Reporting
The People’s Beat: Finding the right pace as a startup newsroom
Diversifying tasks and coverage while finding solutions to the challenges of being a startup led by people of color.
Growing collaborative local journalism means expecting the unexpected
The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, based at the University of Missouri, is finding creative ways to navigate a perpetual struggle: how to make our free, collaborative content so available and relevant that it’s a no-brainer for any local newsroom to join in.
Acknowledging the toll
Why we need trauma-informed safety training for journalists.
Honoring the vulnerability of people’s stories when designing projects
A conversation with Ilia Blinderman, Senior Journalist-Engineer at The Pudding.
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.
Source of Safety
Building a trauma and identity-informed safety, security and risk management resource for all bodies and environments.
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
Expanding credit for journalists: looking beyond the byline
Changes to traditional workflows reflect the contributions of all folks in the newsroom.
We’re launching a free tool for journalists to track source diversity
How to sign up and use it for free.
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