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I'm going to do a little threat celebrating all the #philanthropy supported journalists across @mcclatchy's southeast markets. Many of them started amidst earth-shaking events and have been working tirelessly to keep their communities informed.
Starting with our reporters at the @newsobserver - philanthropy supports close to a half-dozen full-time journalists. @bensessoms dived right in and wrote this critical piece on the coming rent crisis: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article243913017.html
. @sophiekasakove has been covering how COVID-19 has impacted the NC economy, she wrote this important piece about how NC's unemployment system is dealing with increased strain : https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article243952177.html
. @ByAdamWagner, who's one of our earliest @Report4America fellows, has been continuing to focus on communities hit hard by natural disasters and the COVID-19 crisis. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/article243195471.html
. @zeanes continues to produce top-notch business reporting. Here's his recent interview with the new head of @BlueCrossNC https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article244051282.html
. @zeanes' is supported by many partners including @AmerUnderground, @bandwidth, @DukeU, @HQRaleigh, @LoadingDock_Co, @MurphysNaturals, @ncidea, @NCState, @TheRTP, @RexHealthcare, @ShawUniversity , @Vaco, @Vaco_Raleigh, and @WPeaceU) working with @InnovateRaleigh.
We said goodbye to @TrentBWrites yesterday, who's work was supported by @isi. Trent went out with a bang: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article243953657.html
At @theobserver @lelindstrom has been covering both affordable housing and the George Floyd protests, here's her lastest covering the feds coming to town: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article243787917.html
Lauren was joined in June at @theobserver by @devnabose, who jumped right in to explain how a landmark Supreme Court case would impact the local LBGTQA community: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-people/article243773682.html
I should note before moving on that our @Report4America reporters in NC have been generously supported by a range of funders including the NC Local News Lab at @NCCF, @DogwoodHealth, The Foundation for the Carolinas, and a list of individual donors too numerous to tag.
At @thestate @RebeccaLiebson has been focused on affordable housing: https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article243662047.html
At the @RHHerald @tobienell focuses on Chester county, a community whose stories often go untold. Here's her latest, about a recent officer-involved shooting: https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/community/article243732897.html
I should note we are grateful for the support of @CCCFtweets and the @knightfdn's local grant fund, which supports our RFA program in Columbia.
Our @Report4America reporters at @islandpacket are @SamOgozalek and @katebellows. I should mention that the local community stepped up in a big way to support them. They recently teamed up to do an accountability story on PPP Loans: https://www.islandpacket.com/news/business/article244053227.html
. @TheSunNews has been reporting on Myrtle Beach's ongoing COVID outbreaks, and @mary_norkol has been indispensable to that coverage. Here's her recent story on nursing homes: https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/coronavirus/article243929872.html
At @LedgerEnquirer, @adrienneunderwd has been focused on covering the troubling situation in Georgia. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/coronavirus/article243740937.html
We also have @madeleineacook at @LedgerEnquirer, doing some pretty amazing video work telling the stories of people in Columbus: https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/coronavirus/article243954737.html
Our RFA reporters in Columbus are supported by the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley as well as individual donors.
At @telegraphga, @jenadalaney11 is wrapping up a fellowship funded by The Peyton Anderson Foundation. She's been focused on the debates around confederate monuments in Macon. https://www.macon.com/news/local/article244079857.html
At @sunherald in Biloxi, @IsabelleTaft joined us in June to focus on diverse communities on the Gulf Coast. Her reporting has been supported by a big group of local donors as well as @ @MS_Power. Lately, she has also been on the confederate monument beat. https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article243820767.html
So we've got philanthropy supporting local journalism across the Southeast. Our reporters are supported by foundations, individuals, and businesses who care about local news. Thank you again to everyone who makes this possible. We're just getting started.
