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DEEPLY ROOTED AND RISING
Uplifting Community Journalists, Empowering their Audiences
Altavoz Lab mentors, trains and uplifts local reporters to produce impactful and collaborative accountability and service oriented reporting and engagement projects at outlets serving historically disinvested communities across the U.S, transforming the future of local journalism by investing in the storytellers who stay.
Introducing: Inaugural 2026 Fellow
Gabriela Campos
FEATURED STORY
Neglected and Exposed
Toxic air lingers in a Texas Latino community, revealing failures in state’s air monitoring system.
Written by Alejandra Martinez & Wendy Selene Pérez, 2024 Environmental Fellow
“As a Latina, migrant and freelance journalist, the Altavoz Lab fellowship has been a large push to make me feel more confident. It has given me the freedom to pitch, write and return to the community to bring them the completed story.”
-Wendy Selene Pérez, 2024 Environmental Fellow
Our strategy
At Altavoz Lab, we believe in the work local journalists do to serve their audiences. Their relationship of trust is key to fighting misinformation. However, we need to support them to prevent burnout and keep them in this profession.
Our programs help journalists build lasting careers in local news, offering an alternative to the traditional journalism pipeline that too often pulls talent away from community-based reporting. By investing in trusted messengers and the stories their communities need, Altavoz Lab strengthens local news — and, with it, the foundations of democracy.
17 Fellows & 5+ Regions
supported and served since 2022
