Sara Quinn, in conjunction with The National Press Photographers Association, will conduct eye tracking studies to further research the impact of professional photo and video journalism.

Dagmar Thiel, the USA director of Fundamedios, will work on a diagnostic and database of threats, online and offline harassment of Latino journalists working in the U.S.

Max Siegelbaum will experiment further with producing a Spanish-language WhatsApp publication that will deliver information and news about immigration issues in New York City and beyond.

Melba Newsome will create a diversity training program that she will implement in newsrooms to help them include people of color and underrepresented groups in their reporting to be more reflective of the communities they serve.

Kristen Hare will rethink obituaries for digital audiences by using creative storytelling methods to build audience, digital subscribers and to rebuild a sense of community with the Tampa Bay Times.

Deborah Dwyer will work with newsrooms to take a deep dive into the ethics and practicalities of unpublishing.

Clayton Aldern will create materials for newsrooms to guide them in covering climate issues through a data lens. These materials will include adaptable software templates and start-up guides for non-technical staff interested in exploring the possibilities of climate data journalism.

Measuring impact is subjective and disorganized and often lacks context. There’s no unified way to look at the true (contextualized) impact of a story other than searching for citations, syndications and potency for popularity on social media. Impact, however, must be seen in a more holistic way through the lens of the diversity of views and its implication for underserved communities and business models.

As an RJI Fellow, Jim MacMillan will develop plans to help journalists cover the country’s most intractable crisis and the most lethal — yet preventable — threat to public health: gun violence.

In this project, Neil Mara will work with executives at U.S. media companies, and news tech providers, to test innovative approaches to stem the loss of born-digital news content that’s vanishing from public access due to technology and industry upheaval.