RJI news
Journalists can now find COVID-19 response related legislation from across country on Open States
Journalists can now track what’s happening in state legislatures across the U.S. regarding bills and legislation related to the coronavirus response, with help from the Open States website.
COVID-19: Data & context for journalists
Where journalists can find accurate data about COVID-19, share advice for using the data within larger context responsibly and ways to deliver that information to communities
He Had It Coming: How archives keep giving, almost a century later
When Marianne Mather visited the archives in the Chicago Tribune, what she found inspired her to co-author a book, “He Had It Coming: Four Murderous Women and the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories”
RJI’s 2020 student innovation winner advances to world finals in Microsoft’s 2020 Imagine Cup
The winner of RJI’s 2020 student innovation competition, Team Deeptector, has advanced to the world finals in Microsoft’s 2020 Imagine Cup
A good failure: Changing our newsletter promos
At the Columbia Missourian, we tried — yet failed — to get a dramatic bump in newsletter subscriptions. Will our tactics work for you?
Watch: RJI and IRE co-host “Finding COVID-19 data and responsible context” panel April 3
Journalists are invited to attend the virtual event “Finding COVID-19 data and responsible context,” 11 a.m. CST Friday, April 3 via Zoom.
Unused funds from canceled Women in Journalism Workshop go to help photojournalists in need
To lessen the financial burden created by the coronavirus, Women Photograph has set up an emergency fund to help women and non-binary individuals who work as freelance photojournalists.
What’s Working: The coronavirus crisis has lessons for us about service journalism
If service journalism has a time to shine, it’s during a crisis. When things are going wrong, people need good, specific information to deal with the situation.
COVID-19: Staying safe while in the field
Panelists address how they’re staying safe while still producing journalism for their communities
Newsroom Notes: The New Normal
It’s Friday morning and we are closing in on our first week of “new normal” at KOMU. I am blessed that my “new normal” is only disrupting my intended trips home.