Innovation in Focus

August 22, 2022

Incorporating reader feedback at Illinois Latino News

“We want to hear from our readers,” said Hugo Balta, Publisher of Illinois Latino Network, the online news outlet targeting the Latinx community in the state. The network had previously used forms to solicit opinions from readers, but had been inconsistent in the endeavor. Now it was time for a revival.

La Voz Instagram. 184 followers. Key audience metrics as of 6/8/22. 1. Young audience than Facebook. 67.9% of followers are Gen Z or Millennials. 2. Less gender disparity. ~56% of followers are women, ~53% are men. 3. Localized audience. 46.2% of followers live in Phoenix, top four following cities are all in PHX metro area. 4. 551 average daily page views. Based on PV data from 5/11/22 to 6/7/22.

August 15, 2022

How newsrooms can visually navigate internal data

Track audience growth with simple, easy-to-read graphics from built-in platform data.

August 8, 2022

The Mental Health Parity Collaboration

A collaboration between The Center for Public Integrity and The Carter Center that researches mental health accessibility across different states.

A screenshot of the content template in Airtable that is used to organize the various resources Trusting News creates.

August 1, 2022

How Trusting News organizes their large library of internal resources

Keeping information easily accessible is an essential lesson for newsrooms.

A screenshot of the interactive map commemorating flood survivors includes a headline that says, “Listen to stories of 1972 Black Hills Flood survivors,” an intro that says, “The marked spots on the map are the locations of where the survivors told their stories. Click on the marked spots on the map to read about or hear from survivors of the 1972 Black Hills Flood.” Finally, credits include Annie Jennemann, Regan Mertz and photos by Johnny Sundby Photography.

July 18, 2022

Combining historical and current day journalism in an interactive experience

South Dakota Public Broadcasting used archival maps, audio stories, photos and other content to combine reporting on survivors’ stories

Screenshots from Shay Lawson's CPI Instagram takeover

July 11, 2022

How to engage your community with Instagram takeovers

Publications are seeing an increase in the amount of audience members because of new engagement strategies in place.

July 5, 2022

How to create and launch an evergreen pop-up newsletter

Sydney Lewis is a 2022 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with NOLA.com in New Orleans. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their product work this summer through Innovation in Focus. NOLA.com | The Times Picayune decided to create an evergreen pop-up newsletter. It was my job to research, brainstorm, build, curate, write, promote, and … Continued