How we work: The Impact Behind the Impact
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.
We pay 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 meet their needs through our bespoke services.
Our journey through change
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. Upon stringent assessment of the newsroom’s independence, reputation, reliability, diversity of staff and a strong code of ethics.