Bay City News Election Playbook, Part 2: Newsrooms can vibe code their way to automated election night dashboard

Election night is a high-stakes, labor-intensive operation — and not just for the candidates. As voters wait for returns, community journalists fight an uphill battle to make sense of data released in disparate formats from different sources. But a breakthrough experiment at Bay City News provides a new blueprint for success. By leveraging generative artificial … Continued

Introducing the 2026-2027 RJI Fellows

The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism has selected the 2026 class of RJI Professional Innovation Fellows, who will work to build free, open-source resources for journalists.