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The Journalytics Summit

Thursday, September 26, 2013 Events

Many news organizations use Adobe SiteCatalyst, Google Analytics or some other web analytics package to measure their website activity. If they limit that effort to simple measurement, they are missing out on potentially thousands of dollars every month. Join us at The Journalytics Summit to find out how small changes to your digital initiatives can reap huge rewards. The summit will take place in Fred W. Smith Forum, Reynolds Journalism Institute on Thursday, September 26.

Pictures of the Year International Education & Awards Program

Friday, May 31, 2013 - Saturday, June 1, 2013 Events

The Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego will host the annual POY Education & Awards Program on May 31-June 1. The two-day event will showcase presentations by premier photojournalists honored by Pictures of the Year International. The program will unveil a four-month exhibition of selected POY award-winning photographs from the 70th annual competition that was judged in February. The museum is located in historic Balboa Park in the heart of San Diego. POY and MOPA enjoy a shared mission to "inspire, educate, and engage" the public with the power of photography. This event is free to POY contestants. Registration is required by Friday, May 24 due to limited seating. Registration includes the reception on Friday evening and the full-day program on Saturday.

reflections: Greg’s Digital Dozen

Source Samantha Sunne on May 14, 2013 0 Comments

I attended a session at the Reynolds Journalism Institute’s Tech Showcase this week called “Greg’s Digital Dozen.” Greg Harper is a gadget guru and the founder of an awesome-looking annual event called Gadgetoff.

MU student's app connects strangers

University of Missouri senior Drew Halliday thought social media networks were getting stale.

Free LPA and RJI paid online content resources

By RJI on April 24, 2013 0 Comments News
Dollar sign

Thank you for attending the LPA Paid Online Content session last week in Baton Rouge.

Free VPA and RJI social media resources

By RJI on April 22, 2013 0 Comments News
Social media

Thank you for attending the VPA Social Media session last week in Norfolk.

Free VPA and RJI Digital Dimes resources

By RJI on April 22, 2013 0 Comments News
Digital Dimes

Thank you for attending the VPA Digital Dimes session last week in Norfolk.

Free VPA and RJI paid online content resources

By RJI on April 22, 2013 0 Comments News
Dollar sign

Thank you for attending the VPA Paid Online Content session last week in Norfolk.

Olson: ‘Great ideas are flowing in every community’

By Jennifer Nelson on April 22, 2013 0 Comments Blogs
Nate Olson

How can innovative ideas become something more? Often they can grow over cups of coffee, feedback and collaboration with like minds, says Nate Olson, co-founder of 1 Million Cups, an entrepreneur pitch program.

4 questions with Brian Steffens

Brian Steffens, director of Communications at the Donald W. Reynolds Institute at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, talks about the impact today's evolving technologies are having on newspaper operations and how the institute is helping to innovate the journalism of tomorrow.

Award-winning journalist combines international experience and family background to create new type of journalism

By Jennifer Nelson on April 12, 2013 0 Comments Blogs
Molly Bingham

Molly Bingham found herself being held prisoner in Iraq by men who thought she was a spy. The experience helped inspire her to find a way to present “the true global perspective currently missing in journalism.”

Newsroom leader: Feedback ‘starts with being open to change’

By Jennifer Nelson on April 12, 2013 0 Comments Blogs
Joy Mayer

News organizations need to be in the hands of journalists who are willing to actively listen to and hear feedback, says Joy Mayer, director of community outreach at the Columbia Missourian newspaper.

Is covering climate change going to be ultimate test of the value of journalism?

By Bill Densmore on April 10, 2013 1 Comment Blogs
Bill McKibben

Is covering climate change going to be ultimate test of the value of journalism?

CNN's Tapper: We have to meet readers and viewers where they are

By RJI on April 10, 2013 0 Comments Blogs
Twitterocracy: How Social Media Are Transforming Politics and Journalism

“People challenging my views on Twitter makes me a better journalist,” CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper told an audience of professionals, educators and students at the 2013 Hurley Symposium.

Researchers: Political Twitter users tend to tweet almost exclusively among themselves

By RJI on April 10, 2013 0 Comments Blogs
Twitterocracy: How Social Media Are Transforming Politics and Journalism

A senior researcher for the Pew Research Center said about 20 percent of social media users have defriended or blocked someone whose partisan posts became a little too much.

Public television engagement and the second screen

By RJI on April 10, 2013 0 Comments Blogs
Twitterocracy: How Social Media Are Transforming Politics and Journalism

Moderator Barbara Cochran, Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Journalism began the panel discussion with a startling statistic: 80 percent of television viewers use another device while watching TV.

Journalists and Obama, Romney digital directors dish on Twitter's political impact

By RJI on April 9, 2013 0 Comments Blogs
Twitterocracy: How Social Media Are Transforming Politics and Journalism

Panelists at the Curtis B. Hurley Symposium at the National Press Club said Twitter had a profound impact on their daily job requirements, speeding up the news cycle and increasingly shifting the conversation from pundits to the public.

Media economics expert sheds light on challenges faced when re-establishing relevancy in legacy news

By RJI on April 3, 2013 0 Comments News
Robert Picard

Robert Picard, director of research at the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford, recently spoke at the Missouri School of Journalism and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, where he shed some light on three of the biggest challenges news providers are facing as they try to re-establish relevance.

RJI Tech Showcase 2013

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Events

Don't miss this showcase of new and innovative technology, gadgets and resources. The 2013 RJI Tech Showcase will include the latest innovations from the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism and a luncheon with gadget guru, Greg Harper. The day will end with presentations and conversations with up-and-coming industry leaders who will discuss what's next in the technology world and how you can apply and make the most of it. Check back soon for more details.

Rosenstiel: “News must adapt to readers’ behavior, not the other way around”

By RJI on March 25, 2013 0 Comments Blogs
Tom Rosenstiel

Tom Rosenstiel visited RJI to discuss where news audiences are taking journalism, the myths, mission and what people almost always get wrong.