Introducing the 2024-2025 class of RJI Fellows, each of whom will work to create and test practical, free resources for journalists and newsrooms.
“Our 2024 RJI Fellows are going to build resources that are uniquely innovative, practical and vital to tackling current challenges and needs in community-centered journalism,” said Kat Duncan, director of innovation at RJI. “I’m excited to see their projects come to fruition and be utilized by journalists around the world.”
WATCH: RJI Executive Director Randy Picht speaks with SmithGeiger's Andrew Finlayson and Sam Walton about "The Burnout Crisis in Journalism: Solutions for Today's Newsroom."
RJI and SmithGeiger recently conducted a large-scale survey on burnout in the journalism industry. More than 1,100 active and former journalists responded. They released the results today.
Building on the results, RJI and SmithGeiger plan to work with newsrooms all over the country to turn the research into real action through workshops, seminars and partnerships designed to tackle burnout head-on. Let us know if you'd like to work with us. #JournalismBurnout #RJIBurnoutCrisis
Read: https://rjionline.org/news/addressing-burnout-in-journalism-means-flexible-shifts-more-supportive-culture-results-of-large-scale-survey-from-rji-and-smithgeiger/.
Quick view: Why the band Nickelback wants to talk about why everyone hates Nickelback.
Other topics this week include Kristen Welker's debut on NBC's "Meet the Press" and Jann Wenner's removal from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame board.
"Views of the News" is a roundtable discussion about the media with host Amy Simons, regular panelist Kathy Kiely and guest panelist Luke Capizzo, all professors at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Watch the full episode: https://www.kbia.org/show/views-of-the-news/2023-09-20/views-of-the-news-a-fresh-start-for-meet-the-press. #MissouriMethod #MizzouMade
RJI Insight: If your audience won’t come to you, maybe it’s time to think about going to your audience. RJI Executive Director Randy Picht speaks with David Beckford, founder and creative director of Dynasty Media, about a new pilot project from RJI, Dynasty Media and Minnesota Digital.
Meet our 2023-2024 RJI Fellows. Their innovative and practical projects range from teaching journalists how to work with amateur radio operators during natural disasters to improving the quality of reporting on Latino and Hispanic communities. #RJIFellows #RJIFellowships
Learn more: https://rjionline.org/news/introducing-the-2023-2024-rji-fellows/.
2023 Student Competition Awards Show
Eight student teams from across the country are finalists in the 16th annual RJI Student Innovation Competition. Each team is addressing a local need in their community through service journalism and related efforts that connect people with information in a new and efficient way.
Neil Mera shares some of the more creative uses of archived material he's seen during his research on news archives.
Untapped resource: In the first of three conversations, Neil Mera, 2019-2020 RJI Fellow, tells RJI Executive Director Randy Picht what he hopes to accomplish with his research on archiving and what's next for the business of news archives. The second conversation will post on Wednesday. #NewsArchives #RJIFellowships
State of Digital News Preservation
Meet the RJI Fellows Class of 2021-2022
New toolkit helps local journalists cover, explain COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Staying safe during COVID-19: Panelists Carlos Gonzalez of the San Francisco Chronicle, Paige Cornwell of The Seattle Times and Kent Porter of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat answered questions about their experiences producing journalism during the coronavirus pandemic. The webinar was moderated by Kat Duncan, acting director of RJI Innovation.
RJI Student Innovation Competition 2020
The 2020 RJI Student Innovation Competition challenged students to create a prototype, program or tool for photo, video or audio verification. The finalist teams are competing today for the grand prize of $10,000.
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