News
Rural towns give rise to ‘volunteer journalism’
Community members step in when professional newsrooms die. News is driven by duty, not dollars.
Vote: 2025 RJI Student Innovation Competition
This year’s challenge was for student teams to create something to help journalists and newsrooms tackle the increasing rates of news avoidance to get vital information to the communities they serve. Is it changing the way we present, produce or create news?
Looking at the reactionary response to media’s 2020 ‘reckoning’
It’s not just broken promises at stake. It’s the future of the news and information ecosystem.
Protecting the protectors
Training for journalists working with sensitive sources.
Not-for-profit isn’t not-for-money
New local news organizations are often structured as nonprofits and get charitable funding to launch. Their founders then face the challenge of how to continue operations into the future far beyond what that funding will cover.
Re-evaluating what news delivery looks like at CivicLex
Centering the community’s needs while finding an innovative format.
Leah Becerra joins RJI as product director for Digital On-Demand Services initiative
Under Becerra’s stewardship, the DODS Learning Center will make digital training resources more accessible to publishers.
The four-day newsroom? How a bold schedule shift could ease burnout and boost retention
As burnout continues to challenge morale and staff retention in newsrooms nationwide, the Reynolds Journalism Institute’s research indicates that journalists widely support greater flexibility in their scheduling as a potential remedy.
Every story is a science story
That’s why we’re building a resource that guides journalists along several paths to integrate more science into their coverage.
Atlanta POV: Listening to community at scale
Atlanta Civic Circle collaborated with Neighborhood Nexus to build a listening tool to bring in revenue and build connection.