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January 22, 2025
RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025

Scaling small: How the Tiny News Collective is helping entrepreneurs build sustainable local news organizations

How newsrooms can thrive by “right-sizing” operations, navigating fiscal sponsorships, and avoiding common pitfalls in the early years of growth.

March 7, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025

Announcing the News Executive Leadership Transition Guide

Be prepared for leadership transitions, get started with this guide and share what you’re learning.

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February 28, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025

How to tell if your news organization suffers from founder’s syndrome

Stave off founderitis by focusing on the fundamentals.

A cardboard box opens out to a blue sky with white wispy clouds.
February 22, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025

Let’s look outside our industry for wisdom on succession planning

What religious leadership transition can teach journalism.

Alt text: A woman with a flashlight searches inside the outline of a figure of another woman to illustrate the concept of introspection.
January 19, 2023
RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025

How leaders know when they are ready to go

Time is needed for a period of healthy introspection and discernment.

A giant hand acts as a bridge to help business people cross a gap.
December 8, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025

Transition leadership through braving uncertainty

Bridge leaders can shepherd an organization and staff from one leader to the next Leadership transitions can look quite different, depending on the health and viability of the organizations where they take place. But in all cases, transitions are a time to reflect on the existing state of an organization and to imagine its aspirations … Continued

Break glass in case of emergency
October 31, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025

Leaders, let’s first plan for an emergency

Good succession planning starts with what to do if a leader needs to take a temporary absence.

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October 4, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025

Local news leadership transitions require budgets, bandwidth and a breadth of skills

Sara Shahriari of INN shares insights on the challenges of succession planning for nonprofit news organizations.

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August 18, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025

Succession planning is key to journalism’s sustainability

Digital news organizations need to prepare and plan for leadership transitions.

RJI Fellows 2022-2023
June 6, 2022
RJI Fellows Class of 2024-2025

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.

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