Report for America recently announced several new partnership and program developments designed to bring immediate and long-term solutions to the challenges facing local news.
Over 100 newsrooms will make up the 2025-2026 cohort, with three-quarters partnering with Report for America as traditional host newsrooms for corps members, and a select group taking part in a pilot accelerator program to develop sustainable business models through local philanthropy.
New Local Newsroom Partners and Accelerator Program Participants
The 66 incoming host newsroom partners represent some of the highest need areas for local news. Highlights of this cohort include the following:
- A majority (59%) are small newsrooms, with nine or fewer editorial staffers. The rest are largely midsize newsrooms of 10 to 49 editorial staffers.
- Coverage of rural communities, the environment and local government are the most requested beats of this group.
- 65% are nonprofit newsrooms; 35% are for profit.
- More than half (57%) are new newsroom partners with Report for America; the rest have had one or more corps members previously.
Find the list of incoming host newsroom partners and available journalist positions here.
Corps Member Applications Open
With host newsrooms selected, journalists are invited to apply for open positions by February 3, 2025. The Report for America model pairs the skills and passion of diverse, next generation reporters, photographers and videographers with local news organizations across the country.
Through their newsroom experience and Report for America training and mentorship, corps members create real impact in the communities they serve.
New England Incoming Host Newsrooms
HARTFORD, CT
Connecticut Public
Beat: Environment and Climate Change in Connecticut
Skills: Writing, Radio / Podcast, TV / Video, Photography
BANGOR, ME
Bangor Daily News
Beat: Rural government
Skills: Writing, TV / Video, Photography
SOUTH PORTLAND, ME
Portland Press Herald
Beat: Indigenous communities in Maine
Skills: Writing
HALLOWELL, ME
The Maine Monitor
Beat: Religion, politics, & society in Maine
Skills: Writing
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord Monitor/Monadnock Ledger Transcript
Beat: New Hampshire state government, politics and democracy
Skills: Data
Reporter: Charlotte Matherly
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
The Public’s Radio
Beat: Democracy and politics in Rhode Island
Skills: Bilingual Spanish, Radio/Podcast
Reporter: Paul C. Kelly Campos
BURLINGTON, VT
Seven Days
Beat: Vermont’s Immigrant and refugee communities and life along the northern border.
Skills: Writing, Photography
MONTPELIER, VERMONT
Vermont Public/VTDigger
Beat: Housing and infrastructure
Skills: Radio/Podcast, TV/Video
Reporter: Carly Berlin
MONTPELIER, VT
VTDigger
Beat: Wealth, poverty, and economic inequality
Skills: Writing