Citizen and community news
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.
Choosing a tool to do a job it wasn’t built for
A.K.A: Journalism product management for small newsrooms.
Helping solve the news crisis through pop-up apprentice newsrooms
Let’s innovate together to address the decline in hyperlocal investigative journalism.
Notes from the field: The power of location
Elizabeth Stephens, executive editor of the Columbia Missourian and Missouri Community Newspaper Management Chair at the Missouri School of Journalism, shares what she and her class learned about the state of community newsrooms around Missouri
2023 at RJI: A look back
2023 was another year full of new solutions and ideas for the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Even as RJI continued to focus on strengthening community news by supporting innovative approaches to content and funding models and performing in-house experimentation here at RJI, the national breadth and impact of … Continued
Startup newsroom founders visit RJI, Missouri School of Journalism to share what they have learned
Last week, two of the startup newsroom founders supported by the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) — in partnership with the Tiny News Collective — visited RJI and the Missouri School of Journalism to share their insights and expertise. Luella Brien, founder of Four Points Media, and Nora Hertel, founder of Project Optimist, spoke with students … Continued
Tips and resources that can help you and your community reporters feel more confident in covering sports
Starting a sports project as a journalist without experience writing and reporting on sports is a surprisingly anxiety-inducing prospect.