Innovation
Building minigames for digital engagement
Wordles, Heardles and Absurdles.
RJI names winners in Student Innovation Competition
First place came with a prize of $10,000 for the project with the best approach to addressing news literacy.
How to produce and measure impact on your journalism
It is about tracking a wide variety of aspects from story pitch to execution to promotion, to make sure your stories can affect the communities they’re created in service to.
Transparency tools can make your reporting more credible
News and tech organizations grapple with the challenge of helping news consumers distinguish trustworthy sources.
Trust.txt puts the robots to work fighting misinformation
Interest appears to be growing in the “simple and elegant” solution.
RJI announces finalists for annual student innovation competition
RJI has announced the finalists for its annual Student Innovation Competition. Nine teams from universities around the country will compete to create something that will improve news literacy.
Q&A: What a newsroom learned switching story budgets to Airtable
Save time, collaborate, integrate with new tools and share records requests.
Reynolds Journalism Institute in 2021: A look back
With the year coming to a close, here’s a look back at the key programs and initiatives made possible by the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) in 2021
Helping readers make sense of digital news
The art and science of designing for understanding On Twitter, when you share a five-year-old story from The Guardian, two interesting things happen. First, at the bottom of the included image, an overlaid tag declares the story is “from 2016.” And second, in some cases, next to the tag is a section name, “Opinions.” The … Continued
Repurposing with purpose: The remarkable versatility of animation
Discussions with newsrooms interested in expanding their use of animation consistently emphasize the need for visual content that is neutral in its branding.