RJI welcomes Sriya Reddy as project manager for Innovation Team
Sriya Reddy joins the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) this week as the project manager for RJI’s Innovation Team, which administers a series of programs, fellowships and workshops centered around...
View ArticleThe Local Media Consortium and the Reynolds Journalism Institute partner to...
Supported by a $2.5 Million Knight Foundation investment to accelerate digital growth for publishers The Local Media Consortium (LMC) and the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) today announced an...
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Creative ways to connect your community with resources
A conversation with Adrienne Johnson Martin A Memphis-based nonprofit newsroom, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism aims to engage, inform and equip community members to take action. One way they do...
View ArticleHow advertising blocklists undermine online journalism
Nine guidelines help newsrooms protect their bottom line while also informing their audiences Keyword blocklists are the most common — and blunt — form of brand safety and suitability, umbrella terms...
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Customization is key to a compelling sonification
Learn how to create your own story-driven sonification Sonification workflows: There’s more to the story Have you tried data sonification yet? Luckily, with many sonification tools emerging in recent...
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Where do you start in launching a freelance career?
The biggest mistake new freelancers make is wasting time on the wrong priorities. Here’s what to do instead Every few months, I get a call from a former colleague, asking for advice about freelancing...
View ArticleRJI in 2024: A look back
The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism has been impact-oriented since opening its doors in 2008, but this year set a new standard for delivering practical resources to...
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How to utilize Instagram and LinkedIn ads for newsletter growth
Lessons learned from investing in different types of social advertising The Innovation in Focus team partnered with Borderless Magazine, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago dedicated to telling the...
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Aligning your advertisers with your mission and values
How LOOKOUT created a new policy and intake process for future partners LOOKOUT, a two-year-old nonprofit investigative queer news outlet, partnered with Innovation in Focus to explore additional...
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Listening for feedback on a dynamic resource
Calling all beta testers to try the sonification toolkit As I build a sonification toolkit aimed at journalists and data storytellers, I have gradually collected an array of content that will help...
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Seven Student Innovation Fellows to spend summer at community news...
For many newsrooms, experimenting with innovative approaches to solving problems is less about creativity than about time and staffing — difficulties that can worsen existing disparities between large...
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Simplifying newsroom onboarding
How to get newsroom staff on the same page with cheat-sheets and documentation With a staff of four, KASU covers news, music and arts in northeast Arkansas, southeast Missouri and west Tennessee. News...
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Introducing Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists
Resources to help journalists and newsrooms confront power imbalances by promoting industry accountability and public understanding Today, I am launching Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists (ALFJ), a...
View ArticleElevate your newsroom’s visual storytelling with this free toolkit
How to collaborate effectively with freelance photographers, streamline workflows and harness visuals to increase revenue and engagement Prism Photo is thrilled to announce our Visual Journalism...
View ArticleIntroducing the Data Sonification Toolkit
Journalists, transform your stories with the magic of audio Introducing the Data Sonification Toolkit. This resource is designed to break down the barriers to data sonification by providing a...
View ArticleIntroducing DigInThere
Want to earn readers’ attention? Reward them for it Introducing DigInThere, a free audience engagement tool for news publishers to recognize and reward their audiences for genuine effort and,...
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How to get started as a freelance journalist — and quickly become sustainable
A free online guide to the most important business decisions freelance journalists make, with an eye to efficiency and prioritizing actions that have a bigger impact on your bottom line I’m excited to...
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Atlanta POV: Listening to community at scale
Atlanta Civic Circle collaborated with Neighborhood Nexus to build a listening tool to bring in revenue and build connection Saba Long Saba Long is the executive director of Atlanta Civic Circle, a...
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Re-evaluating what news delivery looks like at CivicLex
Centering the community’s needs while finding an innovative format While news creation is one aspect of what CivicLex does, the nonprofit organization based in Lexington, Kentucky, works to strengthen...
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