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Monday, July 08, 2019

ProPublica creates Local Reporting Network position for Youngstown, Ohio, which will lose its daily Aug. 31

ProPublica announced today that it is creating an immediate position in its Local Reporting Network for a local news organization to cover accountability issues in Youngstown, Ohio. Youngstown's paper, The Vindicator, announced recently that it will issue its final edition on Aug. 31, which will leave it the largest U.S. city without a daily newspaper.

"What’s going on in Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley cries out for solid investigative reporting," said Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica’s editor in chief. "We created the Local Reporting Network to fill that critically important need."

Under the Local Reporting Network, ProPublica pays the salaries and provides benefits stipends, as well as editing and production assistance, for selected full-time reporters to work on accountability journalism projects for one year. The program is in its second year, and this year is working with 20 partners across the country.

Applications for the Youngstown post are due by July 22; applicants must describe what they want to investigate. Freelance reporters can apply, but must first find an Ohio-based news organization willing to run their work.

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