RJI Fellows stories
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.
Student winners demo product at Hearst headquarters
Team Scope, winners of the 2012 Reynolds Journalism Institute Student Competition, demonstrated their story recommendation engine and self-service advertising network this week to newspaper, television, magazine and digital media executives at Hearst Tower in New York. Hearst Corporation, one of the country’s largest media companies, has sponsored the contest which brings together journalism, computer science … Continued
The Storm Collection
Matt Thompson and Robin Sloan, co-creators of the hugely popular web video “Epic 2014,” released their newest video today, “SND Storm,” at the annual convention of the Society of News Design in St. Louis. Matt, a 2008-2009 Donald W. Reynolds Fellow at the Reynolds Journalism Institute, is an editorial product manager at NPR, where he’s … Continued
In his own words: A selection of Matt Thompson’s blog entries Part 2
The W-bomb Sept. 22, 2008 You can’t tell from my blogging, but I’ve gotten rather sensitive about the word “Wikipedia.” Earlier this year, after I’d written my research proposal, I was casting about for a title to communicate the core concept I hoped to pursue. I recalled a whitepaper by Shayne Bowman, Ellen Kampinsky and … Continued