Buffalo’s Fire has been selected as a host newsroom in Report for America’s 2025-2026 cohort, its third award from the program, which helps local newsrooms expand coverage of under reported topics. The award will help support a reporter dedicated to covering the issue of Murdered and Missing Indigenous People. Report for America announced today several new partnership and program developments designed to bring immediate and long-term solutions to the challenges facing local news.Over 100 newsrooms will make up the 2025-2026 cohort, with three-quarters partnering with Report for America as traditional host newsrooms for corps members, and a select group taking part in a pilot accelerator program to develop sustainable business models through local philanthropy.
