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Google Fiber

Columbia, MO is competing with cities around the country to take part in Google's Fiber for Communities initiative. RJI is playing a key role in facilitating the city's application and community support. Futures Lab Director Mike McKean, with help from some University of Missouri colleagues, has drafted an action plan that highlights why Columbia is uniquely positioned to partner with Google on next-generation media.

Student Competitions

Ethics in Advertising

Wally Snyder pushes to build consumer trust and brand loyalty in the new global/digital economy.

Renewing the Journalist's Creed

Mike Fancher asks whether journalism ethics must change to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.

Apple iPad News Survey

Bill Densmore, 2008-2009 Fellow

From Info Valet to Circulate, the 2008 start up

Matt Thompson, 2008-2009 Fellow

From Wikipedia-ing the News to Columbia Tomorrow

Jane Stevens, 2008-2009 Fellow

Developing Webcentric social/news/information networks

The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute

(RJI) brings together professional journalists, scholars and industry leaders to collaborate and connect with citizens.

RJI programs are aimed at improving journalism in the service of democracy. Some initiatives focus on immediate challenges and opportunities, testing new technologies or business strategies for the gathering, formatting or delivery of news and advertising. Others are more long-range and conceptual, aimed at preserving traditional journalism values like accuracy and fairness in a chaotic technology and business environment.

In its first four years, RJI has launched more than 60 journalism initiatives, most of them in collaboration with the nation’s leading private media companies and professional journalism and advertising organizations.

Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute