Deadline: 30-Sep-21
Applications are now open to become a 2022 Host Newsroom Partner.
The Foundation help you bring accountability journalism to news holes you’ve long wanted to plug but haven’t had the resources.
One of the goals of this program is to encourage local philanthropy to support journalism in a bigger way. They also believe that successful news organizations will have to build stronger community support in general whether its through membership, subscriptions, events or philanthropy. So they strongly encourage news organizations to involve the community to support the RFA corps member.
Funding Information
They pre-screen emerging journalists who meet your needs, and pay half their salary, up to $25,000. (Their cap is $30,000 for very experienced journalists.) You and local donors split the rest, though they can help you raise the local share. You make the final reporter selection. And they work for you—not them.
Eligibility Criteria
Any news organization that is committed to providing objective, civically important local journalism. That could include public radio stations, newspapers, digital narrative sites, commercial TV stations, community media centers, or journalism schools providing direct journalism. The organization can be nonprofit or commercial.
Selection Criteria
- These are the main criteria:
- Is there an important need? (Are there under-covered topics, communities or geographic areas?)
- What is the beat you’ll create to deploy RFA corps members to help fill your news gap?
- Can you provide the local match?
- Do you provide good editing and mentoring?
- Other factors include having the following:
- A way to distribute the content for maximum impact
- A good plan for assessing success
- A commitment to trust-building behaviors (transparency of process, transparency of article types).
For more information, visit https://www.reportforamerica.org/news-rooms/