Report for America Places Record 250 Young Journalists in Local Newsrooms Next Year

At a time when the future of local journalism seems uncertain amid mergers, closures and layoffs, Report for America is announcing its “largest corps member class ever,” placing 250 young journalists in newsrooms around the country. The announcement from RFA, an initiative of the GroundTruth Project, was teased over the weekend and came Monday morning via Twitter: “RFA is excited to announce our 2020-2021 host newsrooms! We are honored to partner with these outstanding 164 news organizatio...