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‘We are going to help people get free’
Using news and information tools to stretch far past incremental change by waking a radical imagination.
A Chicago news outlet rethinks ‘hard-to-reach’ audiences
RJI Fellow Nissa Rhee will give people a behind-the-scenes look at how Borderless Magazine is using field canvassers to reach their Spanish communities.
How Trusting News organizes their large library of internal resources
Keeping information easily accessible is an essential lesson for newsrooms.
Could a banking law designed to end redlining drive more capital into local journalism?
A consortium of Black news publishers wants federal regulators to update Community Reinvestment Act rules so banks do more for local, minority-owned media.
Listening tours to city council templates, building actionable resources for your community
Up the Block adds new resources for people to get involved in their neighborhoods and government Sabrina Iglesias is the community outreach editor at The Trace and project manager for Up the Block. She runs the project’s website and Instagram page, stays in touch with the community, and is always keeping an ear open for … Continued
Combining historical and current day journalism in an interactive experience
South Dakota Public Broadcasting used archival maps, audio stories, photos and other content to combine reporting on survivors’ stories
How to engage your community with Instagram takeovers
Publications are seeing an increase in the amount of audience members because of new engagement strategies in place.
Newsrooms come together to tackle problem of digital news preservation
Leadership from each of the Missouri School of Journalism’s professional media outlets gathered together in a conference room in late April, no small feat for a group in charge of “feeding the beast” of news media day after day while also juggling teaching responsibilities at the School. The challenge that brought them together? Preservation and accessibility of digital news archives.
How to create and launch an evergreen pop-up newsletter
Sydney Lewis is a 2022 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with NOLA.com in New Orleans. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their product work this summer through Innovation in Focus. NOLA.com | The Times Picayune decided to create an evergreen pop-up newsletter. It was my job to research, brainstorm, build, curate, write, promote, and … Continued
RJI announces three local newsrooms to receive development trackers
An outgrowth of Kate Abbey-Lambertz’s RJI Fellowship, the trackers will give communities up-to-date, thorough information about developments in their area.