Report for the World is a public interest media service, that serves communities most affected by the erosion of democratic freedoms. The diversity and reach of our newsrooms and journalists, help us raise accountability and action on critical issues globally. We are an initiative of the GroundTruth project.

Our mission is to build global communities of local journalists around critical beats. While we begin our relationships with the newsrooms and journalists through funding, our larger mission is to strengthen and diversify the media landscapes in which they operate.

VIABLE

VIABLE

Our role is to promote public interest journalism that is financially sustainable.

IMPACTFUL

IMPACTFUL

We seek to foster audience engagement and ensure accountability.

COLLABORATIVE

COLLABORATIVE

We aim to connect newsrooms and enable cross-border journalism.

RFW corps member Fabio Bispo from InfoAmazonia in Brazil connecting with the community on the ground

Report for the World forms global cohorts of local newsrooms around beat-focused journalism roles, each of which receives financial support over three-year cycles.

We support newsrooms hosting our journalists to diversify their revenue, deepen their coverage of critical issues, whilst in parallel, providing journalists with stable employment opportunities in their home countries.

“The local journalists and newsrooms we support are agents of change in the fight for social justice. They are conduits of our collective impact.”  
Preethi Nallu
Executive Director - RFW

We pay up to half of each reporter’s annual salary, while the newsrooms pay the other half, making it a mutually invested partnership.

Report for the World does not interfere with the editorial processes of newsrooms. We pride ourselves in meeting their needs through our bespoke services.

SELECT

Newsrooms announce selected corps members.
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Step 01

INTRODUCE

Corps members and newsrooms attend orientation sessions.
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Step 02

SUPPORT

Report for the World starts sending quarterly payments.
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Step 03

INNOVATE

Newsrooms meet to work on reach/revenue strategies.
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Step 04

TRAIN

RFW staff provides trainings/ workshops to corps members and newsrooms.
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Step 05

PITCH

Corps members pitch stories to RFW for deeper reporting.
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COLLABORATE

Corps members meet each other via global collaborations.
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RENEW

RFW-newsrooms-corps members decide renewal of contracts before end of first year.
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Through a competitive annual call, we invite newsrooms to apply with the roles they seek to support, citing evidence for the need of a specific beat in their community. Applying newsrooms are required to prove prior successes of covering the beat, the gaps it would fill in their reportage, and how it relates to other verticals and their overall editorial mission. 

To amplify the impact of our media partners across the globe, Report for the World has developed a two-track support system.

Editorial track

Professional development and collaborations
This track strengthens the career trajectories of the journalists that RFW supports.

We achieve this through a combination of hands-on training, in-person and virtual workshops, collaborative reporting opportunities and beat-focused mentorship. 

RFW member journalists also meet through regional and thematic forums, where they exchange ideas on their current reporting, collaborate with each other and request additional support from the program. 

Media innovation & viability track



Audience engagement and revenue diversification.
The second track primarily serves the editors and founders at the member newsrooms by supporting their impact efforts, from new forms of storytelling and increased audience engagement, to creating accountability and revenue around the beats.

We analyze impact related to individual stories and beats to explore ways of integrating successful methods into newsrooms’ editorial planning.

Here’s how we have set off to impact the professional development and collaboration capacity for journalists, and diversifying revenue and viability for newsrooms.

Short term

Newsrooms and reporters have the financial means to cover their desired beat with consistency through the 3-year salary support.

Medium term

The beat becomes a permanent feature in the newsroom, and is covered with an intersectional lens, and in collaboration with other staff.

Long term

The journalists we support remain in the field, while building their skills, and the newsroom partners increase their reach, revenue and impact. Together, these two outcomes help fortify the media landscape.

Our diverse impact on storytelling, audience engagement and sustainability enables us to foster organic collaborations within the media.

In the long term, we see Report for the World transforming into a global resource hub that links reporters, newsrooms, media experts, foundations and investors within countries and across continents, to connect, to share knowledge, to lead workshops, to collaborate on projects, and to build hubs around different types of innovation.

IMPACT STORIES
Revenue Toolkit
Impact Report

Our core team partners with local and regional media development organizations, specialized media outlets, academic institutions and subject experts to implement context and language specific professional development and media innovation.

Several regional organizations help Report for the World to source diverse and representative talent, including newsrooms, journalists, trainers and program specialists.

  • Wits University (Africa)
  • Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism-ARIJ (MENA)
  • Splice Media (Asia)
  • Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism-ABRAJI (Latin America)
  • The Global Forum for Media Development-GFMD (Europe/global)
  • The International Press Institute (IPI)
  • Syli-climateXchange
IMPACT STORIES
Revenue Toolkit

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