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RJI announces three local newsrooms to receive development trackers
An outgrowth of Kate Abbey-Lambertz’s RJI Fellowship, the trackers will give communities up-to-date, thorough information about developments in their area.
2021-2022 RJI Fellows launch public resources for newsrooms and journalists as their fellowships come to a close
With the new 2022-2023 cohort of Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellows just announced, this seems like a good time to offer a quick update on how the projects of the previous group, the 2021-2022 fellows, turned out. From a development tracker toolkit to a guide that helps newsrooms serve the disability community and much more, the … Continued
Build a news app to track local real estate development, with and for your readers
The Local Development Tracker Toolkit helps small newsrooms build a tool that serves their communities.
Live in beta: The Detroit Development Tracker
This open-source tool makes property data accessible and actionable for Detroiters as the city undergoes rapid changes.
These journalism tools show how data and reader service go hand-in-hand
Want to know if your chicken could be contaminated with salmonella? There’s a (news) app for that.
Here’s how we’re putting together the pieces for Detroit development tracker
For the last six months, Detour Detroit has worked to build the Detroit Development Tracker, a tool that will allow the public to monitor large property development, see changes in their neighborhoods and get more engaged with the development process.
Putting Airtable to work in your newsroom
From surveying readers to tracking impact, it can do a lot more than a spreadsheet.
Small publishers can build meaningful engagement practices without more time or resources
It will help you serve the people who are most on board with your mission — and most likely to read and need your reporting.
Utilizing RJI resources to take next steps
The Covering Your Community project prepares for our first listening session.
Who’s building my city? This local service journalism tool will help residents find answers
The Detroit Development Tracker will put data into the hands of those most affected.