Global Nation Reporting Fund

<p>In 2016, over 200 members of the Global Nation community created a $16,000 fund to bring 50 new voices to PRI.</p><p>This fund has been a catalyst to bring more stories from more voices into Global Nation, award-winning coverage of immigration and diversity in the US from PRI and PRI’s The World.</p><p></p><div class="media media-element-container media-default"><div id="file-101406--4" class="file file-video file-video-oembed oembed-video oembed-default oembed-youtube"> <div class="content"> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BHrTO0GvAjk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" title="What's your story, Global Nation?"></iframe> </div> </div> </div><p>And it’s working!</p><p>Since we launched in May 2016, we have featured brought over 50 new, diverse writers and reporters into public media. Among them are:</p><ul><li><p>Daniel Connolly in Memphis, Tennessee, <a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-01-18/more-mexicans-are-crossing-border-leave-us-here-s-one-family-s-story">told the story of a family making tough choices about their immigration status</a>.</p></li><li><p>Luis Mancheno brought us up close to <a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-11-02/when-i-vote-next-week-i-will-be-saying-loud-and-clear-also-my-country">his life as a asylee-turned-lawyer</a> and Katherine Du painted us <a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-09-14/what-i-learned-my-grandmother-s-hands">a picture of her life as the child of immigrants</a>.</p></li><li><p>Natasha Varner reported one of the most read stories on PRI.org of 2016, about <a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-07-18/workers-who-pick-your-summer-berries-are-asking-you-not-buy-them">farm workers in Washington state</a>.</p></li><li><p>Valeria Fernández and Dan Carino took us into <a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-07-07/these-asylum-seekers-are-being-forced-raise-their-kids-immigration-jails">the heart of our immigration detention system</a>.</p></li></ul><p>Your support has brought forward personal stories, in-depth reporting and unique perspectives. And we want to keep it going!</p><p><strong>Please help us replenish the fund so we can continue to raise the profile of writers and reporters whose stories and voices need to be seen and heard more on public media.</strong></p><p>For every $300 we raise, PRI can showcase one story from a new contributor.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.pri.org/donate/global-nation.html">Here’s how to make a tax-deductible donation</a>.</strong></p><p>And scroll through all the stories that <em>you</em> helped tell.</p><div class="edit-entity cta_icon-engagement cta_bg-gray" data-entity-id="88853" data-entity-title="Global Nation Reporting Fund newsletter subscription" data-entity-type="node"><aside class="node node-story-act story-act-cta story-act-nid-88853 cta-type-custom-text view-mode-entity_embed" data-tracking-code="global-nation-reporting-fund-newsletter-subscription"> <div class="field-display-title"> Sign up for alerts </div> <div class="field-body"> <p>We'll send you an email introducing you to each new contributor you helped bring into PRI.</p> <aside class="newsletter__signup"> <form id="subForm" class="js-cm-form" action="https://www.createsend.com/t/subscribeerror?description=" method="post" data-id="30FEA77E7D0A9B8D7616376B90063231D44CA200718BA736F4C113519BEF0E1EEDCCD7D8FAF222690A25FCCBAE65B1BDD705251A748DD5AD4AC495F6CEB4F837"> <div class="form-item"> <input id="fieldName" name="cm-name" placeholder="Your name" type="text" required="" /> </div> <div class="form-item"> <input id="fieldEmail" name="cm-urilz-urilz" type="email" placeholder="Your email" class="js-cm-email-input" required="" /> </div> <div><input type="submit" id="edit-submit--3" name="op" value="Subscribe" class="js-cm-submit-button form-submit" /></div> </form> <div style="display: none;"><script type="text/javascript" src="https://js.createsend1.com/javascript/copypastesubscribeformlogic.js"></script></div></aside> </div> </aside> </div><p>Have a story you want to tell? <a href="https://www.pri.org/whats-your-story-global-nation">Let us know your idea</a>.</p>