Tag: Detroit Free Press
How to get your reporters started with vertical video
Muhammad Osama Farooq is a 2026 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with Detroit Free Press. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their innovative work throughout the summer in Innovation in Focus. Many newsrooms want to create better vertical videos because they know that their audiences are scrolling on Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts. … Continued
RJI Student Innovation Fellows to spark innovation at four newsrooms around the country
Four international master’s students at the Missouri School of Journalism have been chosen for the 2026 class of Student Innovation Fellows at the School’s Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI).
Tips for communicating your newsroom’s impact
Templates and lessons learned from the Flathead Beacon’s first report.
Behind the IA Impact Tracker
A conversation with Lindsey Green-Barber of Impact Architects.
![[L-R] Brian Manzullo, the social, search and audience editor at the Detroit Free Press; Theresa Poulson, senior product manager at McClatchy; Harold Goodridge, digital director at First Coast News; and David Higgerson, chief digital chief digital publisher at UK-based newspaper group Reach plc.](https://rjionline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ai22092301.jpg)
ONA22: Metrics and mission don’t have to stay separate
At ONA22, yesterday’s Tech Trends talk tying the future of journalism to AI and the metaverse gave way to a discussion today about using AI and data-driven decision-making to connect more closely with audiences.
How to produce and measure impact on your journalism
It is about tracking a wide variety of aspects from story pitch to execution to promotion, to make sure your stories can affect the communities they’re created in service to.
Some social media perks you should know about
Third party design apps and tools for social media are your allies in engaging with audiences.
News archives: The untapped resource Part 2
In talking with more than a hundred news editors and reporters, managers and specialists across the industry for this research, Neil Mara found great examples of tangible benefits that newsrooms gain from their archives.
Community newsrooms gain support on innovative work with RJI Student Innovation Fellowships
Nine students from the Missouri School of Journalism plan to partner with local newsrooms from across the country to tackle innovative projects this summer as part of the Student Innovation Fellowship program at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute.
Let technology plot the path forward
Like many journalists, I can remember when I first thought about pursuing a career in the field. As a teenager, I loved writing and reading well-done stories, and I often found them in the newspaper. By the time I reached high school, I was reading The Detroit News and The Detroit Free Press everyday, and … Continued