Free Press to receive Report for America grant to cover youth sports in Detroit, region
The Detroit Free Press is among dozens of newsrooms across the nation that will receive a grant from Report for America to help fund a reporting position in the newsroom.
The program places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. The Free Press plans to use the grant to hire a reporter to cover the culture of youth sports in metro Detroit to explore the role it plays in bringing communities together and the stories at the heart of sports programs across the region.
Report for America already helps to fund three other positions in the Free Press newsroom: covering economic mobility and the barriers that stand in the way of financial stability — shared by the Free Press and Bridge Detroit; a fact-checking and political reporting position; and a beat that focuses on the well-being of children, including mental health, physical health as well as the foster care and juvenile justice systems.
Report for America pays a portion of the reporters' salaries, and the Free Press works to raise the rest. Donors who would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to support this reporting can do so at https://bit.ly/freepRFA.
Report For America is a national effort by The GroundTruth Project, a Boston-based nonprofit news organization that supports emerging journalists around the world and their work on social issues, including human rights and global health.
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In Michigan, Report for America will also fund new positions at Outlier Media and WMUK-102.1 FM in Kalamazoo.
Journalists interested in applying for this latest Free Press position, or the more than 50 new positions RFA is supporting across the country, can go to reportforamercia.com/reporters. The nonprofit is holding informational sessions about the program on Dec. 8 and Dec. 15. The deadline to apply is Jan 30, 2023.
In all, Report for America supports positions in nearly 220 newsrooms across the U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam.
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