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Muhammad Osama Farooq, Mariia Novoselia, Elizaveta Orlova, Laiba Khan Zai
February 20, 2026
Journalism education

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).

Screenshot from The Democracy Group's Podcast Political Science Syllabus Companion
February 10, 2026
Journalism education

Building a syllabus companion to help educators integrate podcasts into their classrooms

A conversation with Jenna Spinelle and Brandon Stover.

A draft version of the resource that we built alongside Embodied/WUNC using the tool Softr and Airtable.
January 27, 2026
Journalism education

No-code tools to build a podcast explorer for educators

Experimenting with free tools to organize episodes into a resource educators can use.

Man swipes progress bar loading 2025 into 2026.
December 23, 2025
Journalism education

RJI in 2025: The year in review

2025 at RJI has been a year of bringing people together to address the many challenges and changes facing the industry.

Mosaic of photos and text from the year's projects
December 17, 2025
Journalism education

This year we launched 16 short-term experiments with newsrooms across the country

From personal ads to web scraping and revenue streams; here’s what we learned

The Public Media Careers homepage, created by Alex Curley.
December 10, 2025
Journalism education

Creating a directory of job listings for public media

A conversation with Alex Curley.

The Haitian Times is building a community guide to connect people with Haitian businesses, nonprofits, restaurants and more.
November 13, 2025
Journalism education

Efficient ways to collect information for a community directory

Experimenting with tools that scrape websites, collect data and format it efficiently.

The Innovation in Focus team drafted a map using Proxi in which community members can contribute points about places they find joy or find helpful resources. inewsource plans to incorporate this into future outreach.
November 3, 2025
Journalism education

Going beyond traditional surveying to map community assets

Highlight community resources and stakeholders through interactive mapping.

Honolulu Civil Beat director of philanthropy Mariko Chang, from right, meets with subscribers, supporters and readers on Thursday, July 20, 2023, at the Honolulu Coffee Experience Center in Honolulu. Photo: Kevin Fujii: Civil Beat 2023
September 25, 2025
Journalism education

Creative experiments in fundraising, from shared proceeds to microgiving and countdown clocks

A conversation with Mariko Chang, Honolulu Civil Beat.

KBIA’s Rebecca Smith, Innovation in Focus Editor Emily Lytle, and Mizzou J-School students Claire Powell and Casper Dowdy at Memorial Stadium Sept. 6, 2025. They visited with tailgaters to raise funds for public radio as part of the Radio Rivals competition between KBIA and Kansas Public Radio. Photo: Nate Brown
September 18, 2025
Journalism education

Radio Rivals: A friendly competition to engage new donors

How public radio stations KBIA, KPR embraced their football rivalry.

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