RJI Fellows stories
Upward means planning for growth
New opportunities don’t just appear, they need to be curated and designed with a candidate in mind.
Build a news app to track local real estate development, with and for your readers
The Local Development Tracker Toolkit helps small newsrooms build a tool that serves their communities.
A toolkit for newsrooms to better serve the disability community
A starting point for journalists that is a living document open for comments from the community.
How to support disabled journalists in your newsroom
“How could I possibly feel like I belong in an industry where I can’t even get in the door?”
Telling people before you begin builds trust. Telling people only after you’re done erodes it
A guide for turning private conversations into public resources through community consent.
Disability history that journalists should know to improve coverage
Get to know these key moments from disability history and how they inform disability activism, policy and culture.
Journalists reflect on a second conversation about crime and violence coverage
‘Be more empathetic… we are all human.’
Live in beta: The Detroit Development Tracker
This open-source tool makes property data accessible and actionable for Detroiters as the city undergoes rapid changes.
A successful event builds on the basics
The best teacher for future community conversations? The last event.
Setting boundaries so working on DEI doesn’t overwhelm my life
When working on diversity isn’t really a choice, what can we do to make sure we’re giving ourselves time to heal?