This report provides the initial findings from an online census survey of National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) members conducted as part of the Climate Matters in the Newsroom project— a National Science Foundation-funded collaboration between George Mason University, Climate Central, NASA, NOAA, NABJ and other professional societies—the aim of which is to enable local, science-based reporting on climate change. This survey was designed to identify the needs of journalists who wish to report on climate change as a local issue and the challenges they face in doing so.