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Assistant Program Manager, Report for the World
Job Title: Assistant Program Manager, Report for the World. Report for the World (RFW) is a global service journalism program that matches independent local newsrooms with talented journalist who cover critical beats including health, environment, gender, education, labor, disinformation and criminal justice. RFW launched in February 2021 and expanded to Brazil in September 2021, with a total of 15 reporters. With early support from the MacArthur Foundation, Google News Initiative and Microsoft, RFW doubled the size of the program to 30 reporters in eight countries in 2022, with the larger goal of supporting 500 reporters worldwide by 2026.
A light against the dark instincts that undercut democracy
When you look around the world, polarization and post-truth politics seems to be lurking in many corners. And fueling these dark instincts, a global phenomenon that undercuts one democracy after another keeps reappearing: the erosion of fair and independent journalism. We are continuing to push back against these trends by...
Report for the World opens a new global call for local newsroom applications
BOSTON, JAN 12, 2023 — Report for the World once again invites independent news organizations across the globe to join its growing network of host newsroom partners, as it deepens its presence in different regions through editorial collaborations and professional development of its reporting corps. Newsrooms are invited to...
The GroundTruth Project names Rob Zeaske CEO and President
BOSTON, Jan. 10, 2023—The GroundTruth Project, home of Report for America and Report for the World, is pleased to announce the selection of Rob Zeaske as its CEO and president, following a national search launched last summer. Zeaske will step into the role on Jan. 23, a return of sorts as he was the nonprofit’s chief operations officer from 2019-2020.
Queering the family farm: Despite obstacles, LGBTQ farmers find fertile ground in Midwest
Editor’s note: This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an editorially independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report For America and funded by the Walton Family Foundation. It was originally published in Wisconsin Watch on Dec 26 2022.
Listening to LGBTQ farmers helped me reconsider my place in the heartland
This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an editorially independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report For America and funded by the Walton Family Foundation. It was originally published in Wisconsin Watch on Dec 26 2022.
Report for the World holds its first ever corps member gathering, with a focus on environmental journalism
Report for the World reached a new milestone, as we held our first ever in-person gathering in São Paulo, Brazil last week, bringing together our Latin American corps members and newsroom partners for a two-day investigative journalism workshop. The training sessions were supported by journalismfund.eu. Participating corps members and...
Fighting for truth in Ukraine
Editor’s note: A barrage of dozens of Russian missiles targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure plunged the country into darkness and cold over the weekend. It was just the latest such attack in what Ukrainians fear is a stepped up Russian offensive that is grinding into action. As of today, (Monday) millions of Ukrainian civilians were still without electricity. In the capital of Kyiv nearly two-thirds of residents had no heat and no water as part of Russia’s campaign to weaponize the winter and freeze the population into submission.
Report for America adds newsrooms, opens applications for reporters
See the full list of new newsrooms and beats here. Report for America has announced the selection of nearly 30 new host newsroom partners, while opening applications for dozens of new reporting and photojournalism corps positions—to include a wide variety of beats—across the United States and Puerto Rico.
What Stands in the Way of Transgenic Mustard Becoming India’s First GM Food Crop?
On October 18, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, a regulatory body under the environment ministry, approved the “environmental release” of the mustard DMH-11. DMH-11, a mustard hybrid, is the product of work by scientists at the Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants, University of Delhi. One of...
Authoritarianism’s rise and journalism’s fall are intersecting
Editor’s note: This column was originally published in The Boston Globe on October 28, 2022. Brazil’s runoff presidential election on Sunday is not only a fateful moment for the country’s democracy but a stark illustration of what happens when journalism and truth itself come under attack. In...
Small Gains Made in Recovering COVID-Induced Losses in India’s Fight Against TB: WHO Report
New Delhi: The headline finding of the WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2022, released on October 27, continued to be the same as it was for 2021 – COVID-19 has reversed years of progress towards the goal of eliminating TB by 2030. As such, the global health body has advised all high TB burden countries to launch campaigns to make up for the loss.
For India’s Non-Renewable Energy Demand, Things Will Get Worse Before They Get Better: Report
Kochi: India’s energy requirements are increasing and will peak in the coming decade despite a growth in renewables, as per the World Energy Outlook (WOE) report for 2022, published on October 27 by the International Energy Agency (IEA). However, governmental policies across the world – including in India –...
Prepare To Fall Ill, the Climate Crisis Has Come
The Lancet‘s 2022 ‘Countdown Report’, released on October 25, tracks the consequences of the things that cause global warming for human health. India has the world’s fourth-highest fossil fuel subsidies as well as whose renewables push has prompted concerns about whether ‘green energy’ is really equitable.
Did India Get Its Math Wrong About How Many Cheetahs Can Fit In Kuno?
Project Cheetah aims to establish a cheetah population in India after the species became locally extinct in the 1950s. But recent research suggests that just three cheetahs could ‘occupy’ all of Kuno National Park – as opposed to Indian officials’ estimate that the park can hold 21.
World’s Climate Commitments Won’t Be Enough to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C: UN Report
Kochi: The world’s recent climate commitments will help decrease greenhouse gas emissions but this will still not be enough to limit global warming to 1.5° Celsius by the end of the century as necessitated by the Paris Agreement of 2015, according to a report released by the United Nations on October 26.
Report for the World global program expands its presence in Latin America to boost environmental and corruption investigations
Editor’s note: This story was first published in the Latin American Journalism Review on October 17,2022. You can find the original version here. In 2021, the Report for the World initiative, which supports independent media in recruiting journalists to cover under-reported topics in the press, debuted with partnerships with newsrooms in Brazil, Nigeria and India.
Big Deal: Did Namibia Ask India To Pull Its Ivory Ban in Return for Cheetahs?
Kickstarting India’s ambitious cheetah introduction programme, eight African cheetahs from Namibia reached Madhya Pradesh on September 17. An important question hangs in the air now: in exchange for the cheetahs, did Namibia ask India to give up its opposition to the international trade in ivory?. India rendered illegal the...
When it rains: How the Mississippi River Basin is handling increased rainfall, flooding
Editor’s note: “When it Rains” is the the first collaborative project between Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network comprised by Report for America host newsrooms in partnership with the University of Missouri and the Society of Environmental Journalists, funded by the Walton Family Foundation. The desk’s mission is to increase coverage of agriculture and water use in an ecosystem from where 90 percent of America’s agricultural exports are grown and that provides drinking water and a livelihood for millions of people. This introduction and the entire project were published on The Columbia Missourian and in the participating newsrooms on October 10, 2022.
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