Citizen and community news
Introducing the Local News Go Bag Toolkit
This resource provides news outlets with a set of tools and templates to begin preparing and refining their emergency coverage.
Introducing the Community Sports Reporting toolkit
The Community Sports Reporting toolkit and playbook are now available to all news outlets and individuals.
Introducing the Pop-up Community Newsroom Toolkit
A tool for inspiring small newsrooms to strengthen ties with local experts and collaboratively produce in-depth local journalism.
How newsrooms can reimagine community safety at events
A conversation with Mariah Castañeda, LA Public Press.
Introducing: A bilingual guide for journalists covering Latino and Spanish-speaking communities
Tips, tools, data and useful sources for your coverage.
Would you try this new in-depth local reporting tool?
A fellow local news entrepreneur is excited about the concept of pop-up newsrooms but worries about adding to the ‘mental load’ of small newsroom leaders.
Team agreements, consensus and ongoing dialogue
How Mutante’s commitment to collaboration shapes their internal culture.
Lawmakers wander into news deserts
Seeing the link with democracy, legislators put forward bills to protect local news.
Generating revenue through merchandise community partnerships
Block Club Chicago brought in $100,000 from Gator Watch, a conversation on merch and partnerships with Maple Walker Lloyd.
RJI sends Potter Digital Ambassadors to enhance digital efforts at community newsrooms all over Missouri
Over the course of one week in early January, the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute once again sent students to community newsrooms all over Missouri as part of the Potter Digital Ambassadors Program.