BIG NEWS: #100andChange produced nearly 800 compelling proposals, and we’re honored to share that our solution is one of just six in the running for $100 million in
@macfound’s competition! Learn more about
@Report4America and watch our video here: https://bit.ly/2Cz447v ">https://bit.ly/2Cz447v&q...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">Read this thread about our audacious proposal for eliminating America& #39;s #NewsDeserts with @MacFound’s support. #100andChange
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2">Our goal in a nutshell: Every county in America should have a watchdog reporter. #100andChange #ReportLocal

Watch the explainer video here: https://bit.ly/2Cz447v ">https://bit.ly/2Cz447v&q...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3">Among the biggest social challenges today is keeping news #Local. Due to a difficult economic environment made worse by #COVID19, communities are losing their news outlets, which offer important information about local issues. via @TheAtlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-killing-local-news/608695/">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc...
The Coronavirus Is Killing Local News

Keeping these news sources afloat needs to be part of the governmental and philanthropic response to the pandemic.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-killing-local-news/608695/
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4">According to the @UNC, 1,800 communities nationwide no longer have access to a #LocalNews source. The result is #NewsDeserts. https://www.usnewsdeserts.com/reports/expanding-news-desert/download-a-pdf-of-the-report/">https://www.usnewsdeserts.com/reports/e...
The Expanding News Desert | Download a PDF of the report

Download a PDF copy of The Expanding News Desert

https://www.usnewsdeserts.com/reports/expanding-news-desert/download-a-pdf-of-the-report/
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="5⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 5" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 5"> #LocalNews is vital for a healthy #Democracy. When a community loses its newsroom, it loses a watchdog to hold government accountable and share important info, like #PublicHealth updates affecting that particular community. #JournalismMatters https://thegroundtruthproject.org/as-the-vindicator-goes-silent-how-can-youngstown-fill-its-news-void/">https://thegroundtruthproject.org/as-the-vi...
As 'The Vindicator' goes silent, can Youngstown fill its news void? | The GroundTruth Project

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – It was the final press run at The Vindicator, the family-owned newspaper that served this town for the last 150 years. The moment felt like a somber family gathering around an...

https://thegroundtruthproject.org/as-the-vindicator-goes-silent-how-can-youngstown-fill-its-news-void/
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="6⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 6" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 6">Working for host newsrooms, @Report4America corps members serve their communities, reporting on under-covered challenges like education, poverty, criminal justice, environment and health. See how it works: http://reportforamerica.org/how-it-works/ ">https://reportforamerica.org/how-it-wo...
How It Works | Report for America

How it Works We hold two competitions. In one, news organizations make the case that they have urgent gaps in coverage and a plan to deploy the Report for America corp member. In the second, talented...

http://reportforamerica.org/how-it-works/
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="7⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 7" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 7">Amid a pandemic and protests, @Report4America surged 225 reporters to more than 160 local newsrooms across 46 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico: http://gtruth.co/2RY5RaL ">https://gtruth.co/2RY5RaL&q... Meet the corps members:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="8⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 8" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 8">Our reporters with @Report4America continue to cover the impacts of the global #COVID19 crisis on their communities. Each weekday, we feature their coverage in a roundup – take a look: https://thegroundtruthproject.org/covid-19-coverage-from-groundtruth-report-for-america/">https://thegroundtruthproject.org/covid-19-...
COVID-19 coverage from GroundTruth & Report for America | The GroundTruth Project

First published March 13, 2020 | Updated July 17, 2020 The World Health Organization’s official declaration that COVID-19 is a pandemic serves as a powerful reminder for us all of how connected we...

https://thegroundtruthproject.org/covid-19-coverage-from-groundtruth-report-for-america/
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="9⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 9" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 9">Across the US, @Report4America corps members are covering the biggest issues of our times–from #PoliceViolence to the #Pandemic–on a local level, in communities often under-covered by national media. Listen to their reporting in our new podcast season: https://bit.ly/2Ym531Z ">https://bit.ly/2Ym531Z&q...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔟" title="Taste 10" aria-label="Emoji: Taste 10"> With @MacFound #100andChange’s support, we could pursue our audacious goal: Eliminating American news deserts—first step, ensure there’s an accountability reporter in every county in the US: https://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/finalists-named-competition-100-million-grant/">https://www.macfound.org/press/pre...
Launched in 2017 with catalyst support from @lenfestinst and @GoogleNewsInit, @Report4America has grown rapidly thanks in part to leadership support from partners such as the @knightfdn, the Facebook Journalism Project, the Ziff Family and @RWJF.
Applications are now OPEN for news organizations interested in hosting @Report4America corps members in 2021! Join us as we field more than 300 emerging journalists in newsrooms across the country to report on undercovered issues. Deadline is Sept. 30: https://www.reportforamerica.org/news-rooms/ ">https://www.reportforamerica.org/news-room...
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