Report for America - Model for Emerging Journalists

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Illustration Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Zeus, Patrick Yavitz, La Mula Francis
-Bella Lo
Report for America (RFA) is a program created to revive local newsrooms by recruiting a new wave of emerging journalists.  Journalists can apply to RFA, and newsrooms can apply to have a journalist.


For one year, a journalist who is an RFA corps member, can work in a local newsroom, receive extensive training and immerse themselves in the setting.  For the first year, the RFA will pay for half of the journalist’s salary, the local newsroom will pay for one quarter and local donors will also pay for one quarter.  After a second year, the local newsroom will pay for a larger portion of the journalist’s salary.

According to RFA’s website, “the crisis in journalism has become a crisis for our democracy,” so RFA wants to “strengthen journalism” and “restore trust in media.”  They hope that by 2022, they can place 1,000 journalists in local newsrooms who are reporting on under-covered issues and improve the local coverage that is needed in communities around America.  

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  1. AnonymousApril 30, 2018 at 9:37 AM

    I really like your topic, very relative and very useful. I agree, I think here in the US, we don't pay enough attention to the Journalism community and it's turned out to be a "crisis." Thanks for sharing.

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