RJI Fellows stories
News archives: The untapped resource Part 3
This excerpt from Neil Mara’s research report highlights the top selections from each of the five categories of examples showing how newsrooms are using the content of their news archives to their benefit.
Challenge Accepted! Expandable audio journalism lets listeners take control
What if people could control the way an audio story plays out while listening to it? Missouri School of Journalism students Slone Salerno, Vivian Wang, Elliot Bauman and Sarai Vega worked with RJI Fellow Michael Epstein to find out.
Expandable Audio Journalism: The next frontier for podcasting
News story listeners will get prompts to decide if they want to learn more about a person, topic, or place.
RJI Fellow’s tool measures ‘impact with context’
With newsrooms becoming leaner, time and resources are limited to manually track the full impact of stories beyond page views and clicks, says RJI Fellow Leezel Tanglao.
RJI Fellow developing tool to measure real-life impact beyond clicks and social shares
Finding the true impact of a story should go beyond just looking at clicks and social shares, says Leezel Tanglao, a data-driven multimedia news leader.
Epstein: Platform will allow news consumers to dive deeper into audio stories on smart home devices
During an experiment in 2018, the BBC gave audiences the opportunity to dive deeper into topics within an article through a tool called Expander. Now, Michael Epstein of Walking Cinema wants to give news consumers a similar opportunity.
RJI Fellowship project helps TV newsrooms go from only reporting on problems to solutions journalism
Training journalists in new reporting concepts is a first step, but many times this alone is not enough to break old habits, says Carolyn Robinson, regional director of newsroom practice at Solutions Journalism Network.
Rural teens seek (but rarely find) themselves in local news coverage
There is a heightened interest in what goes on in the heads and hearts of modern teenagers — dubbed “Generation Z” (Gen Z) — particularly by legacy media. But teenagers from rural communities, especially in the Midwest, are not often factored into mainstream Gen Z coverage. This can be attributed to a number of factors, … Continued
Why El Tímpano launched a text-message reporting pilot
Weekly texts with actionable news and information designed to address immigrants’ information needs
What crowdsourcing 10,000 pages of government records has taught
Last year, we launched our new crowdsourcing tool. Here’s what’s worked well and where we’re taking it next.