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RJI Fellows stories

Alt text: A screenshot of the Twitter alt-text editor. Hannah is using dark mode, so the editor appears on a black background. The heading reads “Write alt-text.” And it is above an image with the following alt-text description written beneath: Forest green crocheted fabric with a pink crochet hook sits on Hannah’s lap in the airplane. She’s in a Southwest plane and the red and white safety card can be seen poking out of the blue seat pocket in front of her.”
October 14, 2021
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Alt-text is journalism: Enhancing your reporting with accessibility

Learning to write alt-text can deepen your reporting and improve how you tell stories online.

Putting Airtable to work in your newsroom
October 13, 2021
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Putting Airtable to work in your newsroom

From surveying readers to tracking impact, it can do a lot more than a spreadsheet.

The locations of current Documenter programs. Image: Documenters/City Bureau
October 11, 2021
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Q&A with Darryl Holliday: Lessons in training everyday people to document public events

“I think people get it much more quickly than journalists will give them credit for.”

A tweet from Kent C. Dodds using special characters to demonstrate how inaccessible this style of Twitter meme is to people who use screen readers or assistive technology. The tweet reads: “You this it's cute to write your tweets and usernames this way. But have you listened to what it sounds like with assistive technologies like VoiceOver?”
October 7, 2021
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Digital accessibility is a cultural shift newsrooms need now

You don’t need to be an engineer or web developer to make your work accessible to disabled audiences.

Understanding the photography and video needs of smaller newsrooms
October 6, 2021
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Understanding the photography and video needs of smaller newsrooms

Local outlets struggle to find and pay visual journalists.

Image by Mudassar Iqbal from Pixabey
October 5, 2021
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Small publishers can build meaningful engagement practices without more time or resources

It will help you serve the people who are most on board with your mission — and most likely to read and need your reporting.

Illustration: Black Illustrations
October 4, 2021
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Redesign your live meeting agenda doc with these templates

How to prioritize people who are participating on their own time.

Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow Kate Abbey-Lambertz speaks to Columbia Missourian students Friday, Aug 27, 2021, in Columbia, Missouri. Photo: Erin Hooley
September 27, 2021
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Utilizing RJI resources to take next steps

The Covering Your Community project prepares for our first listening session.

Illustration of a woman connecting with people around the world
September 9, 2021
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I’m redesigning brainstorming for asynchronous participation and I love it

Making effective meetings accessible to people not in the room.

Disability Matters logo features two overlapping circles creating a Venn Diagram effect. A teal circle is on the left overlaid on a blue circle on the right. All caps sans serif font in white that says Disability Matters is on top of both circles and positioned slightly more to the right. The design conveys the idea of people with shared experiences and differences coming together to learn about each other and build a stronger group for all.
August 18, 2021
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Is disability invisible in your newsroom? It’s beyond time to fix that

If teens on TikTok can add captions to videos, you can, too.

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