Tag: University of Missouri
Local communities and local news need a new economic narrative: Why not create it together?
If local news is so critical to the health, economic and civic success of a community, why are local news organizations an afterthought in economic development conversations? And what would it take to change that?
RJI Fellow to develop data-journalism unit for smaller scale nonprofit newsroom
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute has awarded seven fellowships for the 2020–21 academic year for projects that address the increasing challenges in covering climate change, unpublishing, harassment of marginalized journalists and more.
Newsroom Notes: Leading through uncertainty
What does Ulysses Grant have to do with being a newsroom leader? Read on.
RJI Fellow will help newsrooms diversify their source lists with a training curriculum
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute has awarded seven fellowships for the 2020–21 academic year for projects that address the increasing challenges in covering climate change, unpublishing, harassment of marginalized journalists and more. Wanting to help news outlets do a better job representing the diverse communities they serve through their story sources, prompted freelance journalist … Continued
11th Hour Project awards $1.1 million, 3-year grant to Watchdog Writers Group
Funding will support authors and students to produce high impact investigative print reporting projects.
RJI Fellow’s Center for Gun Violence Reporting project receives $50K grant
The Initiative for Better Gun Violence Reporting has received a $50K grant from the Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to launch the new Center for Gun Violence Reporting in Philadelphia.
Remote tools for storytelling: Q&A with Corinne Bobrow-Williams
Corinne Bobrow-Williams, visual storyteller, uses remote tools like Zoom and Facetime to photograph her subjects
Can pay-by-text micropayments become a viable revenue source for newspapers?
COVID-19 accelerated what we’ve known for some time: Newsrooms cannot rely on advertising. Now more than ever newsrooms need to grow reader revenue — soliciting direct support from their readers. We have subscriptions. A new study from the International News Media Association (INMA) found that 39% of digital news publishers across 33 countries charged for … Continued
Challenge Accepted! What newsrooms need to know about Generation Z
A Missouri School of Journalism capstone team worked with BuzzFeed to find the answer to one complex question: What does Gen Z celebrate? While finding the answer, we were to develop personality profiles that captured what it’s like to be a member of Gen Z
RJI announces Local News Challenge to help local newsrooms tackle technology challenges
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute’s innovation team is looking to tackle current technology-related challenges that local newsrooms are coping with but are unable to solve themselves. Knowing that local newsrooms don’t have all the resources of large legacy newsrooms has prompted RJI to launch the Local News Challenge to try to make local news … Continued