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The promise of environmental data journalism
Over the course of this RJI fellowship, I’m working with the nonprofit environmental magazine Grist to think through what it’d mean to build out a national environmental data-journalism unit—and, in turn, to take what we learn at Grist and translate these lessons into guides for other small or nonprofit newsrooms that might find themselves interested in similar work.
Interactive experiences: personalization and revisit value
For this Innovation in Focus, we spoke with Financial Times Data Reporter, David Blood, and Senior Developer, Ændrew Rininsland, to learn about how their interactive work has progressed, lessons learned, and see where they’re headed next. Greenway: How did you get started with interactive experiences? Rininsland: I’m a life-long web nerd and have been building web pages … Continued
Local obits still matter and other lessons from covering the dead for digital
“We’re living through extraordinary times. And because of the pandemic, we’re losing extraordinary people.”
Let’s improve the diversity in your reporting
Creating a hands-on, in-person diversity training program to help newsrooms make their reporting more representative of the communities they serve
Photographing vulnerable populations in public spaces: The ethics of protest coverage
Panelists Carlos Gonzalez, Brent Lewis and Tara Pixley lead a discussion on this timely and historical topic
Innovative strategies: 5 tips from Instagram news fellows
The fellows are now halfway through the program and already seeing tangible results from strategic shifts they have implemented.
COVID-19 news widget
Learn how to put the Missouri Info Corps COVID-19 widget on your news homepage for a regular inflow of COVID-19 news from around the state.
Mixed reality: Meeting readers where they are
Trent Tarantino is the RJI Student Innovation Fellow at the Washington Post in Washington, D.C. This summer our student fellows will be sharing dispatches from their fellowships in newsrooms across the country as a part of Innovation in Focus. Jeremy Gilbert, of The Washington Post, and Robert Hernandez, of USC Annenberg, discuss mixed reality for … Continued
Archives: Bringing curiosity and context to content
“My advice for any reporter or photographer who wants to work with their news organization’s archives is to bring to the task exactly what you bring to your daily reporting — a sense of curiosity,” said Kori Rumore Finley of The Chicago Tribune.
Create a newsletter worth reading: Tips from the experts
Tatyana Monnay is the RJI Student Innovation Fellow at the Associated Press. This summer our student fellows will be sharing dispatches from their fellowships in newsrooms across the country for Innovation in Focus. Newsletters can be a powerful product to add to your newsroom to inform your community and engage them in topics they care … Continued