Tag: American Press Institute
How investing in work culture will protect journalism’s most valuable resource: people
News breaks, but it doesn’t have to break our journalists. Our industry is not sustainable if we don’t take care of one of our most valuable resources: our people.
Empowering local newsrooms with comprehensive community dashboards
Han Vu is a 2023 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with the American Press Institute in Washington, DC. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their innovative work through Innovation in Focus. Data holds great power for newsrooms to better understand their communities, but accessing and understanding it can be daunting. To aid local journalists … Continued
Product development is built on a foundation of trust
A conversation with Elite Truong, VP of Product Strategy The vice president of product strategy at the American Press Institute and board secretary for the News Product Alliance, Elite Truong, has worked as a product manager at news organizations like Vox and led R&D and news product teams at The Washington Post. Truong advocates for … Continued
Newest class of RJI Student Innovation Fellows to help newsrooms develop inventive solutions this summer
Six students at the Missouri School Journalism have been selected for the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute’s (RJI) Student Innovation Fellowships program. They will work at local news organizations around the country this summer to gain hands-on experience with a wide variety of innovative newsroom projects. “The 2023 RJI Student Innovation Fellows are all very … Continued
Succession planning is key to journalism’s sustainability
Digital news organizations need to prepare and plan for leadership transitions.
Introducing the 2022-2023 RJI Fellows
The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the Missouri School of Journalism today announced the 2022-2023 cohort of RJI Fellows, a talented group of professionals creating resources to help newsrooms serve both their communities and their own journalists.
Transparency tools can make your reporting more credible
News and tech organizations grapple with the challenge of helping news consumers distinguish trustworthy sources.
Understanding the photography and video needs of smaller newsrooms
Local outlets struggle to find and pay visual journalists.
A Trusting News analysis: What news consumers say they trust
Trusting News Project ReportDownload Fundamentally, news consumers trust journalism that they find to be balanced, in-depth, honest and reputable. Those qualities appeared over and over in an analysis of 81 in-depth interviews our newsroom partners conducted with members of their communities. And when asked directly about what defines quality journalism, they were at the top … Continued
API announces affiliation with Trusting News and RJI to provide new funding and growth in 2019
The American Press Institute and RJI announced a partnership today to grow and strengthen the Trusting News project, which has been working with newsrooms across the country for the past three years.