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Report for America is a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to cover under-reported issues or communities. An initiative of the nonprofit media organization The GroundTruth Project, it is structured to harness the skills and idealism of an emerging group of journalists plus the creative spirit of local news organizations.

In 2023, WMUK was selected to serve as a community-based host newsroom. Michael Symonds, our Report for America corps member, joined WMUK’s staff and covers the “rural meets metro” beat, reporting stories that link seemingly disparate parts of Southwest Michigan. Read more of Michael's stories here.


How it works:

News organizations identify urgent gaps in coverage. Simultaneously, talented emerging journalists apply to serve these communities.

Report for America supports the local news organizations to launch sustainable, year over year funding for the corps member.

The Report for America corps members get world class training as part of the service years. Meanwhile, WMUK has been working to build our funding priority to strengthen the newsroom.

Listener support that is designated for the WMUK newsroom helps us achieve this funding priority! If you are a listener or contributing sponsor of WMUK, please consider designating your gift to this endeavor by clicking the donate button at the top of this page and adding this statement to your personal comments: "Designated toward Report for America and growth of the station's newsroom."

Thank you. Your support of local journalism makes a true difference.

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