RJI Fellows class of 2025–2026
Launching the Arts Journalism Initiative
Faced with a declining landscape for traditional arts coverage, shrinking newsroom budgets and an explosive rise in digital influencers filling the vacuum, 2025-2026 Residential RJI Fellow Rebecca Ritzel set out to look for solutions that preserve the quality and integrity of arts and culture journalism. Ritzel, a freelance arts and entertainment reporter and longtime contributor … Continued
Why Tracie Powell is demanding a power shift in media funding
‘Upsetting the apple cart’: The Pivot Fund founder on her commitment to invest $500 million in innovative local outlets.
Introducing Covering Drugs: A media resource guide
This 150-page reference guide includes research, surveys, data, and other helpful information for journalists covering substance use, addiction, overdose, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.
Hello World: Introducing a simple framework to boost the impact of your journalism
Today we’re launching Audacity Media Lab, tools and other resources for producing journalism that makes change.
Plan your walking tour pilot with ‘A Tour Guide for Journalists’
All you need is a route, a script and a community.
Announcing Powering News: Free resources for worker-friendly newsrooms
Support for journalists who want a voice and a vote in their newsroom, plus the first newsroom database launches.
Introducing Grants for Journalists
An introduction to who’s funding what – and how to start your applications.
Covering Immigration: Journalism needs more than good intentions
Tools for ethical, accurate immigration coverage.
Enter/Exit: Care centered resource building for visual journalists and newsrooms
Announcing the digital launch and new print edition.
The questions every journalist should ask funders (but usually don’t)
And what journalists are getting wrong in the application process.