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Not-for-profit isn’t not-for-money
New local news organizations are often structured as nonprofits and get charitable funding to launch. Their founders then face the challenge of how to continue operations into the future far beyond what that funding will cover.
Re-evaluating what news delivery looks like at CivicLex
Centering the community’s needs while finding an innovative format.
Leah Becerra joins RJI as product director for Digital On-Demand Services initiative
Under Becerra’s stewardship, the DODS Learning Center will make digital training resources more accessible to publishers.
The four-day newsroom? How a bold schedule shift could ease burnout and boost retention
As burnout continues to challenge morale and staff retention in newsrooms nationwide, the Reynolds Journalism Institute’s research indicates that journalists widely support greater flexibility in their scheduling as a potential remedy.
Every story is a science story
That’s why we’re building a resource that guides journalists along several paths to integrate more science into their coverage.
Siri Carpenter
Siri Carpenter is an award-winning science journalist and editor based in Madison, Wisconsin, and is the executive director and editor-in-chief of The Open Notebook, a journalism nonprofit that she co-founded in 2010 whose mission is to give journalists the tools and resources they need to cover science. Carpenter has written and edited hundreds of stories … Continued
Rachel Zamzow
Rachel Zamzow is an award-winning science journalist and editor based in Waco, Texas. She’s the managing editor of The Open Notebook (TON), a non-profit organization that supports the global community of journalists who cover science. At TON, she also run the Covering Science Slack, a peer-mentoring community for local journalists who want to incorporate more science into … Continued
Leah Becerra
Leah Becerra is the Digital On-Demand Services product director for the Reynolds Journalism Institute. The DODS initiative is designed to support local newsrooms with accessible content, training and development resources to foster sustainable digital growth. She comes to RJI with over a decade of experience working in local newsrooms across the Midwest and East Coast. Becerra’s journalism … Continued
Atlanta POV: Listening to community at scale
Atlanta Civic Circle collaborated with Neighborhood Nexus to build a listening tool to bring in revenue and build connection.
2024-2025 RJI Fellows present free, open-source resources for newsrooms in public webinar
On Friday, March 7, the 2024-2025 class of RJI Fellows presented the results of their projects, which aimed to create free and open-source solutions to a variety of industry challenges.