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3 ways to do vertical video
May 13, 2026
Innovation

Quick experiments to find what resonates with your audience

The Maine Monitor wanted to experiment with their vertical video strategy to increase reach and gain new viewers. They tried three different options. Here’s what they discovered.

Alexa Stone's TikTok channel
May 4, 2026
Innovation

How to get started creating vertical videos

A conversation with creator journalist Alexa Stone.

These punch cards aimed to draw The Grind customers to scan a QR code leading to the Missourian newsletter homepage.
April 10, 2026
Innovation

How to partner with a local business to grow your newsletter subscribers

We made coffee punch cards to incentivize customers to subscribe to a newsletter.

Audience engagement strategies by NowKalamazoo, including a Fact or Fable brochure designed by Amelia Bodinaku and the editorial staff, a Town Hall Field Trip planner, a voter’s forum and coffee sleeves with election information.
March 4, 2026
Innovation

Creative in-person ideas to increase audience engagement

A conversation with Gabrielle Contesti.

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

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
Innovation

No-code tools to build a podcast explorer for educators

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

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

Creating a directory of job listings for public media

A conversation with Alex Curley.

A location map symbol and a travelling map symbol
December 2, 2025
Innovation

How sharing local news through tours is, and isn’t, tourism

This approach crosses paths with two adjacent industries.

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

Efficient ways to collect information for a community directory

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

Taylor Bowman [left] and Ishrat Madiha
October 24, 2025
Innovation

RJI Innovation in Focus students begin nationwide media experiments

Two Missouri School of Journalism students are starting their semesters with the Reynold Journalism Institute’s Innovation in Focus program, working with organizations across the U.S. to implement new strategies and techniques in journalism.

Fellows 2025-2026: Theory-of-Change Toolkit for Civic Journalism 1

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