RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025
The 2024-25 RJI Fellows are tackling everything from sustainability to sonification. Read their articles below to see the current lessons, progress and features in their projects.
The power of newsletters
How strategic subscribe asks, personalized content, and continuous testing can help local newsrooms grow and foster deeper connections with readers.
Building equitable freelance contracts
Maintaining copyright is key to photojournalists’ sustainability.
Building stronger newsrooms by tackling operational pain points
The path forward: Real support, practical tools, and proactive measures.
Why journalists should care about design-conscious sonification
Exploring the relationship between data sonification and information design.
Jockeying for attention
Lessons from “horse race” coverage can improve reporting on new developments in AI technology.
A new approach to striking a balance between free speech and safe speech
How comprehension quizzes transform the comment section into a participatory journalism space.
Cash is queen
You can have the best work and strongest team, but without cash, your business is in trouble. Learn from these real-world examples to stay ahead of the cash flow crisis.
5 reasons your freelance pitches are falling flat
Before complaining that editors ignore your pitch, check yourself.
How enhanced audience engagement helps sustain newsrooms
Incentivizing thoughtful, effortful engagement over skimming is an opportunity to repair and build trust with audiences.
Toolkit overview: Examples, tutorials, resources
Brainstorming the structure of the data sonification resource I’m building.