Local Journalism, National Service

Become a Corps Member

We are looking for talented, ethical, insanely hard-working, gutsy, open-minded, service-oriented journalists to cover under-reported issues and communities in towns and cities throughout the country and hold powerful institutions accountable.

Become a Host Newsroom

We'll recruit for you talented journalists with the skills you need to cover critical beats. We'll pay roughly half their salary. And we'll help you fundraise more effectively. To date, we've helped unlock nearly $22 million for Report for America newsrooms.

Reporting with Real Impact

Samantha Hogan’s investigation uncovered sweeping errors in the financial oversight of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, revealing overbilling of up to $2.2 million by lawyers defending Maine’s poor. Her continued coverage, still ongoing, has sparked multiple state investigations and public defense reform.

Samantha Hogan

Samantha Hogan

Report for America corps member
Maine Monitor

Corps members Brandon Pho, Hosam Elattar and Noah Biesiada at Voice of OC have spent months covering developments in Anaheim, California, a city turned upside down by an FBI public corruption probe. The corps members’ continued reporting has led Anaheim City Council to push the city’s mayor to resign and community members to demand answers.

Brandon Pho, Hosam Elattar, Noah Biesiada

Brandon Pho, Hosam Elattar, Noah Biesiada

Report for America corps members
Voice of OC

Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, AK
Associated Press, 18 statehouses throughout U.S.
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD
Casper Star-Tribune, Wind River Reservation, WY
Centro Del Periodismo Investigativo, San Juan, PR
Chicago Sun Times, Chicago, IL
Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH
Community Voice, Wichita, KS
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX
Delaware Public Media, Dover, DE
El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL
FlintBeat.com, Flint, MI
Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA
Houston Public Media, Houston, TX
Iowa Public Radio, Des Moines, IA
Kansas City PBS, Kansas City, MO
Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, Louisville, KY
KUER, Salt Lake City, UT
La Noticia, Charlotte, NC
Miami Herald, Miami, FL
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
New Mexico In Depth, Rio Rancho, NM
Oklahoma Watch, Oklahoma City, OK
South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Vermillion, SD
Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, FL
Times-Picayune and The Advocate, New Orleans, LA
Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, MI
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC

Our Newsroom Partners

Participating newsroom partners include nonprofit and for-profit organizations, daily and weekly newspapers, digital only newsrooms, TV and radio stations. They’ve been in every state, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam.

Meet our Corps Members

Report for America recruits bring skills, new perspectives and passion to participating newsrooms.