Lean into what your core audiences value

May 14, 2024

Introducing the 2024-2025 RJI Fellows

Today, the Reynolds Journalism Institute announced the 2024-2025 class of RJI Fellows, each of whom will work to create and test practical, free resources for journalists and newsrooms.

Mountain State Spotlight, an independent and nonprofit newsroom in West Virginia, hosted an elections-focused roundtable with community members in April.

May 13, 2024

Early lessons from elections roundtables in West Virginia

A conversation with Tyler Dedrick, Mountain State Spotlight.

More than 700 audience members listen as Megan Finnerty and Kaila White emcee a show of true, personal stories on stage at The Van Buren in downtown Phoenix as a celebration as part of the Arizona Storytellers Project show in 2019. Photo: The Arizona Republic

May 8, 2024

Understanding our communities to better shape our coverage of them

Practical tips on utilizing lived experiences to build trust and relationships.

Community-Centered Symposium participants in November 2023 at the Reynolds Journalism Institute. Photo: Kat Duncan

May 7, 2024

11 Community-centered projects from newsrooms and journalists across the country

The 2023 Symposium provided opportunity and support for journalists to try at least one new-to-them idea.

The candidate forum started with multiple listening sessions where six to eight voters discussed the issues most important to them and what they were looking for in a candidate.

May 6, 2024

How we aimed to center community voices in a candidate forum

A collaborative take on election debates.

May 2, 2024

YESEO app embraced by newsrooms looking to amp up SEO while keeping data safe

One year after the launch of YESEO — a free Slack app created by Ryan Restivo during his 2022-2023 RJI Fellowship — the app is helping news organizations increase the visibility of their stories through guided search engine optimization.