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Closing Coverage Gaps

Learn more about the outlets filling local news needs nationwide.

Kerry Semrad, KZUM Community Radio

Local News Leader Spotlight: Kerry Semrad, KZUM Community Radio

Left to right: Alex Bloomingdale and Javier Cabral

Local News Leader Spotlight: Alex Bloomingdale & Javier Cabral, L.A. TACO

Copper River Native Association Ahtna language teacher Carol Cozzen and Copper River Record editor Allison Sayer with some elementary Ahtna worksheets. With grant funding, Allison and designer Michelle McAfee are collaborating with Carol to increase the amount of Ahtna language in the paper.

Local News Leader Spotlight: Allison Sayer, Copper River Record

Teen journalism students and their instructors visiting county government office as part of the Young Voices Media Project with Voices of Monterey Bay co-founder Claudia Meléndez Salinas, center. Photo by Carlos René Castro.

Voices of Monterey Bay amplifies stories of immigrants

Uvalde Leader-News Publisher and Owner Craig Garnett

School shooting was turning point for Uvalde news outlet

Shia Blackcloud, right, is a producer and anchor for Good Morning Indian Country.

Native-student-led newcast hopes to grow ranks of Indigenous reporters

Macollvie Neel, Special Projects Editor; Vania André, Editor in Chief; Garry Pierre-Pierre, Publisher; Cherrell Angervil, Brand and Audience Engagement Director pictured at Banboch Kreyol, a community festival organized by The Haitian Times.

The Haitian Times increases coverage in the Midwest

New Mexico In Depth/ProPublica reporter Bryant Furlow answers audience questions during a school discipline discussion on April 1, 2023 in Gallup, NM. Credit: Tara Armijo-Prewitt.

New Mexico in Depth boosts accountability reporting

From left to right, radio programmer Francisco Ulloa, journalist Miguel Hernandez, producer Bernardino Almazan, Zapotec weaver Eduardo Jimenez; and Radio Manager, Jorge Rios in studio.

Radio Indigena brings essential information to farmworkers in six languages

Dana James, founder and publisher of Black Iowa News. Source: Black Iowa News

Black Iowa News connects people across the state

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Press Forward Kansas City
Led by Health Forward Foundation

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Press Forward Central Pennsylvania
Led by The Steinman Foundation

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Press Forward Pennsylvania Wilds
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Press Forward Philadelphia
Led by The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

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Press Forward Southwestern Pennsylvania
Led by the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University

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Press Forward Rhode Island
Led by Rhode Island Foundation

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Press Forward Maine
Led by Maine Community Foundation

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Press Forward Central Appalachia
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Press Forward Blue Grass
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Press Forward Central Appalachia
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Press Forward Middle Tennessee
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Press Forward NE Wisconsin
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Press Forward Washington
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Press Forward Arkansas
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Press Forward North Florida
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Press Forward South Florida
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Press Forward Tampa Bay
Led by the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay

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Press Forward Central Appalachia
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Press Forward Charlotte
Led by the North Carolina Local News Lab Fund

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Press Forward North Carolina
Led by North Carolina Local News Lab Fund, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust and Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

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Press Forward Central Valley
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Press Forward Inland Empire
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Press Forward Silicon Valley
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Press Forward Vermont
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Press Forward Northern Michigan
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Press Forward Southern Arizona
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Press Forward Northeast Iowa
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Press Forward New Jersey
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Press Forward Colorado
Led by Gates Family Foundation and the Colorado Health Foundation

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Press Forward Minnesota
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Press Forward Wyoming
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Press Forward Chicago
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Press Forward Springfield
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Press Forward New Mexico
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Press Forward Mississippi
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