RJI news
Optimize your SEO with service journalism
The concept of “news you can use” is not new to media organizations. However, with the rising importance of search engine optimization, these stories play a key role in not only driving traffic to news websites, but helping news organizations serve their communities.
Using Flourish stories to build a visual data experience
How we crafted a complete package on changing health outcomes in Lake County, California.
Empowering local newsrooms with comprehensive community dashboards
Han Vu is a 2023 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with the American Press Institute in Washington, DC. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their innovative work through Innovation in Focus. Data holds great power for newsrooms to better understand their communities, but accessing and understanding it can be daunting. To aid local journalists … Continued
What do you need in your local news go bag?
Preparing for reporting when disaster and emergencies happen at home.
Wok and scroll: the process of designing an animated information graphic
Four tips on expediting your next animated adventure.
Rebuilding local sports journalism by partnering with community members
The hidden cost of the pandemic on small local news outlets.
How a pop-up community newsroom shed light on wildfire health impacts in Boulder, Colorado
We’re building a guide to help newsrooms fill voids in deep-dive reporting with their communities.
The argument for sensitivity readers
Equity cannot be achieved through staffing alone Some years ago my news organization began employing sensitivity readers in our work. We didn’t call it that at the time. The broad imperative of these sensitivity professionals was to help ensure that a story did not in any way harm or further marginalize identity communities featured in … Continued
Early lessons about using Threads to engage your community
From allotted character count to engagement strategies, takeaways from the Springfield News-Leader.
How the Global Press Style Guide came to be
And the plugin we are building to make it more accessible to journalists.