RJI news
2024 RJI Student Innovation Competition now accepting entries
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism has announced its call for entries into the 2024 Student Innovation Competition. Entries will be accepted until Oct. 16 and are open to students of all disciplines at any college or university in the United States.
Build a push notification strategy that aligns with your subscriber retention goals
How the Star Tribune reimagined its push notification strategy from scratch.
The Importance of context, data, and expert sources in discussing Latino communities
And the proliferation of disinformation in these spaces.
How investing in work culture will protect journalism’s most valuable resource: people
News breaks, but it doesn’t have to break our journalists. Our industry is not sustainable if we don’t take care of one of our most valuable resources: our people.
Building a chatbot trained on your newsroom’s content
What it takes: time, money and ethical considerations.
A sensitivity editor takes on my tweets
What it looks like when a small newsroom tries a little harder.
How to bring democracy into your newsroom
Build a power-sharing decision making model that works for you.
The Star Tribune asked its interns to envision the future of the company
Our presentation delivered strategies ranging from expanded revenue models to top-of-funnel engagement to subscriber retention.
When the Internet and the power are out, newsrooms might need a ‘hamd’
How can journalists report when there’s no power, electricity, reception? Radio amateurs come in handy.
AI takes ONA23 by storm
ONA 23, the Online News Association’s annual conference held last week in Philadelphia, demonstrated just how quickly artificial intelligence and machine learning have become a dominant focus in the industry, even as news organizations largely remain cautious about integrating Large Language Models like ChatGPT into workflows.