RJI news
Post Episode 13: Teachers help test schools for lead, mold and asbestos
A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team joins the show to talk about one of their recent projects: Toxic City, which recently won an IRE award for innovation.
Missouri School of Journalism launches online teaching resources for junior and high school teachers
The Missouri School of Journalism has launched a free, 25-module online learning tool for middle school and high school teachers who want to teach or revamp their journalism or strategic communication lessons.
RJI Fellow says better reporting can help fight against gun violence
With mass shootings regularly in the news, questions loom about how to prevent these types of gun-related tragedies. Journalists can play a role with good, solutions-based reporting, says Jim MacMillan, multimedia journalist and educator.
RJI Fellow: Push notifications can help move publishers away from heavy reliance on Facebook
As she seeks to rely on Facebook less with its algorithms changing and impacting outbound links and referrals, Planet Princeton publisher and editor Krystal Knapp says push notifications have been a way to directly reach readers where they are.
See you at ONA19
We will be there to cover tech, journalism and new models for journalism
Push alerts: Useful or annoying?
A team of five from The Associated Press, they plan to spend the next eight months looking into the real value of push alert notifications that are bringing news to consumers.
See Rock City! Going to Digital First?
Mixed with success stories was the recurring theme critical to local journalists—digital efforts live in multiple overlapping eco-systems. Spend too much time in the wrong part of each eco-system at your own peril.
Revenue wrap up: Donors, fees and more
We wrap up our summer series with a few more revenue models to explore.
Crowdfunded campaigns help radio station grow audience and revenue for digital site
A crowdfunded campaign last year helped KPCC (89.3), a radio station in Los Angeles, breathe new life into a shutdown community website dedicated to social, entertainment and local news.
News literacy experts share, demo resources available to help students, news consumers
News literacy experts and advocates from organizations including The News Literacy Project and the University of Missouri shared current research and literacy tools and projects at a recent gathering at the Missouri School of Journalism’s RJI.