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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 $60 million for Report for America newsrooms.
Reporting with Real Impact
Corps member Rebecca Cadenhead’s investigation into a Tennessee juvenile detention center found that, contrary to public statements, the facility was regularly keeping children as young as 13 in solitary confinement. State law prohibits holding children in isolation for more than two hours, but there they were held alone for weeks or even months, going days without time outside or social contact. The investigation led to a county ordinance strictly limiting solitary confinement for children.
Rebecca Cadenhead
Report for America corps member
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
Report for America corps member and Catchlight fellow Ellen Schmidt was on the ground covering ICE-related events in Minnesota as they unfolded. From protests to residents’ encounters with agents to moments of communal gathering, Schmidt documented the breadth of the effects of ICE’s presence in the Twin Cities. Schmidt’s coverage showed the importance of having reporters embedded in a community in order to provide rapid-response coverage in times of crisis.
Ellen Schmidt
Report for America corps member
MinnPost
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.