Reporting the U.S. Workplace

"You cover work, you cover everything."
— Bill Serrin

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Application

The next program will run in January 2024.

Please email Alexandra Lescaze if you would like to be added to the email list to receive the announcement for the 2024 program.

Who should apply?

Reporters who are: new to the labor beat; local and general assignment; covering business, city, state, arts, education, health, and sports beats; at news outlets that don’t have labor beats or who are freelance and independent. Applicants can be working in text, video, radio or photography.

We are committed to building diversity on this beat, and recognize the importance of having journalists with a variety of backgrounds and experiences.  Women, people of color, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

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Schedule

This program will take place at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, which is located near Times Square at 219 West 40th Street, New York, NY.

The program will begin at 9 a.m. on Day 1 and conclude at 5 p.m. on Day 2.

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About Us

Funding

The Reporting the U.S. Workplace program was seed-funded by a generous donation to the Sidney Hillman Foundation from Jesse C. Crawford, a now-retired entrepreneur and business owner who was the president and CEO of Atlanta-based, Crawford Media Services, Inc. Crawford worked in print journalism in the late 1960s/early 1970s, and for nearly 40 years his businesses have provided services to radio and television channels, networks, and cable channels. Early in his life, Crawford belonged to both craft and industrial unions, and participated in labor struggles. He believes that a strong and vibrant labor union movement and a free, engaged and dynamic press are both vital to an informed citizenry, the commonweal and a democratic political economy. Crawford has had no role in the editorial content of the program.

Now, thanks to the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we are able to continue to run this all-expenses-paid program.

Advisors

Steven Greenhouse
Former New York Times labor reporter

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Alissa Quart
Executive Director, Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Tom Robbins

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Investigative Journalist in Residence, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Dorian Warren
President, Center for Community Change

Contact Us

Questions?

Send them to Alexandra Lescaze at alex@hillmanfoundation.org or (646) 448-6413.