Fellowships
Building values-driven infrastructure as a newsroom model
A collaborative approach to the technology, support and resources journalists need to hold power accountable.
Journalism tells people what’s happening. This tool helps them take action.
The Civic Action Toolbox connects local reporting to public meetings, comment periods and the officials who make decisions.
Building a civic information hub
Civic Strata: A shared foundation for data, documents and community reporting.
Vibecoding a pitch evaluator for opinion pieces
Tips and a free no-code tool to build an editorial Gem.
Introducing the Journalism Source of Safety (J-SOS) app
Building the journalist safety app I always needed.
Launching the Arts Journalism Initiative
Faced with a declining landscape for traditional arts coverage, shrinking newsroom budgets and an explosive rise in digital influencers filling the vacuum, 2025-2026 Residential RJI Fellow Rebecca Ritzel set out to look for solutions that preserve the quality and integrity of arts and culture journalism. Ritzel, a freelance arts and entertainment reporter and longtime contributor … Continued
Introducing the 2026-2027 RJI Fellows
The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism has selected the 2026 class of RJI Professional Innovation Fellows, who will work to build free, open-source resources for journalists.
Building better practices for covering gun violence
In 2019, Jim MacMillan started his Reynolds Journalism Institute fellowship with a hunch: that the common ways journalists reported on gun violence weren’t helping the public understand the crisis and were often causing further harm to gun violence survivors and their communities.
Why Tracie Powell is demanding a power shift in media funding
‘Upsetting the apple cart’: The Pivot Fund founder on her commitment to invest $500 million in innovative local outlets.
Introducing Covering Drugs: A media resource guide
This 150-page reference guide includes research, surveys, data, and other helpful information for journalists covering substance use, addiction, overdose, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.