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Innovation in Focus
June 7, 2023
Innovation

RJI launches new Innovation in Focus newsletter

The Innovation Team at RJI has launched the Innovation in Focus newsletter, a monthly exploration of the practical experiments performed as part of the Innovation in Focus series.

A photo of the front page of the San Fernando Valley Sun. The front page has a large photo of people running on the right center, with white box letter text reading "Pacoima Students are Among LA Marathon's Youngest Runners." Above the photo is a black box with the date, issue number and website. At the top are the Sun's two logos: one in English and one in Spanish. There is also a teaser in the right upper corner and down the left side of the page. The bottom of the page contains a link to the Sun's website in blue.
April 20, 2023
Innovation

How we cultivated interest in and collaboration for a community engagement program for a local newspaper

It takes more than an email to generate excitement and retention.

Founder and editor-in-chief Anita Li speaks to attendees at The Green Line's Black Filmmakers in Toronto event on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Photo: Aloysius Wong | The Green Line
March 13, 2023
Innovation

Creating community-driven journalism that encourages civic engagement

Based on The Green Line’s original theory-of-change models, the Attention Funnel and Action Journey.

A screenshot of a webpage mockup for the Sun. There is a turquoise banner running horizontally across the top of the page, with navigation options for the website written in white, serif text on the left side. White social media buttons and a red button that read “Support Us” is on the right of the banner. Below the banner is a white space with the Sun’s logos. The left logo is in English and the right logo is in Spanish. A dark gray banner runs horizontally below the banners, with additional navigation options in white, serif text. The bottom half of the screenshot shows a photo of a girl’s soccer team. The players are wearing white and blue jerseys. There is a coach to the left of them and a coach to the right of them. The coaches are wearing black. Above the photo is the title of the page and the league for the team. It is titled “Tiger’s Soccer — 2023 Squad.” Below the photo to the left is a caption and a paragraph describing the team’s season. Below the photo to the right is the team’s schedule.
February 28, 2023
Innovation

Harnessing the power of communities to reinvent local journalism

Through communication and outreach, we are building a network of community members who are highly engaged with high school sports to contribute to the Sun.

Missouri School of Journalism students and Moberly, Missouri, residents discuss attitudes toward the news at a community meeting on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.
December 15, 2022
Innovation

Rebuilding trust in media one community at a time 

Our readers, viewers and listeners must become our advocates.

Borderless Magazine’s Engagement Reporter Diane Bou Khalil and Art Director Michelle Kanaar talk to migrants getting off buses at Chicago Union Station in September. Photo by Jesus J. Montero for Borderless Magazine
October 11, 2022
Innovation

Why your news outlet needs an on-the-ground strategy

Borderless Magazine’s Diane Bou Khalil shares guidance for meeting community members where they’re at.

Bevin Christie
October 10, 2022
Innovation

Newsrooms’ service roles need to be grounded in community relationships

Building trust in a community requires listening and unlearning: a discussion with Bevin Christie.

(L-R) Brian Manzullo, the social, search and audience editor at the Detroit Free Press; Theresa Poulson, senior product manager at McClatchy; Harold Goodridge, digital director at First Coast News; and David Higgerson, chief digital chief digital publisher at UK-based newspaper group Reach plc.
September 23, 2022
Innovation

ONA22: Metrics and mission don’t have to stay separate

At ONA22, yesterday’s Tech Trends talk tying the future of journalism to AI and the metaverse gave way to a discussion today about using AI and data-driven decision-making to connect more closely with audiences.

An illustration shows an incarcerated person writing with a pen/a prison bar representing the project's idea.
September 20, 2022
Innovation

Building a visual storytelling experience in Newspack

Newspack streamlines publisher content, but creative storytelling can be a challenge.

The social card above was posted to La Voz’s social media sites in English and Spanish to get the word out about the community listening sessions. Along with providing contact information, we also interacted with respondents in the comments of any posts we published to promote the events.
September 19, 2022
Innovation

How listening sessions can connect you to the local community

Build trust and improve content coverage from direct contact with readers.

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