Public Affairs Reporting Travel Fund

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We already pack a great deal of learning experiences into a PAR student’s 10-month stay with us. We’d like to pack in a little more.

Your donation will help us cover hotel and transportation expenses to send students to the FOIA Fest journalism conference in Chicago this spring.

Examples of how your gifts have an impact:

  • $10: One cab/uber ride for one student
  • $15: FOIA Fest ticket
  • $40: One-way train ticket for student
  • $75: Hotel room for student.

Donate $10 or more during this campaign and we’ll send you our “Read the bill” decal – perfect for sticking onto your laptop to remind those around you about the PAR motto!


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