Innovation
We are building a tool to help newsrooms listen to emergency scanners
The Public Safety Scanner Tool, or PSST, sends automated alerts of urgent scanner traffic in real time and will be free for newsrooms.
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.
How to get your reporters started with vertical video
Muhammad Osama Farooq is a 2026 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with Detroit Free Press. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their innovative work throughout the summer in Innovation in Focus. Many newsrooms want to create better vertical videos because they know that their audiences are scrolling on Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts. … Continued
Introducing Eden Dinneen, RJI Innovation in Focus Editor
Eden Dinneen is the new Innovation in Focus Editor at the Missouri School of Journalism’s Reynolds Journalism Institute.
How to start a youth reporting program in your community
What Mirror Indy learned while launching a new summer program that helps young people report stories from their own neighborhoods.
Google Colab for data tracking and automation
Tips for data cleaning, set up and using APIs.
Building a local legislation tracker
Multiple municipalities, data extraction and getting started with automation.
Bay City News Election Playbook, Part 2: Newsrooms can vibe code their way to automated election night dashboard
Election night is a high-stakes, labor-intensive operation — and not just for the candidates. As voters wait for returns, community journalists fight an uphill battle to make sense of data released in disparate formats from different sources. But a breakthrough experiment at Bay City News provides a new blueprint for success. By leveraging generative artificial … Continued
New research reveals who young adults choose to deliver news when AI gives them control
Popular choices? AI anchors who look like the study participants and those who look like prototypical broadcasters.