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Savvy young journalists spend a week in small town newsrooms as 2020 RJI Potter Digital Ambassadors
For the third year, Missouri School of Journalism students spent one week of their winter break working alongside veteran journalists in small, community newspapers around Missouri as part of RJI’s Pottter Digital Ambassador program.
For Missouri community newspapers, Potter Ambassador Program has lasting impacts
During the past three years, about 20 Missouri newspapers have benefited from one-on-one help learning and honing various digital skills such as shooting mobile video or engaging with audiences on social media as part of the Potter Ambassador Program.
DSLR to mobile: Dongles tips and tricks
We piloted DSLR dongles, which enable newsrooms to stream video directly from professional cameras to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and other live platforms.
Post Episode 19: Journalists expose uneven power dynamics, greed and corruption
In Episode 19, Post discusses stories highlighted in the most recent issue of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Journal.
The future of digital is print
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is in the midst of a multi-year project to convert its print audience to iPad-only subscribers.
Web-based tool to help fight deep fakes by using AI wins RJI student competition
A web-based tool known as Deeptector.io, which harnesses artificial intelligence to detect synthetic or deepfake videos and images made with AI, won the 2019-20 RJI student innovation competition and a $10,000 prize.
DSLR to mobile: Q&A with Kara Frame
NPR Video Producer Kara Frame shares her advice for those looking to live stream from a DSLR.
Post Episode 18: Reporters use documents and data to follow the money
In Episode 18, Post discusses stories that follow the money — from taxpayer dollars being misspent to doctors pulling in major profits from urine tests.
World of trade-offs: What journalists think of rating scales in fact-checking
Rating systems are widely accepted among and used by most fact-checkers. But the idea received backlash over the years, with critics alleging that the system reflects fact-checkers’ biases and potentially oversimplifies complex issues.
Live to Animation: Tips and Tools
We piloted a few easy-to-use animation tools and suggest five best practices for working with animations in the newsroom