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2013 Q1 Research Report 1: News consumption on mobile media surpassing desktop computers and newspapers

By Roger Fidler on April 25, 2013 0 Comments News
2013 Q1 Research Report 1: News consumption on mobile media surpassing desktop c

Nearly 80 percent of all respondents to our 2013 Q1 phone survey said that they had used at least one Internet-enabled mobile media device in the seven days prior to taking the survey.

RJI produces e-book to help fight plagiarism and fabrication

By Roger Fidler on April 2, 2013 0 Comments News
Telling the Truth and Nothing But

The American Copy Editors Society (ACES) will introduce a provocative new e-book produced at the RJI during the organization’s annual conference on April 4-6 in St. Louis. The e-book, titled “Telling the Truth and Nothing But”, addresses one of the most vexing issues confronting journalism today — plagiarism and fabrication.

RJI Digital Newsbook features background on New York Times story on Florida School for Boys

By RJI on February 12, 2013 0 Comments News
DPA digital newsbook features background on investigation of Florida School for

The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Fla., closed in 2011 following reports of abuse, neglect and even the death of the young boys sent there by the state.

Top 10 most-shared RJI content

By RJI on December 29, 2012 0 Comments News
Top 10 most-shared RJI content

RJI Program Director for Digital Publishing Roger Fidler’s mobile device news consumption survey findings claimed the top three spots for the most-shared content.

RJI links 11.30.12 Mobile: Wait no longer

By Brian Steffens on November 30, 2012 0 Comments Blogs
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News and commentary of interest to journalism innovators and entrepreneurs

Missourian experiments with membership pay model, launches new apps

By RJI on October 24, 2012 0 Comments News
Screenshot of new Missourian iPhone app

With RJI support, Missourian launches multi-platform membership model to provide news and advertising wherever and however readers choose to access it.

Pressing Ahead: Tablets, Mobile and News After Paper

Thursday, December 6, 2012 - Friday, December 7, 2012 Events

How will the next generation of mobile media devices and networks change the way people consume news? Is mobile as big an opportunity as everyone seems to be predicting? How can media organizations innovate when resources are constrained? These are some of the critical questions that will be addressed during RJI’s fall 2012 Tablet Symposium. Futurist Michael Rogers and digital media guru Douglas Bennett will lead discussions about the technologies and strategies that are likely to shape digital publishing and the news media for the rest of the decade.

RJI launches showcase for visually rich digital newsbooks

By RJI on October 8, 2012 0 Comments News

The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute has launched a showcase on its website to promote visually rich e-books created for news organizations’ investigative and explanatory journalism reports.

RJI Digital Newsbook Project

By RJI on October 5, 2012 News

RJI Digital Newsbooks are visually rich e-books designed to make investigative and long-form journalism easier to access and read on tablets, e-readers and other mobile devices.

The Washington Post

By RJI on September 27, 2012 0 Comments News

The Digital Newsbooks on this page were produced at the RJI for The Washington Post in 2007 and 2009. The cover images are hyperlinked to the Web pages where they are free to download. They can be opened and comfortably read within any PDF viewer; however, they are best read within PDF viewers that support hyperlinks. For Apple iPad owners we recommend the iBooks or Goodreader app.

The New York Times

By RJI on September 27, 2012 0 Comments News

The Digital Newsbooks on this page were produced at the RJI for The New York Times between 2006 and 2008. The cover images are hyperlinked to the Web pages where they are free to download. They can be opened and comfortably read within any PDF viewer; however, they are best read within PDF viewers that support hyperlinks. For Apple iPad owners we recommend the iBooks or Goodreader app.

The Commercial Appeal

By RJI on September 27, 2012 0 Comments News

The Digital Newsbook on this page was produced at the RJI for The Commercial Appeal in 2007. The cover image is hyperlinked directly to the newsbook, which is free to download and save. It can be opened and comfortably read within any PDF viewer; however, it is best read within PDF viewers that support hyperlinks. For Apple iPad owners we recommend opening the newsbook in the iBooks or Goodreader app.

Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg Times)

By RJI on September 27, 2012 0 Comments News

The Digital Newsbooks on this page were produced at the RJI for the St. Petersburg Times in 2008 and 2009. (The newspaper was renamed Tampa Bay Times on January 1, 2012.) The cover images are hyperlinked directly to the newsbooks, which are free to download and save. They can be opened and comfortably read within any PDF viewer; however, they are best read within PDF viewers that support hyperlinks. For Apple iPad owners we recommend opening these newsbooks in the iBooks or Goodreader app.

Nieman Reports

By RJI on September 27, 2012 0 Comments News

The Digital Newsbooks on this page were produced at the RJI for Nieman Reports, a publication of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University between 2007 and 2010. The cover images are hyperlinked directly to the newsbooks, which are free to download and save. They can be opened and comfortably read within any PDF viewer; however, they are best read within PDF viewers that support hyperlinks. For Apple iPad owners we recommend opening these newsbooks in the iBooks or Goodreader app.

Las Vegas Review-Journal

By RJI on September 27, 2012 0 Comments News

The Digital Newsbook on this page was produced at the RJI for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2007. The cover image is hyperlinked directly to the newsbook, which is free to download and save. It can be opened and comfortably read within any PDF viewer; however, it is best read within PDF viewers that support hyperlinks. For Apple iPad owners we recommend opening the newsbook in the iBooks or Goodreader app.

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)

By RJI on September 27, 2012 0 Comments News

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting. IRE was formed in 1975 to create a forum in which journalists throughout the world could help each other by sharing story ideas, news gathering techniques and news sources. More information can be found at: www.ire.org

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

By RJI on September 27, 2012 0 Comments News

The ICIJ was launched as a project of the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) in 1997 to extend the Center’s style of watchdog journalism, focusing on issues that do not stop at national borders. More information can be found at: www.icij.org

Center for Public Integrity (CPI)

By RJI on September 27, 2012 0 Comments News

The Center for Public Integrity was founded in 1989 by Charles Lewis. It is one of the country's oldest and largest nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news organizations. Its mission: To enhance democracy by revealing abuses of power, corruption and betrayal of trust by powerful public and private institutions, using the tools of investigative journalism. More information can be found at: www.publicintegrity.org

Mobile users still prefer trusted professional journalism

By RJI on August 27, 2012 0 Comments News

RJI survey finds distrust of the news media highest among cable news viewers

New Microsoft Application Development Lab for Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute

By Brian Steffens on August 21, 2012 1 Comment Blogs

Equipped with Windows-based laptops, tablets, hybrids and the Xbox system with Kinect technologies, the lab will enable RJI staff, Fellows and MU faculty and students to create new applications for business, communications, health care and other disciplines.