Four mothers call Black Press to action, “Tell our stories” When Cary Ball Jr. was shot and killed by St. Louis police officers in 2013, his mother Toni Taylor felt the media only painted half of the picture — with one exception: The St. Louis American reporter Rebecca Riva. “The reporter that I trusted from
Sliding into DMs, an unconventional workspace and excitement for bison Stefania Lugli first learned about Report for America as a digital intern with our nonprofit home, The GroundTruth Project. Most of her work involved supporting corps members with their dispatches. Within weeks, she knew she wanted to be a corps member. “I was determined to
In a tumultuous year of reporting, a corps member finds solace in her service project. So much has happened in Minnesota since Zoë Jackson joined The Star Tribune as a Report for America corps member last summer. She was meant to cover young voters and politics, and soon became a COVID-19 reporter as well. Now,
Emily Woodruff is a second-year Report for America corps member, who covers health care and public health in southern Louisiana for The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate with a focus on the New Orleans metro region. Headlines at the end of March blamed Mardi Gras for the potential spread of coronavirus, calling it a
Camille von Kaenel is a 2019-20 Report for America corps member, covering wildfire recovery for the Chico-Enterprise Record in Northern California, focusing on a region that was devastated by 2018’s deadly Camp Fire. As of June 2020, she is covering growth and development in San Diego County’s backcountry for inewssource. “I wish I knew that
During this global pandemic, show local news some love at a time when we need trusted, factual, on-the-ground journalism. Use Command+F on a Mac, or Ctrl+F on a PC to find a specific state, region (South, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast and West) or newsroom. Click on the newsroom name to support that newsroom’s Report for America
NEW YORK – In 2020, Report for America will continue its ambitious work to place its most diverse corps yet, with new support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This new partnership will fuel Report for America’s efforts to quadruple its reach, fielding 250 corps members, and furthering a track record and mission-critical goal
NEW YORK — Today, Report for America announced its 2019 partner newsrooms quadrupled the program’s goals for local fundraising in 2019, raising more than $800,000 from more than 1,150 local donors, and nearly $1 million when including partners running public radio campaigns. Report for America, an initiative of The GroundTruth Project, leverages a three-to-one regional