RJI Fellows Class of 2025–2026
Establishing a viable nonprofit newsroom
Nina Misuraca Ignaczak shares lessons from her six-year journey of bootstrapping to finding a financial footing.
When legal help becomes harm
When Luis Montellano (name anonymized for safety reasons) got a letter in the mail with a new Social Security number, he felt hopeful. A woman had promised she could fix his immigration status. She was the wife of an attorney in Wichita, Kansas, and she told him about something she called the “10-year law.” “If … Continued
How to make change through research
Q&A with Alli Finn, Senior Partnerships and Strategy Lead at the AI Now Institute.
Covering the drug supply, risks and trends
Educating readers, listeners, and viewers about drugs, risks, and their effects—without overstating threats
How Colorado Sun let employees become their own bosses
The outlet changed its business model to give journalists a “voice and a vote.“
Anonymous portraiture
The presence in absence.
Migrant Roots Media uproots migration narratives
Roxana Bendezú migrated to the United States for the first time at the age of 14 from Lima, Peru, and later returned at 20. Bendezú is the founder and executive director of Migrant Roots Media, a multilingual multimedia platform that seeks to uncover the root causes of global migration through the voices of migrants, the … Continued
Saving the symbiotic relationship between listings and local arts communities
One musician uses his platform to call for philanthropic renaissance.
Taking the first step: How to explore walking tours for your newsroom
Consider these four factors during your first brainstorm.
What is a non-traditional newsroom?
Co-ops, staff-led nonprofits, and democratically-run newsrooms are on the rise.