RJI Innovation Team
@innovationrji.bsky.social
Reynolds Journalism Institute team exploring practical innovation for community-centered journalism. Fellowships, programs, tools, workshops + more! bit.ly/rjiteam
Innovation hub: bit.ly/innovrji
Insta: instagram.com/innovationrji
Innovation hub: bit.ly/innovrji
Insta: instagram.com/innovationrji
Locals can be “hometown tourists” without even realizing it, creating direct and indirect economic impact. This might be attending a concert or show in a different part of town, spending a day out in another neighborhood, or exploring a nearby museum. rjionline.org/news/how-sha...
How sharing local news through tours is, and isn’t, tourism
This approach crosses paths with two adjacent industries.
rjionline.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Locals can be “hometown tourists” without even realizing it, creating direct and indirect economic impact. This might be attending a concert or show in a different part of town, spending a day out in another neighborhood, or exploring a nearby museum. rjionline.org/news/how-sha...
Service journalism is essential for immigrant communities: Five questions with Se Habla Media rjionline.org/news/service...
Service journalism is essential for immigrant communities
Five questions with Se Habla Media.
rjionline.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Service journalism is essential for immigrant communities: Five questions with Se Habla Media rjionline.org/news/service...
Aftercare (is not an afterthought) rjionline.org/news/afterca...
Aftercare (is not an afterthought)
Shared practices of care for secondary trauma.
rjionline.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Aftercare (is not an afterthought) rjionline.org/news/afterca...
Mizzou students interested in non-traditional journalism methods, this is for you! RJI Rising Innovators is a space for students who want to experiment. We'll share job opportunities, fellowships, workshops (news games, sonification, AI etc) and more!
bit.ly/RisingInnovators
bit.ly/RisingInnovators
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Mizzou students interested in non-traditional journalism methods, this is for you! RJI Rising Innovators is a space for students who want to experiment. We'll share job opportunities, fellowships, workshops (news games, sonification, AI etc) and more!
bit.ly/RisingInnovators
bit.ly/RisingInnovators
The next Fellowship Q&A! Come ask all your questions. bit.ly/janfellowshipqa
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The next Fellowship Q&A! Come ask all your questions. bit.ly/janfellowshipqa
We are building the first national database of alleged SLAPPs — strategic lawsuits against public participation — potentially meritless or malicious legal actions that can financially cripple and ultimately silence critical voices. slappback.org
The SLAPP Back Initiative
The first national database of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) and anti-SLAPP disputes.
slappback.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We are building the first national database of alleged SLAPPs — strategic lawsuits against public participation — potentially meritless or malicious legal actions that can financially cripple and ultimately silence critical voices. slappback.org
How sharing local news through tours is, and isn’t, tourism rjionline.org/news/how-sha...
How sharing local news through tours is, and isn’t, tourism
This approach crosses paths with two adjacent industries.
rjionline.org
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
How sharing local news through tours is, and isn’t, tourism rjionline.org/news/how-sha...
RJI Fellowship Applications are now open! bit.ly/rjifellowships
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
RJI Fellowship Applications are now open! bit.ly/rjifellowships
YESEO launches three new paid features 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.
rjionline.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
YESEO launches three new paid features rjionline.org/news/yeseo-l...
A binational organization defends migrant rights and builds resilience amid policy shifts and humanitarian challenges rjionline.org/news/al-otro...
Al Otro Lado: Defense, resilience and solidarity in the face of migrant vulnerability
A binational organization defends migrant rights and builds resilience amid policy shifts and humanitarian challenges.
rjionline.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A binational organization defends migrant rights and builds resilience amid policy shifts and humanitarian challenges rjionline.org/news/al-otro...
The Local News Go Bag, built in 2024 by RJI Fellow Kate Maxwell, provides news outlets with a set of tools and templates to begin preparing and refining their emergency coverage rjionline.org/news/introdu...
Introducing the Local News Go Bag Toolkit
This resource provides news outlets with a set of tools and templates to begin preparing and refining their emergency coverage.
rjionline.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The Local News Go Bag, built in 2024 by RJI Fellow Kate Maxwell, provides news outlets with a set of tools and templates to begin preparing and refining their emergency coverage rjionline.org/news/introdu...
RJI Fellow Ryan Restivo's advice to applicants for this year's Fellowship program!
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December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
RJI Fellow Ryan Restivo's advice to applicants for this year's Fellowship program!
www.instagram.com/reel/DR400jq...
www.instagram.com/reel/DR400jq...
Local journalism is hard work. Help us carry the load rjionline.org/news/local-j...
Local journalism is hard work. Help us carry the load
Through my first decade in the field, Nora Hertel could see that local audiences did not feel well served as the media grew more polarized, nationalized and negative. So, she left in 2021 and…
rjionline.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Local journalism is hard work. Help us carry the load rjionline.org/news/local-j...
Shared practices of care for secondary trauma rjionline.org/news/afterca...
Aftercare (is not an afterthought)
Shared practices of care for secondary trauma.
rjionline.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Shared practices of care for secondary trauma rjionline.org/news/afterca...
How to find vendors that meet your values rjionline.org/news/how-to-...
How to find vendors that meet your values
Making sure your fiscal sponsor, bank, HR and other partners reflect and support your culture.
rjionline.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
How to find vendors that meet your values rjionline.org/news/how-to-...
How we created community-driven investigations for immigrant audiences - Using a needs assessment and theory of change to inform and empower the Vietnamese community in the U.S. about misinformation rjionline.org/news/how-we-...
How we created community-driven investigations for immigrant audiences
Using a needs assessment and theory of change to inform and empower the Vietnamese community in the U.S. about misinformation.
rjionline.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How we created community-driven investigations for immigrant audiences - Using a needs assessment and theory of change to inform and empower the Vietnamese community in the U.S. about misinformation rjionline.org/news/how-we-...
Questions to consider when starting a news cooperative — and ways it’s helped journalists rethink their own work rjionline.org/news/at-jour...
At journalism co-operatives, worker-owners take news into their own hands
Questions to consider when starting a news cooperative — and ways it’s helped journalists rethink their own work
rjionline.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Questions to consider when starting a news cooperative — and ways it’s helped journalists rethink their own work rjionline.org/news/at-jour...
TOMORROW! Join us to ask all your questions about the RJI Fellowships. bit.ly/fellowshipqa25
December 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
TOMORROW! Join us to ask all your questions about the RJI Fellowships. bit.ly/fellowshipqa25
Better climate crisis reporting calls for learning about LandBack, taking a long view, and getting granular. rjionline.org/news/reporti...
Reporting on a burning world
Better climate crisis reporting calls for learning about LandBack, taking a long view, and getting granular.
rjionline.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Better climate crisis reporting calls for learning about LandBack, taking a long view, and getting granular. rjionline.org/news/reporti...
Experimenting with tools that scrape websites, collect data and format it efficiently. rjionline.org/news/efficie...
Efficient ways to collect information for a community directory
Experimenting with tools that scrape websites, collect data and format it efficiently.
rjionline.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Experimenting with tools that scrape websites, collect data and format it efficiently. rjionline.org/news/efficie...
RJI Fellowship applications are officially open!
Read more about the fellowships: bit.ly/rjifellowships
Come to the Q&A on wednesday: bit.ly/fellowshipqa25
Read more about the fellowships: bit.ly/rjifellowships
Come to the Q&A on wednesday: bit.ly/fellowshipqa25
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
RJI Fellowship applications are officially open!
Read more about the fellowships: bit.ly/rjifellowships
Come to the Q&A on wednesday: bit.ly/fellowshipqa25
Read more about the fellowships: bit.ly/rjifellowships
Come to the Q&A on wednesday: bit.ly/fellowshipqa25
Our innovation hub has all our tools, platforms and resources in one place! innovationrji.github.io/projects/ind...
RJI Innovation Projects
Tools, playbooks, and more from the Reynolds Journalism Institute.
innovationrji.github.io
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Our innovation hub has all our tools, platforms and resources in one place! innovationrji.github.io/projects/ind...
Use the navigator to help you integrate science into any story rjionline.org/news/introdu...
Introducing the Science Reporting Navigator
Use the navigator to help you integrate science into any story.
rjionline.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Use the navigator to help you integrate science into any story rjionline.org/news/introdu...
Al Otro Lado, a key binational nonprofit supporting migrants and deportees on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. rjionline.org/news/al-otro...
Al Otro Lado: Defense, resilience and solidarity in the face of migrant vulnerability
A binational organization defends migrant rights and builds resilience amid policy shifts and humanitarian challenges.
rjionline.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Al Otro Lado, a key binational nonprofit supporting migrants and deportees on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. rjionline.org/news/al-otro...
Years of contradictory headlines about whether moderate drinking is harmful or beneficial for different health outcomes has left many people frustrated and skeptical rjionline.org/news/reporti...
Reporting on alcohol and drinking risks
Years of contradictory headlines about whether moderate drinking is harmful or beneficial for different health outcomes has left many people frustrated and skeptical.
rjionline.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Years of contradictory headlines about whether moderate drinking is harmful or beneficial for different health outcomes has left many people frustrated and skeptical rjionline.org/news/reporti...