James Beard Award for Food and Health
Reporter, The New York Times
Senior Reporter, The Detroit News
Reporter, CBS MoneyWatch
Editor, Bitterroot
Metro Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Managing Editor,
Al Día/The Dallas Morning News
Women and The Economy Reporter, The 19th News
Caribbean Correspondent, The Miami Herald
Senior Reporter, Frontline
Writer/Producer, CNN
Vice President for News and Civic Dialogue, WHYY
Former investigative journalist; Pulitzer Prize winner
Freelance multimedia journalist; Former Board Member, The National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Senior Reporter, The Arizona Republic
Former Editor-In-Chief, Austin Monthly; Editor, Computerworld; Reporter, The MetroWest Daily News in Massachusetts; Adjunct Professor; Freelance journalist
Reporter, Houston Chronicle
Wordslinger; Storyteller; Editor; Mentor
Freelance science and environmental journalist; board member, Society of Environmental Journalists
Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times
Senior Staff Editor, The New York Times; Board Member, Society of Environmental Journalists
News Director, Alabama Public Radio; Author, Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program
Local and State Politics Reporter, The Boston Globe
Assistant Professor of Photojournalism, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at The George Washington University
Freelance Photographer
Reporter, ProPublica
Former News Editor and Assistant Chief of Bureau for News, The Associated Press
Director, Black Media Initiative at Center for Community Media
Health and Science Reporter, Quartz
Senior Health Reporter, The Boston Globe; Board Member of Association of Health Care Journalists
Journalist; Director of Communications & Strategy, Center for Public Integrity; Pulitzer Prize winner
Content Advisor & Professional-In-Residence, Louisiana State University; North Louisiana Executive Editor, Shreveport Times/USA Today
Photojournalist, VII Agency
Communications Director, New Jersey Business Action Center
Assistant Political Editor, The Dallas Morning News
Reporter, WLGN Miami
Freelance Documentary Photographer
Professor of Journalism and Journalist
Northeast Regional Reporter, Rewire.News
Editor, The 19th
Investigative reporter, The Virginian-Pilot
Columnist, Kansas City Star; Pulitzer Prize finalist
Journalist and Author; Pulitzer Prize winner; Nominated for the “first novel” Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America
Journalist-on-Call, Society of Professional Journalists; former AP editor
Investigative Reporter, Seattle Times
The New York Times
Award-winning, international health reporter; Story editor, Global Press Journal
Investigative Data Journalist, The Markup
Correspondent, NPR
Freelance Writer
Housing Reporter, The Los Angeles Times
Business Reporter, ProPublica
Former Religion and Business Reporter, The Chicago Sun-Times
Higher education reporter, The Detroit News
Policy Editor for Immigration & Demographics, CQ Roll Call/FiscalNote
Senior staff writer and education writer, Daily Herald (suburban Chicago)
Freelance Writer/Editor
Managing Editor of Regional Investigations, USA Today/Gannett
Staff Writer, Sun Herald
Contributing Editor, High Country News; Board Member, The Native American Journalists Association; Citizen of the Cherokee Nation
Reporter; faculty member, Haskell Indian Nations University Media Communications
Editor, Post Talent Network, The Washington Post
Independent Photojournalist
Senior Editor/General Manager of The Sun News
Investigative reporter, ABC News
Director of Editorial Projects, Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Metro Reporter, Asbury Park Press
Reporter, Northwest Florida Daily News
Climate editor, National Catholic Reporter
Reporter, WBEZ
Senior Project and Communications Manager, Gannett/USA Today
Editor-in-chief and partner, Deke Digital; former editor, The Denver Post
Hurricane, environment, courts and crime editor, The Miami Herald; Pulitzer Prize winner (2001, breaking news reporting)
Visual Journalist, Chicago Sun-Times
Education Reporter, NPR
Managing Editor of Journalist’s Resource at the Harvard Kennedy School
Photographer, National Geographic
Editor, Florida Times-Union
Washington Correspondent, Telemundo digital platform
Editor, Community Impact Newspaper
Digital news editor, The Salt Lake City Tribune; Pulitzer Prize winner (2017, local reporting)
Opinion and Engagement Director, USA TODAY Network Tennessee/The Tennessean
2020 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow; former president of Native American Journalists Association
Senior Executive Producer, Sweet P Media and Adjunct Professor
Deputy editor, Long Island Desk, Newsday
International Correspondent, BuzzFeed News
Freelance social justice writer and commissioning editor
Journalist, Bring Me The News and Freelance Journalist
Editorial Writer/Columnist, Houston Chronicle
Photographer, Nina Robinson Photography
Former CEO & Program Director KNPR Las Vegas
Journalist specializing in LGBTQ coverage, Miami Herald – retired
Executive Editor, The Commercial Appeal
Newsdesk Editor, Axios
Syndicated columnist/Tribune, Independent Journalist
Golf coordinator, USA Today Network
Global Enterprise Writer, Associated Press
Freelance Journalist, The Immigrant Story
Data journalist, Reuters News
White House Reporter, Associated Press
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Investigative Correspondent, NPR
Managing Editor, New Ohio Review
Independent journalist; Former Investigative Producer, NBC6 in Miami; Founder, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
Editor, Klamath Falls Herald and News
Freelance journalist covering migration and politics
Criminal Justice Reporter, The Marshall Project
Associate Director, International Media Center & Associate Professor in School of Communication and Journalism, Florida International University
Senior National Editor, NPR
Digital & Social Architect
Senior editor of news, WBEZ (Chicago)
Senior editor, state and municipal government & education, Miami Herald
Senior Lecturer, Texas State University
Retired journalist and Freelance Writer specializing in Healthcare
Investigative reporter, USA Today
Assistant Editor, Navajo Times
Reporter covering religion, faith and spirituality, The Washington Post
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