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The exact moment that a flash bang grenade hit Aubreanna Inda, 26, on the 10th day of protests following the police murder of George Floyd, shortly after midnight on Monday, June 8, 2020, in Seattle. Inda was rushed to the hospital as medics and protesters performed CPR. Doctors would later tell Inda that she lost a pulse three times that night. Photo: Megan Farmer | KUOW Photo
September 26, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2022-2023

Acknowledging the toll

Why we need trauma-informed safety training for journalists.

Ilia Blinderman
September 23, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2022-2023

Honoring the vulnerability of people’s stories when designing projects

A conversation with Ilia Blinderman, Senior Journalist-Engineer at The Pudding.

A photo of a presentation at ONA22
September 22, 2022
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RJI opens ONA22 with hands-on workshop exploring source diversity in journalism

The session also introduced a new tool, co-developed with Chalkbeat, that helps newsrooms audit their source lists to identify overrepresented and underrepresented voices.

IWMF Next Gen Safety Trainer Fellows experience flash bang grenades set off as part of the fellowship training during the Dec. 2021 retreat in Virginia. Photo: Tara Pixley
August 9, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2022-2023

Source of Safety

Building a trauma and identity-informed safety, security and risk management resource for all bodies and environments.

A screenshot of the interactive map commemorating flood survivors includes a headline that says, “Listen to stories of 1972 Black Hills Flood survivors,” an intro that says, “The marked spots on the map are the locations of where the survivors told their stories. Click on the marked spots on the map to read about or hear from survivors of the 1972 Black Hills Flood.” Finally, credits include Annie Jennemann, Regan Mertz and photos by Johnny Sundby Photography.
July 18, 2022
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Combining historical and current day journalism in an interactive experience

South Dakota Public Broadcasting used archival maps, audio stories, photos and other content to combine reporting on survivors’ stories

Newsroom editors, fact-checkers, graphic designers, copy editors, photographers, digital producers and social media managers are often not credited in news stories for their contributions to the work. Typically, reporters are credited in the byline of a story. Illustration: Mikaela Rodenbaugh
June 27, 2022
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Expanding credit for journalists: looking beyond the byline

Changes to traditional workflows reflect the contributions of all folks in the newsroom.

A screenshot from the accessible data context toolkit shows the checklists to contextualize data in your reporting more thoroughly.
June 13, 2022
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Providing context for data in journalism

One dataset we used for this work was the Missouri Healthnet Applications. Here are takeaways to assist you in making data points easier to understand for readers

June 10, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2022-2023

NABJ Black News & Views launches, highlighting stories by Black journalists and about Black community

New media platform was developed in collaboration with the Reynolds Journalism Institute at MU.

A professional headshot of Dr. Keren Landman in front of a black and white mural.
June 7, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2022-2023

Contextualizing public health data at Vox

Dr. Keren Landman discusses science literacy, dataset red flags and general tips for science communication.

Picturing COVID-19: Photographers document the world's biggest story | CPOY, POY, POY Latam, POY Asia
June 1, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2022-2023

Making pictures in an upturned world

An analysis of photojournalists’ motivations for covering COVID-19.

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