Dear Reader, If you’ve been following my work—or if we’ve crossed paths along this journey—you know that I’ve always believed that on-the-ground reporting—authentic, local storytelling—is the ...

Priska Neely is a journalist, leader and mentor based in Birmingham, Alabama. Before joining Report for America, she was the founding managing editor of the Gulf States Newsroom, building a team of ...

Teenagers in orange aprons, wrenches in hand, are doing their part to counter the inequity in transportation options for Baltimore’s residents, one bike repair at a time. In Connecticut, a nurse and ...

“Stories are able to operate on two levels. On the surface, they deal with particulars involving a range of facts related to a given time and place, a local culture and a social group–and it is these ...

Anya Schiffrin is the director of the Technology, Media, and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a senior lecturer who teaches on ...

Dinesh Balliah is the Director of the Wits Centre for Journalism. She is the former deputy public advocate of the Press Council of South Africa, and until very recently, chaired the board of the ...

Maddie Mott is the Manager for Local News Sustainability at Report for America. She comes to Report for America from The Public's Radio, Rhode Island's NPR member station, where she was the Director ...

Five years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power on a wave of Hindu nationalist fervor that has rippled throughout the country. Starting this week, the country will decide whether Modi’s ...

Report for America has created more than 600 local reporting positions with more than 300 news organizations across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and Washington, D.C. since 2017. Each is focused on ...

Jordan Meranus is an entrepreneur who has helped start and lead a number of high-impact education organizations. Currently, Jordan serves as the CEO and co-founder of Ellevation, a software company ...