RJI Innovation Team

Announcing Powering News: Free resources for worker-friendly newsrooms Support for journalists who want a voice and a vote in their newsroom, plus the first newsroom database launches.

Announcing Powering News: Free resources for worker-friendly newsrooms rjionline.org/news/announc...

Introducing Covering Drugs: A media resource guide This 150-page reference guide includes research, surveys, data, and other helpful information for journalists covering substance use, addiction, overdose, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.

Covering Drugs guide helps journalists find relevant data and other resources when reporting on substance use, addiction, overdose, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery. rjionline.org/news/introdu...

Hello World: Introducing a simple framework to boost the impact of your journalism Today we’re launching Audacity Media Lab, tools and other resources for producing journalism that makes change.

Introducing: Audacity Media Lab!

Over the last several months we’ve been prototyping and testing a framework that local and national journalists can use to create work that addresses real-world problems for their audiences. rjionline.org/news/hello-w...

Let's chat at ONA26!

I'll be in Chicago to meet with journalists to speak about working with the RJI Innovation team! Lets talk about fellowships, programs, workshops or a tool you want to build!

Covering Immigration: Journalism needs more than good intentions Tools for ethical, accurate immigration coverage.

"I do it because I have experienced how immigration status can close doors, but also how they open when we tell our own stories." RJI Fellow Claudia Amaro said. rjionline.org/news/coverin...

An introduction to who’s funding what – and how to start your applications. rjionline.org/news/introdu...

Announcing Powering News: Free resources for worker-friendly newsrooms rjionline.org/news/announc...

Hello World: Introducing a simple framework to boost the impact of your journalism Today we’re launching Audacity Media Lab, tools and other resources for producing journalism that makes change.

Today we’re launching Audacity Media Lab, tools and other resources for producing journalism that makes change rjionline.org/news/hello-w...

Plan your walking tour pilot with ‘A Tour Guide for Journalists’ All you need is a route, a script and a community.

Plan your walking tour pilot with ‘A Tour Guide for Journalists’ rjionline.org/news/plan-yo...

ICYMI: The RJI Fellows Presentation! Each Fellow spent 5 minutes showing a demo of their tool, and then answered questions from attendees!

Watch: bit.ly/watchfellows25

See you at ONA26! Set up a time to chat with me about working with the RJI Innovation team!

Hello World: Introducing a simple framework to boost the impact of your journalism Today we’re launching Audacity Media Lab, tools and other resources for producing journalism that makes change.

Believing that journalism can go beyond simply informing the public toward sparking meaningful change in people’s lives is an audacious idea. It’s also a practical one. rjionline.org/news/hello-w...

MIZZOU STUDENTS: Vertical video contest! Win $50 if you are crowned best news vertical. www.instagram.com/innovationrji/

Covering Immigration: Journalism needs more than good intentions Tools for ethical, accurate immigration coverage.

Covering Immigration: Journalism needs more than good intentions
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Introducing Grants for Journalists An introduction to who’s funding what – and how to start your applications.

You can also search by keyword or go directly to the “find a grant” page and search by location, deadline or subject area. The database includes grants with upcoming and rolling deadlines first. rjionline.org/news/introdu...

Data-Informed, Not Data-Driven: Building AI That Serves Reporters - National Press Foundation Ryan Restivo, of YESEO, details the thought process behind creating the successful Slack-based AI tool, placing journalists’ critical thinking and news judgement at the center of his operation.

Restivo believes that makes human oversight non-negotiable–especially in journalism, where underreported communities and biased datasets can distort coverage if tools are used uncritically. nationalpress.org/topic/data-i...

The Covering Drugs media guide includes research, surveys, data, and other helpful information for journalists covering substance use, addiction, overdose, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery rjionline.org/news/introdu...

Hello World: Introducing a simple framework to boost the impact of your journalism Today we’re launching Audacity Media Lab, tools and other resources for producing journalism that makes change.

Introducing a simple framework to boost the impact of your journalism rjionline.org/news/hello-w...

Announcing Powering News: Free resources for worker-friendly newsrooms rjionline.org/news/announc...

Enter/Exit: Care centered resource building for visual journalists and newsrooms Announcing the digital launch and new print edition.

Enter/Exit offers practical guidance and care-driven strategies for different phases of the reporting process — entering a space with respect, engaging participants and team members collaboratively, and exiting with intention and aftercare. rjionline.org/news/enter-e...

An introduction to who’s funding what — and how to start your applications

rjionline.org/news/introdu...

Covering Immigration: Journalism needs more than good intentions Tools for ethical, accurate immigration coverage.

Covering Immigration: Journalism needs more than good intentions rjionline.org/news/coverin...

4 potential places for journalists to lead walking tours Your coverage can inspire your routes.

4 potential places for journalists to lead walking tours and how your coverage can inspire your routes rjionline.org/news/4-poten...

Join us next week to see a demo of each tool or platform and learn how to use it! All these resources are free, accessible and built for journalists. bit.ly/rjifellowspresent

Want to partner with us? Apply at bit.ly/rjipartnership

Enter/Exit: Care centered resource building for visual journalists and newsrooms rjionline.org/news/enter-e...

Rising Innovator students, faculty and guests with RJI Guest Martina Guzman! Guman demo'd the AI powered web app VERDAD, which finds, records and transcribes misinformation for journalists to investigate. bit.ly/RisingInnovators

Welcome to "A Tour Guide for Journalists" Journalists are already guides. Through written word, audio, and video we take people to places and explain what’s happening in their communities. Cara Kuhlman is the founder and editor of Future…

Plan your walking tour pilot with ‘A Tour Guide for Journalists’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlgR...

Read more: rjionline.org/news/plan-yo...

Congrats to Elizaveta who will be spending the summer at Mirror Indy elevating the voices of children and their perspectives in local journalism rjionline.org/news/rji-stu...

Congrats to Laiba who will be expanding innovative initiatives at the Times Union! rjionline.org/news/rji-stu...