RJI news
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.
The three kinds of code you write in the newsroom
And other takeaways from NICAR 2020
RJI’s 2020–2021 fellows named
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute has awarded seven fellowships for the 2020–21 academic year for projects that address the increasing challenges in covering climate change, unpublishing, harassment of marginalized journalists and more.
Help your readers: Organize the COVID news flood with a special newsletter
The rapid COVID-19 developments and the almost-immediate dissemination of often less-than reliable information on social media challenged the Columbia Missourian’s efforts to ensure people could easily access our accurate and reliable reporting.
Newsroom Notes: A unique view at a unique time
How do you run a newsroom through these unusual times? We’re providing a first-hand view from an industry veteran who agreed to lead the KOMU newsroom during a faculty search process—just as the Covid-19 crisis began unfolding.