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Measuring impact by engaging with readers about your news product

Irina Matchavarini is a 2022 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with the Chicago Reporter and Illinois Latino News in Chicago. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their product work throughout the summer in Innovation in Focus.  In partnership with the Chicago Reporter and Illinois Latino News — newsrooms covering race, social justice and community … Continued

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Elevating voices

Missouri School of Journalism associate professor travels to the Gulf Coast to research the impact of climate and environmental disasters on marginalized communities and how those events are covered by media.

Nora Hertel, left, founder ofThe Optimist, talks with fellow journalist Jenny Berg in St. Cloud, Minnesota, in November 2022. Photo: Sarah Kocher

Founding The Optimist

Solution-focused journalism and community conversations for rural Minnesotans.

Who is your audience?

Incorporating reader feedback at Illinois Latino News

“We want to hear from our readers,” said Hugo Balta, Publisher of Illinois Latino Network, the online news outlet targeting the Latinx community in the state. The network had previously used forms to solicit opinions from readers, but had been inconsistent in the endeavor. Now it was time for a revival.