Report for America launches with a pilot in rural Appalachia

Report for America is now accepting applications for three reporting positions based in rural Appalachia. West Virginia Public Broadcasting, the Lexington Herald-Leader, and the Charleston Gazette-Mail will each take one Report for America journalist for a year-long assignment. The project, which has similarities to Teach for America or Americorps, doesn't accept government funding.

Report for America is a project by The Groundtruth Project and Google News Lab. It also gets support from the Solutions Journalism Network, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, and the Knight Foundation. The three reporting positions covering Appalachia also include support from the Galloway Family Foundation.