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Everything you need to run a photo workshop in your community
Let’s say you want to run a photo workshop for teenagers. It would let you pass along some valuable skills, give people from underserved areas a voice, work as a great community engagement tool for your news organization, and help you find hidden stories. Nice idea. But a lot of work. Just handing young people … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism’s Watchdog Writers Group announces first fellows and student reporters
Authors and students will produce books and articles on criminal justice reform, the farm crisis gripping rural America, and the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Challenge Accepted! How can a Phoenix TV station better engage with 18- to 24-year-olds?
Doesn’t every news organization want to engage a younger audience? Annie Le, Kyle McCubbin, Sidney Steele and Jacqueline Lemp teamed with 12 News, based in Phoenix, to better understand their younger audience base.
POY leader participates in ‘Trauma to Transformation’ panel discussion
On Saturday, Aug. 3, a traveling exhibit from the Newseum in Washington, D.C., of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs opens at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis. Lynden Steele, RJI photojournalism director, recently took part in discussion at the exhibit’s stop at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The discussion was titled, “Trauma to Transformation: The … Continued
Pictures of the Year to celebrate winners during awards reception, public forum
Event to also recognize College Photographer of the Year
Humera Lodhi: Creating a tool to uncover stories that aren’t being discussed or reported
When I first decided I wanted to be a journalist, my friends were a little shocked. I heard phrases like “journalism’s dead,” or “you’re never going to find a job,” or “what would you even do,” over, and over, and over again. To them, journalism was limited to newspapers — something that didn’t play a … Continued
RJI-sponsored Women in Journalism workshop will help prepare, empower attendees for success at work
Female journalists can find themselves in situations that life didn’t prepare them for. Circumstances can range from how to protect oneself while photographing a protest to how to recover mentally after reporting a fatal car accident. Or even how to negotiate a fair salary. The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute is sponsoring a Women in … Continued
Who trusts — and pays for — the news? Here’s what 8,728 people told us
As part of the Trusting News project, 28 partner newsrooms asked their audiences to tell them about their views on the credibility of news. Is there a connection between people’s politics and their trust in news? (Yes.) Do people’s race or age play a factor in what they trust? (Yes on race, less on age.) … Continued