RAVITCH FISCAL REPORTING PROGRAM

60 to Attend Ravitch Reporting Sessions This Summer

The Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program will be bringing 60 journalists from around the country to the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism this summer for sessions on housing, local economic and fiscal reporting.

Beginning its 12th year on July 1, the program will now have helped more than 1,000 journalists improve their reporting and writing, fulfilling Dick Ravitch’s goal of improving the quality of journalism on issues he felt were being poorly covered by the media.

At the end of May, the Ravitch program will hold its second session on the housing crisis in the United States for reporters on the beat. Most of the attendees have previously attended a Ravitch program and the session will feature sessions on the state of the crisis, the impact of the Trump Administration, a deep dive into data and small group writing workshops.

In July, the program will offer its once-a-year local economic reporting program that covers data and reporting strategies as the economic outlook for the country as fears of a recession grows.

Later in July the program’s mainstay fiscal reporting program will emphasize budgets, bonds, tax incentives and the impact of the Trump Administration on state and local governments with 23 journalists signed up.

The Ravitch Program will resume in January 2026 with a fiscal reporting session and an additional program to be announced in early September.

Originally funded personally by Dick Ravitch, the program is continuing under a three-year commitment from the Ravitch Foundation.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York  provides advanced training in state and local fiscal issues through week-long and three-day programs emphasizing in-depth knowledge of key controversies, overcoming reporting challenges and improving storytelling. It will help reporters stay on top of breaking issues through emails, social media, website, and by creating a network of reporters covering the beat. The Ravitch Program was originally funded by generous grants from Richard Ravitch, long-time New York civic leader, who died in 2023. It continues with generous grants from the Ravitch Foundation.