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Trusting News
Who trusts — and pays for — the news? Here’s what 8,728 people told us
July 27, 2017
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At RJI, we’ve been working to improve how we share information with our readers.
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RJI in the news
With President Trump’s continuous attacks on the media, and a number of news organizations struggling to stay financially afloat, a need to better understand the public’s perception of news and their willingness to pay for it has emerged.
Why the Trusting News Project is aiming to better understand public trust in journalism
October 10, 2017 -
MediaShift Podcast
In the news this week, the good, bad and ugly of those dominating tech giants. On the bad side, Google, Facebook, and Twitter were overrun by misinformation during the Las Vegas shooting, with alt-right sites and manipulators naming the wrong shooter.
MediaShift Podcast 243: How misinformation spread after Vegas shooting
October 6, 2017 -
RJI in the news
Update: Recordly can now be downloaded from the Apple App Store. Transcription can cause headaches and drain time for professionals in the media industry, with short snippets of audio often leading to long sessions spent transcribing.
University of Missouri-born transcription tool for journalists set for App Store launch
October 3, 2017 -
Help us build tools to better understand engagement data and improve revenue strategies
How do we identify user engagement behaviors and patterns that help us strengthen our products and our businesses? How can we encourage engaged users to deepen their connection with our work?
October 2, 2017 -
MediaShift Podcast
In the news this week, many publishers have been pivoting to video, but they’ve also lost a lot of traffic to their websites. Did they go too far? And Twitter is testing out doubling the size of tweets to 280 characters.
MediaShift Podcast 242: Pivots to video a mixed bag; Twitter doubles character count
September 29, 2017 -
RJI Student Competition 2017
The 2017-2018 RJI Student Competition will differ in two ways from past competitions: Students from outside the University of Missouri are eligible to participate and teams may address any issue facing the news industry.
Six things participants need to know about the 2017-2018 RJI Student Competition
September 26, 2017 -
Trusting News project receives $100,000 grant from Knight Foundation
Joy Mayer is leading research on how news consumers decide what to trust, developing strategies to address that behavior and training journalists to demonstrate their credibility.
September 25, 2017 -
MediaShift Podcast
In the news this week, journalists found that Facebook, Google and Twitter all allowed them to target ads toward racist groups like “Jew haters” and “black people ruin neighborhoods.” The social platforms quickly removed those terms.
MediaShift Podcast 241: Social platforms help target ads to racist groups
September 22, 2017 -
RJI Student Competition 2017
Video highlights from the 2017–2018 Student Competition kickoff, held Sept. 19 at RJI.
Video: 2017–2018 Student Competition kickoff
September 21, 2017 -
RJI Student Competition 2017
David Kurpius, dean of the Missouri School of Journalism, talks about the upcoming RJI Student Competition.
Video: Dean David Kurpius on the RJI Student Competition 2017
September 20, 2017
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