RJI news
RiskMiner: A test case for information access and revenue streams
First in a series introducing our 2017-2018 RJI Fellows and their projects.
FL#194: Immersive video conversations with Portals
Portals take video conferencing to the next level. The project combines new technology with a set of gold-painted shipping containers to enable people across the globe to converse as if they were side by side. Amar Bakshi, a former journalist who created the project, explains how it could expand upon traditional coverage of global news … Continued
Memory holes and permanent errors: Part 2
The preservation of online news corrections, updates and post-publication edits.
Expansion into digital services opens new revenue stream for Missouri newspaper
Editor’s note: A team from Missouri Press Service and Amplified Digital developed a digital suite of services for newspaper advertising clients during a 2015-2016 RJI Fellowship. The Washington Missourian was about to lose $5,000 to $6,000 in ad revenue to a competitor. The client needed to reach digital customers beyond the local opportunities the newspaper … Continued
We’ll take ‘design hubs’ for $400
Let’s play J-Parody: Society for News Design edition! This is the journalism game where I give the answer and a few hints, and you guess the question. Today’s category: Design hubs. The answer is: 1,134 Hint 1Hint 2Hint 3Hint 4Hint 5Hint 6Hint 7 Lee Enterprises: 395. GateHouse Media: 247. Gannett Company: 209. The McClatchy Company: … Continued
FL#193: Searching within video files via LivingLens
LivingLens offers an artificial intelligence-driven technology that can enable clients to search for specific emotions or sentiments within video files. Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Carl Wong tells us how it works. Reporting by Sarah Sabatke, Rachel Wise and Jessica King.
What an Idaho TV station is learning from flying a drone
We asked newsrooms and ad agencies what they are doing today that they weren’t doing a year ago. Turns out quite a lot! This new RJI series will highlight some of the innovations and experiments we discovered and share what leaders are learning along the way. We call it The What’s New? Q&A.
Memory holes and permanent errors: Part 1
The preservation of online news corrections, updates and post-publication edits.
FL#192: Audio sharing via SoundBYTE
(Video missing) SoundBYTE is a social app that allows users to record and share audio with followers around the world, 14 seconds at a time. We find out how it works from Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Dan Kearns. Reporting by Kexin Sun, Rachel Wise and Jessica King. Additional information The app is free and … Continued
Journalism, the intelligence community and technology
Editor’s note: The author, who spent a year as an RJI Fellow exploring ways to report and create news stories using databases, has recently received funding to develop intelligence applications of his Structured Stories journalism database. The funding is being provided by the U.S. federal government’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.