RJI news
The difficult task of creating a simple yet powerful startup name
The name you choose for your startup will drive the initial first impressions of investors and future collaborators. A strong company name can also sway the perception of the product for potential customers and collaborators.
Troubleshooting in a newly converged newsroom
Takeaways from combining a radio, TV, newspaper and magazine staff into one space for collaboration It has been three months since the Missouri School of Journalism reconfigured the space for the One Newsroom, a converged hub for five newsrooms: the Columbia Missourian, a daily community newspaper; KOMU, an NBC affiliate TV newsroom; KBIA, an NPR … Continued
It’s time to move beyond ‘inspiration porn’ and cover disability authentically and accurately
Every beat is a disability beat.
It is imperative that we think about our writers’ physical, emotional and legal safety
Lessons from the Global Press Institute’s Duty of Care program.
Answering your questions on how to redesign brainstorming meetings
Meetings belong to participants, too: overcoming tech barriers and snackable next steps.
Collaboratives are making the most of newsrooms that share their content
Non-profit organizations can be the bind that brings in revenue.
Mikaela Rodenbaugh to join Reynolds Journalism Institute as senior editor
Mikaela Rodenbaugh, formerly a project manager for content innovation at Gannett, will join the institute as senior editor of the innovation team starting Nov. 8.
Making Agenda Watch useful to journalists across the country
Big Local News and the Reynolds Journalism Institute will make Agenda Watch a full-featured platform for journalists, one that provides the ability to research past agendas and minutes as well as subscribe to alerts based on topics and keywords relevant to a reporter’s beat.
Our first community conversation
Takeaways and feedback from our first conversation with communities in Chicago.
Post Episode 24: Nursing homes investigated during times of crisis
From documenting and counting COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities to reporting on the hurricane evacuation of hundreds of nursing home residents to a warehouse, this episode of POST discusses reporting on vulnerable populations during crisis.