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Big tech algorithms: The new gatekeepers
Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists will be an interactive resource to help journalists understand the functions, consequences and ethics of algorithms in a digital age.
Novel data analysis tool wins $10,000 prize from RJI’s collegiate Student Innovation Competition
Student teams from universities all over the country were honored with more than $13,000 in prizes.
Lawmakers wander into news deserts
Seeing the link with democracy, legislators put forward bills to protect local news.
Helping solve the news crisis through pop-up apprentice newsrooms
Let’s innovate together to address the decline in hyperlocal investigative journalism.
Finalists announced in 2024 RJI Student Innovation Competition
The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism has announced the finalists of this year’s Student Innovation Competition. 10 teams from universities around the country are developing a way to help community newsrooms measure the impact of their coverage, all the while competing for a grand prize of $10,000.
These newspaper chain owners live where they publish
Local groups buy back community newspapers from big chains and invest in journalism.
RJI Student Innovation Competition finalists using inventive journalism tools to connect communities with important services
Nine teams from universities around the country are competing as finalists in the Reynolds Journalism Institute’s 2023 Student Innovation Competition at the Missouri School of Journalism.
‘Who’s going to run it?’
The pause before buying a rural newspaper — can you attract an editor to a small town?
Could a banking law designed to end redlining drive more capital into local journalism?
A consortium of Black news publishers wants federal regulators to update Community Reinvestment Act rules so banks do more for local, minority-owned media.
Announcing the Upward coaching cohort
Six rising leaders of color will focus on creating impact and culture change in their organizations.