Journalism education
Challenge Accepted! What newsrooms need to know about Generation Z
A Missouri School of Journalism capstone team worked with BuzzFeed to find the answer to one complex question: What does Gen Z celebrate? While finding the answer, we were to develop personality profiles that captured what it’s like to be a member of Gen Z
Challenge Accepted! Expandable audio journalism lets listeners take control
What if people could control the way an audio story plays out while listening to it? Missouri School of Journalism students Slone Salerno, Vivian Wang, Elliot Bauman and Sarai Vega worked with RJI Fellow Michael Epstein to find out.
Newsrooms gain support on innovative work during COVID-19 with RJI Student Innovation Fellowships
The coronavirus pandemic has presented numerous challenges to newsroom of all sizes. RJI hopes to do its part to keep moving forward innovation and new ideas with a summer version of its RJI Student Innovation Fellowships.
Challenge Accepted! How can a Phoenix TV station better engage with 18- to 24-year-olds?
Doesn’t every news organization want to engage a younger audience? Annie Le, Kyle McCubbin, Sidney Steele and Jacqueline Lemp teamed with 12 News, based in Phoenix, to better understand their younger audience base.
Entrepreneurship and Media of the Future winner creates online learning platform for journalists
A University of Missouri student team, who came up with the idea to teach different journalistic skills through an online subscription-based learning platform, won the 11th annual Entrepreneurship and Media of the Future Symposium competition.
News literacy experts share, demo resources available to help students, news consumers
News literacy experts and advocates from organizations including The News Literacy Project and the University of Missouri shared current research and literacy tools and projects at a recent gathering at the Missouri School of Journalism’s RJI.
Mobile microlearning works! Sample the first course in digital journalism delivered to your phone
Almost two years ago, Linda Austin asked for your help in identifying your training needs in digital journalism. Now, the results are back from that first course in digital journalism delivered via mobile microlearning.
RJI seeks newsroom partners for millennial-driven innovative projects
Mid-October deadline for newsrooms wanting help next spring
Tool to battle fake news wins RJI Student Competition
The winning team, VeriPixel, will go to New York City to meet with media and technology experts and leaders.
New online textbook is comprehensive resource for teaching media entrepreneurship
This Q&A has been edited for space and clarity. An evolving online textbook, written and reviewed by entrepreneurs, student innovators and educators, prepares journalism students to take entrepreneurial work from “idea to implementation.” Co-editor Michelle Barrett Ferrier, 2016–17 RJI Fellow and an Ohio University professor, says “Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship” was born out of the … Continued