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Building equitable freelance contracts
Maintaining copyright is key to photojournalists’ sustainability.
Why diversity in freelance photojournalists matters
Building a visuals toolkit for newsrooms without visual staff that will provide resources on how to work with photojournalist freelancers with an emphasis on equity and diversity.
The case for human-centric advertising, even as the robots come for us
We can read a story and as humans, we can understand the impact that was made. But how do we help agencies and brands make a decision about who to work with and why?
News media’s racial reckoning
George Floyd aftermath changed the question from what can be said, to what must be said.
Nolan Xiong finds new purpose as journalism student, RJI student innovation staffer
Nolan Xiong didn’t plan to go to school for journalism. In fact, after leaving Spokane Community College in Spokane, Washington, and heading to Minneapolis, he wasn’t sure he wanted to go back to school at all.
Bomb threats at HBCUs call attention to ways media can improve coverage of Black community
Experts say the time has come to stop referring to incidents of hate and violence as one-off events.
Collaborations are critical in building a network of prison correspondents
Finding a strategic framework for the Prison Journalism Project.
Creating a platform for independent visual journalists
A tool for small newsrooms and an innovative model for paying and empowering visual journalists.
Free tools for interactive digital storytelling
Interactive maps and data visualizations are great visuals to add to any online news package. These can be created using code, but there are also many online tools that your newsroom can use to improve digital storytelling for very little or no cost.
What newsrooms can learn from creator culture and monetization strategies
Like the music and movie industry before us, it’s time for journalism to rethink the way things are done.