Newsroom burnout: The strain of doing more with less

As pressures in the media industry mount, burnout is prompting a growing number of journalists to leave their careers. The survey found that 20% of active journalists are either planning to leave the profession or have already done so due to burnout.

RJI in 2024: A look back

This year at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism set a new standard for delivering practical resources to community newsrooms and the broader industry. Here is a look back at some of 2024’s highlights.

2023 at RJI: A look back

2023 was another year full of new solutions and ideas for the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Even as RJI continued to focus on strengthening community news by supporting innovative approaches to content and funding models and performing in-house experimentation here at RJI, the national breadth and impact of … Continued

Survey seeking solutions to burnout in journalism enters the homestretch

The Reynolds Journalism Institute’s (RJI) survey on burnout in the news industry, conducted in partnership with research firm SmithGeiger, has received more than 1,000 responses as it heads into the final weeks of the collection phase. Anyone interested in completing the survey has until Sunday, November 26 to participate.