OPB has been selected to be part of Report for America’s next newsroom cohort. Report for America is a national service program that places talented emerging journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered topics and communities across the United States and its territories.
This partnership enables the creation of a new, three-year reporter position for OPB covering Washington, Clackamas and east Multnomah County in Oregon, focused on suburban issues, accountability and regional challenges. The selected reporter will serve as a corp member of Report for America but will be an employee of OPB.
The selected reporter will join an elite group of more than 600 Report for America journalists, more than 82 percent of whom continue to work in the field after program completion, demonstrating the power of the program and its local newsroom partners. With nearly half of Report for America journalists identifying as journalists of color, high rates of retention are essential to a transformed news landscape.
“We’re thrilled to be selected as a newsroom partner by Report for America,” said Anna Griffin, VP of News, Talk & Podcasts at OPB. “Adding this new reporter position is important way that we can expand OPB’s journalism and public service to reach more people in more communities.”
Journalists are invited to apply for this open position by February 3, 2025. The selected reporter will begin their employment July 7, 2025.
Interested journalists are encouraged to attend an information session with Report for America and apply here: reportforamerica.org/apply.