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RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 11h

2022-2023 RJI Fellow @ryanrestivo.bsky.social is adding three new paid features to his YESEO app that will "elevate the capabilities of YESEO" to help newsrooms understand their audience. Sign up to be one of 10 newsrooms that gets to test them for free. rjionline.org/news/yeseo-l...

YESEO launches three new paid features

Sign up to be one of 10 newsrooms that gets to test them for free.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 1d

RJI Fellows Nicole Lewis and Lam Vo speak with Alli Finn, senior partnerships and strategy lead at the @ainowinstitute.bsky.social, who collaborates with and supports communities and organizations that are facing harm from AI systems and push for alternatives. rjionline.org/news/how-to-...

How to make change through research

Q&A with Alli Finn, Senior Partnerships and Strategy Lead at the AI Now Institute.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 2d

Covering the drug supply? Here’s how to educate readers, listeners and viewers about drugs, risks and their effects — without the use of zombie metaphors. rjionline.org/news/coverin...

Covering the drug supply, risks and trends

Educating readers, listeners, and viewers about drugs, risks, and their effects—without overstating threats

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 6d

While most staff-run newsrooms have operated that way since day one, @coloradosun.com is one of the few to have transitioned after establishing itself as a for-profit, and with a significant team. Here's how The Sun made the transition. rjionline.org/news/how-col...

How Colorado Sun let employees become their own bosses

The outlet changed its business model to give journalists a “voice and a vote.“

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 6d

"When done thoughtfully and collaboratively, the magic of ‘anonymous’ portraiture is that it invites viewers to engage with the emotional resonance of the narrative without the need for literal representation of the individual or the trauma." rjionline.org/news/anonymo...

Anonymous portraiture

The presence in absence.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 7d

The Science Reporting Navigator is designed to help reporters integrate science content, interviews and data into any beat. See the Navigator in action: Attend the demo webinar on Oct. 23. rjionline.org/news/introdu...

Introducing the Science Reporting Navigator

Use the navigator to help you integrate science into any story.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 12d

The Report Like an Anthropologist workshop will be held at 1 p.m. CT Oct. 14 and Oct. 21 via Zoom. Small newsrooms can do big things. You just need the right tools. Register today: lnkd.in/gNUfBvnj.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 12d

"What does it mean for a community when a news outlet pulls back on its opinion content?” journalism.missouri.edu/2025/09/shut...

Shuttered opinion pages. Obscene letters to the editor. Researchers at Missouri School of Journalism ask: What does it all mean?

Nick Mathews By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Sept. 26, 2025) — The relationship between news and opinion has never been a more hot-button issue. From national news powerhouses to smaller community...

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RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 13d

Countdown clock. Microgiving. Shared proceeds with Hawaiʻi Public Radio and PBS Hawai'i. What fundraising experiment will @civilbeat.bsky.social try next? rjionline.org/news/creativ...

Creative experiments in fundraising, from shared proceeds to microgiving and countdown clocks

A conversation with Mariko Chang, Honolulu Civil Beat.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 17d

RJI Fellow rjritzel.bsky.social was Thursday's guest in
@mujschool.bsky.social's Principles of Journalism in Democracy class. Assoc Prof Joy Jenkins conducted a Q&A with Ritzel, exploring the RJI Fellow’s arts journalism career and her fellowship. Ritzel's project: rjionline.org/person/rebec....

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 17d

RJI Fellow Rebecca Ritzel was Thursday's guest in @mujschool.bsky.social's Principles of Journalism in Democracy class. Associate Professor Joy Jenkins conducted a Q&A with Ritzel, exploring the RJI Fellow’s career and her RJI residential fellowship. Ritzel's project: rjionline.org/person/rebec....

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 20d

Two public radio stations — @kbianews.bsky.social in Missouri and @kansaspublicradio.bsky.social in Kansas — embraced their schools' longtime collegiate rivalry and created a friendly competition to engage new donors. Here's how they raised awareness and funds. rjionline.org/news/radio-r...

Radio Rivals: A friendly competition to engage new donors

How public radio stations KBIA, KPR embraced their football rivalry.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 21d

Small newsrooms can do big things, they just need the right tools: participatory observation, ethnographic interviews and semiotic mapping. Learn to work like an anthropologist by participating in RJI's Report Like an Anthropologist virtual workshop. rjionline.org/news/report-...

Report like an anthropologist

From ethnographic interviews to semiotic mapping: Small newsrooms can do big things, you just need the right tools.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 22d

AskRJI is an AI chatbot that allows users to gather info and resources related to community journalism from all over RJI’s website. It's part of RJI’s effort to test and iterate on AI applications that can help community news orgs better engage their audiences. rjionline.org/news/introdu...

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 23d

Nicolás Ríos: How our bridge role works: Immigrant communities to decision makers. @documentedny.bsky.social

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The bridge role: How newsrooms can connect immigrant communities with decision-makers

We built an editorial product to promote change and connect communities that have unequal access to power.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 26d

RJI is accepting entries for the 2026 RJI Student Innovation Competition until Oct. 17, 2025. Questions about the process, applications or competition in general? Join the Innovation Team's monthly community conversation at 11 a.m. CT on Monday, Sept. 15: umsystem.zoom.us/webinar/regi....

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 27d

RJI Fellow Claudia Amaro speaks with Roxana Bendezú, founder and executive director of Migrant Roots Media. rjionline.org/news/rooted-...

Rooted in justice, Migrant Roots Media shifts migration narratives

Roxana Bendezú migrated to the United States for the first time at the age of 14 from Lima, Peru, and later returned at 20. Bendezú is the founder and executive director of Migrant Roots Media, a mult...

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 28d

"The lack of listings is destructive on a community level, and it’s also economically destructive." rjionline.org/news/saving-...

Saving the symbiotic relationship between listings and local arts communities

One musician uses his platform to call for philanthropic renaissance.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 28d

Researchers are developing more nuanced tools to help newsrooms understand their audiences. rjionline.org/news/naming-...

Naming a news desert or oasis doesn’t tell the whole story

Researchers are developing more nuanced tools to help newsrooms understand their audiences.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · 29d

Walking tours: Is your news organization ready to take the first step in conducting one? Here are four factors to consider: geography, content, audience, staff and audience. Cara Kuhlman explains. rjionline.org/news/taking-...

Taking the first step: How to explore walking tours for your newsroom

Consider these four factors during your first brainstorm.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · Sep 8

"I define nontraditional newsrooms as companies that provide journalists the ability to make critical business decisions," writes RJI Fellow Tara Francis Chan. "They are, essentially, democratic news organizations."

Here are three types of nontraditional newsrooms. rjionline.org/news/what-is...

What is a non-traditional newsroom?

Co-ops, staff-led nonprofits, and democratically-run newsrooms are on the rise.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · Sep 3

“Substance use disorder” and “addiction” are not interchangeable. RJI Fellow Susan Stellin explains why.
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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · Aug 28

Join @marinawg.bsky.social (@pulitzercenter.org), @annieisi.bsky.social (@nationalpress.bsky.social), Monica Williams (@rjionline.bsky.social), and @ecwilliams.bsky.social (@npcinstitute.bsky.social) for a conversation on how to position yourself to win grants and fellowships.

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Finding the Money: Tips for strengthening proposals for journalism grants and fellowships - Journalism Institute

Program panelists: Anne Godlasky, National Press Foundation President Marina Walker Guevara, The Pulitzer Center Executive Editor Monica Williams, Independent Journalist and Reynolds Journalism Instit...

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RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · Aug 27

"What if we worked towards specific impact in the world instead of hoping that something good will come from our reporting?" rjionline.org/news/should-...

Should journalists try to make change in the world?

We already are, we just don’t call it that.

RJI @rjionline.bsky.social · Aug 26

RJI Student Innovation Fellow Kalyn Laire worked with Epicenter NYC to build a vertical video guide. Here's what makes the guide work. rjionline.org/news/how-we-...

How we built our vertical video guide

A living resource to support onboarding, consistency and experimentation at Epicenter NYC.