RJI Student Innovation Fellows
The RJI Student Innovation Fellows are Mizzou journalism students who are awarded fellowships to work with newsrooms across the country for the summer to introduce new and build upon current innovative initiatives.
Measuring impact by engaging with readers about your news product
Irina Matchavarini is a 2022 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with the Chicago Reporter and Illinois Latino News in Chicago. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their product work throughout the summer in Innovation in Focus. In partnership with the Chicago Reporter and Illinois Latino News — newsrooms covering race, social justice and community … Continued
From 0 to 3,000: Six tactics we used to build a newsletter list from scratch
Use these tips to grow your audience.
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.
How newsrooms can visually navigate internal data
Track audience growth with simple, easy-to-read graphics from built-in platform data.
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.
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.
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
Maintaining digital projects in your newsroom
Create a Tableau dashboard that anyone can update with Google Sheets I had a busy summer working with and creating interactive digital tools for the Mankato Free Press. My work ranged from daily graphics to bigger long-term digital tools. I branched out from my comfort zone, using tools like Tableau and Flourish in ways I … Continued
Some social media perks you should know about
Third party design apps and tools for social media are your allies in engaging with audiences.
How texting can help boost your service journalism efforts
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting’s partner, News 414, is trying Public Input to talk to readers and help them find resources for housing, food pantries, or even speak directly to a reporter.