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A three-panel comic showing a newsroom workflow: Panel 1 depicts stressed journalists facing "Election Night Chaos"; Panel 2 shows a woman generating Python code using an AI coach; Panel 3 displays a "Human Fact-Checked" automated data dashboard.

Bay City News Election Playbook, Part 2: Newsrooms can vibe code their way to automated election night dashboard

Election night is a high-stakes, labor-intensive operation — and not just for the candidates. As voters wait for returns, community journalists fight an uphill battle to make sense of data released in disparate formats from different sources. But a breakthrough experiment at Bay City News provides a new blueprint for success. By leveraging generative artificial … Continued

Rebecca Ritzel | Photo: Nate Brown

Launching the Arts Journalism Initiative

Faced with a declining landscape for traditional arts coverage, shrinking newsroom budgets and an explosive rise in digital influencers filling the vacuum, 2025-2026 Residential RJI Fellow Rebecca Ritzel set out to look for solutions that preserve the quality and integrity of arts and culture journalism. Ritzel, a freelance arts and entertainment reporter and longtime contributor … Continued

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The Bridge (RiverWise)

I teamed up with an after school program to have a listening session with students about what they want to see in the news, and then the students created our April newsletter.

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Charlottesville Tomorrow

Community Engagement Lead Sabrina Feggans and Community Editor Atlee Webber piloted a new, traveling community engagement series called Coffee & Conversation.

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The Edge

The Edge has been the only outlet to break stories in important land use events locally, and to continue following the stories at every stage.

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American Press Institute

In March, the American Press Institute launched a community dinner for our audience of news leaders and product thinkers.

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Investigate Midwest

Investigate Midwest built a centralized impact tracking system in Airtable to better document how our journalism is amplified and how it creates change over time.

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California

In honor of J.’s 130 year legacy of prolific archives and serving the Bay Area Jewish community, I created an event centering community stories, archives and local history on Mar 22.