Report for America corps member Monique John reports for WCPO, a TV and digital news outlet in Cincinnati where she focuses on gentrification.
Broadcast journalists! Report for America has 10 great, open positions for reporters with TV and related experience. Apply today: The deadline for these, and all open corps member positions, is Monday, Jan. 31.
Here are the positions:
KFSN Television, Fresno, California
Beat: Agriculture and climate change in Fresno
KTRK Television, Houston, Texas
Beat: Effects of Houston’s oil and gas refinery pollution
Spectrum Networks, Cleveland, Ohio
Beat: The future of community life in Ohio
Spectrum Networks, Orlando, Florida
Beat: Orlando’s public healthcare system
Spectrum Networks, Syracuse, New York
Beat: Digital coverage of farming and food production in upstate NY
WPVI Television, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Beat: How climate change affects Philadelphia’s infrastructure and economy
WTVD Television, Raleigh, North Carolina
Beat: Fort Bragg and local veterans’ issues
WKRG News 5, Mobile, Alabama
Beat: George and Greene counties in eastern Mississippi
Nebraska Public Media, Lincoln, Nebraska
Beat: Portraits of Nebraskans, especially rural areas and residents of color
Georgia Public Broadcasting, Macon, Georgia
Beat: Rural healthcare in the “Stroke Belt.”
For more details on each position, look here.
About Report for America
Report for America is a national service program that places talented emerging journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered topics and communities. Launched in 2017, Report for America is creating a new, sustainable system that provides Americans with the information they need to improve their communities, hold powerful institutions accountable, and rebuild trust in the media. Report for America is an initiative of The GroundTruth Project, an award-winning nonprofit journalism organization with an established track record of training and supporting teams of emerging journalists around the world, including the recent launch of Report for the World in partnership with local newsrooms in India, Nigeria and Brazil.