RJI news
Lawmakers wander into news deserts
Seeing the link with democracy, legislators put forward bills to protect local news.
Generating revenue through merchandise community partnerships
Block Club Chicago brought in $100,000 from Gator Watch, a conversation on merch and partnerships with Maple Walker Lloyd.
RJI sends Potter Digital Ambassadors to enhance digital efforts at community newsrooms all over Missouri
Over the course of one week in early January, the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute once again sent students to community newsrooms all over Missouri as part of the Potter Digital Ambassadors Program.
RJI Student Innovation Fellow builds analytics tool for Minnesota’s largest newspaper
Emily Hood, a senior at the Missouri School of Journalism, saw many months of work come to fruition in December, when the Star Tribune — the largest newspaper in Minnesota — launched a Slackbot that streamlines the newsroom’s access to analytics.
How to plan for emergency communications before the hurricane season
A radio emergency exercise for reporters to check-in with their managers in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
How to work with a local artist to design merch for your newsroom
Saco Bay News, Black Iowa News, Forth Worth Report and My Ballard created T-shirts with their communities.
Start on your AI journey with these three free beginner self-learning courses
Designed to transform you from a newbie to a knowledgeable enthusiast.
Choosing a tool to do a job it wasn’t built for
A.K.A: Journalism product management for small newsrooms.
Helping solve the news crisis through pop-up apprentice newsrooms
Let’s innovate together to address the decline in hyperlocal investigative journalism.
How anchoring into the values guiding my project led to a new email course
A better understanding of how we define work culture and what we need to do to improve it.