RJI news
Working from home in the age of pandemic
In a normal week many of us might work from home for a day or an afternoon or an evening. But this was not a normal week, nor will be next week or the week after.
Records request stalling? Scrape their site!
Garrison had been waiting for an Indiana state agency to respond to his open records request. He knew the data existed and, if he could just get a full copy of it, he could finally answer a question that had bugged him for over a year.
Binaural audio: Tips and tricks
Tips to create immersive listening experiences with 3D audio
Journalism’s coverage combover isn’t fooling anyone
Visit many American cities, and you’ll find a local newspaper with a staff half the size of 15 years ago. Welcome to the Age of the Journalism Combover, where the necessary resources no longer exist to cover the desired terrain.
The Road to OTT: Stop calling it OTT!
Looking for cutting edge television technology? We had to visit Capitol Broadcasting in Raleigh, North Carolina. No surprise in today’s stop on The Road to OTT that WRAL-TV got into OTT more than seven years ago and is already on its second generation.
Binaural audio: Let’s cook
Immerse yourself in this cooking story told in 3D audio
Savvy young journalists spend a week in small town newsrooms as 2020 RJI Potter Digital Ambassadors
For the third year, Missouri School of Journalism students spent one week of their winter break working alongside veteran journalists in small, community newspapers around Missouri as part of RJI’s Pottter Digital Ambassador program.
For Missouri community newspapers, Potter Ambassador Program has lasting impacts
During the past three years, about 20 Missouri newspapers have benefited from one-on-one help learning and honing various digital skills such as shooting mobile video or engaging with audiences on social media as part of the Potter Ambassador Program.
Expandable Audio Journalism: The next frontier for podcasting
News story listeners will get prompts to decide if they want to learn more about a person, topic, or place.
What’s Working: How to build a foundation for effective service journalism
When looking at the news media business alongside the rise of the internet and digital platforms, it’s almost always cast as an unfortunate, if not tragic, decline.