Tag: RJI
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
Tiny revenue experiments can lead to big developments
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. In spring 2025, RJI’s … Continued
Building better practices for covering gun violence
In 2019, Jim MacMillan started his Reynolds Journalism Institute fellowship with a hunch: that the common ways journalists reported on gun violence weren’t helping the public understand the crisis and were often causing further harm to gun violence survivors and their communities.
‘Critics in Columbia’ pilots alternative to imperfect press junket formula
True/False, a documentary film festival running March 5-8 in Columbia, Missouri, is the stage for a pilot program that will showcase an alternative method of bringing the press and arts festivals together.
An RJI Fellowship resource helping journalists make data listenable
For her 2024-2025 RJI Fellowship, Aura Walmer developed a toolkit to help journalists tell data stories through audio — an approach known as data sonification.
Introducing Grants for Journalists
An introduction to who’s funding what – and how to start your applications.
Potter Digital Ambassadors program expands to five states, helps community news orgs advance digital strategies
This year’s program expanded to encompass four additional states through partnerships with universities and press or broadcast associations in Iowa, Kansas, Tennessee and Vermont.
![Elizabeth Underwood [center] and Genevieve Smith](https://rjionline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/impact26021601.jpg)
A summer fellowship that boosts newsrooms’ digital capacity
Creating opportunities for newsrooms to get new ideas from digital natives has become a cornerstone project for the Reynolds Journalism Institute through its summer Student Innovation Fellowship.
RJI Student Innovation Fellows to spark innovation at four newsrooms around the country
Four international master’s students at the Missouri School of Journalism have been chosen for the 2026 class of Student Innovation Fellows at the School’s Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI).
Launching today: How to commission an effective local news ecosystem assessment
The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) and the Local News Impact Consortium (LNIC) have launched Commissioning a Local News Ecosystem Assessment: An Operational Toolkit, a resource to streamline research into the forces and players that shape local news.