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.
Creating an affordable text system for your community centered newsroom
SMS systems are often expensive, pay per a text plans can make it affordable.
Being the utility man of product work
There is a lot to gain from getting to experiment in different spaces of product work on a team.
How to curate product kits with resources you already have
Repackaging past work into helpful tools for your audience.
Craft a utility content strategy to better serve your community during natural disasters
NOLA.com organized their evergreen content, prepared templates and planned a strategy to make sure their community will have the vital information they need.
How listening sessions can connect you to the local community
Build trust and improve content coverage from direct contact with readers.
The importance of news in education
Newspapers and other outlets should have a place in the classroom, but how does that come about?
Measuring impact by engaging with readers about your news product
Irina Matchavarini is a 2022 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with the Chicago Reporter and Illinois Latino News in Chicago. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their product work throughout the summer in Innovation in Focus. In partnership with the Chicago Reporter and Illinois Latino News — newsrooms covering race, social justice and community … Continued
From 0 to 3,000: Six tactics we used to build a newsletter list from scratch
Use these tips to grow your audience.
Founding The Optimist
Solution-focused journalism and community conversations for rural Minnesotans.