Tag: Mikaela Rodenbaugh
Honoring the vulnerability of people’s stories when designing projects
A conversation with Ilia Blinderman, Senior Journalist-Engineer at The Pudding.
Building a visual storytelling experience in Newspack
Newspack streamlines publisher content, but creative storytelling can be a challenge.
Measuring impact by engaging with readers about your news product
Irina Matchavarini is a 2022 RJI Student Innovation Fellow partnered with the Chicago Reporter and Illinois Latino News in Chicago. The RJI Student Fellows will be sharing their product work throughout the summer in Innovation in Focus. In partnership with the Chicago Reporter and Illinois Latino News — newsrooms covering race, social justice and community … Continued
Incorporating reader feedback at Illinois Latino News
“We want to hear from our readers,” said Hugo Balta, Publisher of Illinois Latino Network, the online news outlet targeting the Latinx community in the state. The network had previously used forms to solicit opinions from readers, but had been inconsistent in the endeavor. Now it was time for a revival.
How Trusting News organizes their large library of internal resources
Keeping information easily accessible is an essential lesson for newsrooms.
RJI student innovation staffers work with community newsrooms to stay on cutting edge of technology and content
During the spring semester, four students at the University of Missouri worked at the Reynolds Journalism Institute as student innovation staffers. Annie Jennemann and Regan Mertz, both graduate students at the Missouri School of Journalism, worked under the tutelage of Kat Duncan, RJI’s director of innovation, while undergraduates Gabriella Miesner and Nolan Xiong were overseen … Continued
Expanding credit for journalists: looking beyond the byline
Changes to traditional workflows reflect the contributions of all folks in the newsroom.
Why we should expand who gets credit in journalism
The byline treats some journalists in newsrooms as less important: a discussion with Alex Sujong Laughlin.
Providing context for data in journalism
One dataset we used for this work was the Missouri Healthnet Applications. Here are takeaways to assist you in making data points easier to understand for readers
Contextualizing public health data at Vox
Dr. Keren Landman discusses science literacy, dataset red flags and general tips for science communication.