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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.
Expandable Audio Journalism: The next frontier for podcasting
News story listeners will get prompts to decide if they want to learn more about a person, topic, or place.
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.
AP push alert project: Face-to-face collaboration is key
At the Associated Press, we wanted to take a closer look at our push alerts to our readers and increase collaboration between the editorial and products teams.
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.
RJI Fellow’s tool measures ‘impact with context’
With newsrooms becoming leaner, time and resources are limited to manually track the full impact of stories beyond page views and clicks, says RJI Fellow Leezel Tanglao.
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.