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Citizen and community news

Magnifying glass sitting on a newspaper.
November 8, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2023-2024

Resources for training pop-up community newsroom reporters in deep-dive journalism basics

Teach investigative journalism ethics and best practices.

A phone, a notepad and a cup of coffee on a table top
October 31, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2023-2024

Essential ingredients for launching your pop-up community newsroom

5 must haves from a compelling need to tell a story to dedicating one day a week to the project.

Staff of Arizona Luminaria
October 23, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2023-2024

Creating a values-based startup culture and evolving over time

A conversation with Arizona Luminaria.

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October 16, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2023-2024

Reaching multilingual communities starts with listening and collaboration

A conversation with Aala Abdullahi.

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October 2, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2023-2024

How to use our texting system to bring in content from your community

Learn how the newsroom, community and technology comes together.

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September 18, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2023-2024

Reviving expertise that ‘once existed at many news outlets‘

A conversation with Beth Daley on empowering experts as journalists.

Photo of a gathering in a Latino community featuring a woman raising her fist in the air and a person holding a sign saying, "Our families matter."
September 11, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2023-2024

The Importance of context, data, and expert sources in discussing Latino communities

And the proliferation of disinformation in these spaces.

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August 24, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2023-2024

The case for human-centric advertising, even as the robots come for us

We can read a story and as humans, we can understand the impact that was made. But how do we help agencies and brands make a decision about who to work with and why?

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August 16, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2023-2024

Empowering local newsrooms with comprehensive community dashboards

Han Vu is a 2023 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with the American Press Institute in Washington, DC. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their innovative work through Innovation in Focus. Data holds great power for newsrooms to better understand their communities, but accessing and understanding it can be daunting. To aid local journalists … Continued

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August 10, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2023-2024

Rebuilding local sports journalism by partnering with community members

The hidden cost of the pandemic on small local news outlets.

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