Tag: Reynolds Journalism Institute
Introducing Eden Dinneen, RJI Innovation in Focus Editor
Eden Dinneen is the new Innovation in Focus Editor at the Missouri School of Journalism’s Reynolds Journalism Institute.
Free tools, big impact: RJI’s resources for election coverage
The Reynolds Journalism Institute has spent the last several years building a library of free, practical resources designed specifically for newsrooms.
Launching the Arts Journalism Initiative
Faced with a declining landscape for traditional arts coverage, shrinking newsroom budgets and an explosive rise in digital influencers filling the vacuum, 2025-2026 Residential RJI Fellow Rebecca Ritzel set out to look for solutions that preserve the quality and integrity of arts and culture journalism. Ritzel, a freelance arts and entertainment reporter and longtime contributor … Continued
12 innovative community news projects that built trust and relationships
From student-led newsletters to cafecitos and audio history, the Community-Centered Symposium helped newsrooms and support orgs connect with their communities.
Introducing the 2026-2027 RJI Fellows
The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism has selected the 2026 class of RJI Professional Innovation Fellows, who will work to build free, open-source resources for journalists.
![Randy Picht [right] and Kat Duncan announce the winners of the 2026 RJI Student Innovation Competittion](https://rjionline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/competition26050101.jpg)
Spread, a new method for connecting newsrooms and social media creators, wins grand prize in Student Innovation Competition
The Reynolds Journalism Institute awarded $13,500 in prizes Thursday to the top three teams in its annual Student Innovation Competition.
Rural Revenue Transformation Workshop draws rural news leaders together to generate ideas and put them into practice
News leaders from all over the country gathered this April at the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) to tackle the revenue challenges facing rural news.
Put the stories of people with intellectual disabilities on stage
RJI and WORDSLAW are partnering to help newsrooms try a different method of connecting with their under-covered communities — public storytelling.
How journalists around the world are using our solutions chatbot
In January 2026, we launched LuzLab.org — a free, trilingual, publicly available chatbot that guides journalists as they develop solutions journalism story ideas in Spanish, English or Portuguese.
Exploring the intersection of public policy and local news
This article is part of RJI Impact, a series documenting how RJI projects are making a real difference for newsrooms and audiences all over the country. It was originally published in the Winter 2026 edition of RJI Insight, RJI’s biannual print magazine. A digital version of the magazine is available here. As more people argue … Continued