RJI news
Tips for coaching on-air presenters
Journalists are challenging appearance and voice norms. Avoid blanket statements and broad assumptions when advising them on self-presentation.
The power of newsletters
How strategic subscribe asks, personalized content, and continuous testing can help local newsrooms grow and foster deeper connections with readers.
Building equitable freelance contracts
Maintaining copyright is key to photojournalists’ sustainability.
Building stronger newsrooms by tackling operational pain points
The path forward: Real support, practical tools, and proactive measures.
Why journalists should care about design-conscious sonification
Exploring the relationship between data sonification and information design.
Jockeying for attention
Lessons from “horse race” coverage can improve reporting on new developments in AI technology.
Using zines to share public service, civic information
From printing on a budget to distributing strategically: what you need to know.
Can election season be less crazy?
An automation and AI experiment in real time.
Iffy.news releases 2024 PolitiFact-check
Iffy.news, former RJI Fellow Barrett Golding’s index of unreliable online news sources, has issued its latest “PolitiFact-check,” which rates the veracity of statements about politics from a wide variety of public figures, organizations and media sources. During each election cycle since 2017, when the first version debuted on RJI, the PolitiFact-check has compiled data for … Continued
A new approach to striking a balance between free speech and safe speech
How comprehension quizzes transform the comment section into a participatory journalism space.