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The Wall Street Journal promotes digital thinking beyond numbers. Your newsroom can, too
Digital trends in journalism often scream that we need to study analytics and keep up with new applications. As Laura Johnston found out in a visit to the Wall Street Journal, the not-so-secret sauce is focusing on what people do to collaborate.
March 14, 2019 -
Innovation in Focus
Emily Dunn, Mizzou student, gives tips based on her experience learning InterviewJS
Interactive Chats: Our tips for building a story in InterviewJS
March 14, 2019 -
RJI Innovation Series tackles artificial intelligence to embrace opportunities, fight challenges
Artificial intelligence poses a number of threats and opportunities to the news industry. News outlets such as Bloomberg and The Washington Post have used robots to help produce content. But some journalists fear robots might replace them.
March 12, 2019 -
RJI Innovation Series March 18–19 speakers
RJI Innovation Series March 18–19 speakers
March 12, 2019 -
Mobile microlearning works! Sample the first course in digital journalism delivered to your phone
Almost two years ago, Linda Austin asked for your help in identifying your training needs in digital journalism. Now, the results are back from that first course in digital journalism delivered via mobile microlearning.
March 8, 2019 -
Innovation in Focus
Explore the life of two Mid-Missouri teachers through a one-on-one storytelling platform
Interactive Chats: Teaching in Mid-Missouri
March 6, 2019 -
The skies are changing: The FAA does a bunch of things to make the drone business grow up
The Federal Aviation Administration has been busy these last few weeks, promulgating a bunch of different rules that have some consequences — short-term and long-term — for drone journalists.
March 5, 2019 -
Innovation in Focus
Lexi Churchill, Mizzou student, shares 5 tips for the journalist interested in trying sonification
Sonification: 5 tips to get you started
February 28, 2019 -
What journalists miss when they ignore history
A downpour of historic events saturated the year 2018. Or did it? Journalists and historians might have divergent answers.
February 27, 2019 -
Post
In Episode 7 of Post, guests discuss the safety of journalists in the United States and around the world.
Post Episode 7: Reporters face physical dangers and political threats around the world
February 21, 2019 -
A robot commits libel. Who is responsible?
For all their apparent infallibility, bots, like their human predecessors, are also vulnerable to mistakes.One of the worst mistakes is committing libel. How should courts treat cases in which a robot generates a defamatory statement?
February 20, 2019 -
Innovation in Focus
Michael Corey, Senior Data Editor at Reveal, shares his tips for sonification storytelling
Sonification: turning stories into sound
February 18, 2019 -
RJI Fellow working on solution to ‘future proof’ data-driven news applications
In 50 years, Dollars for Docs may be gone entirely if nothing is done to archive it, says Meredith Broussard, assistant professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University.
February 15, 2019 -
Prove it with prototyping: How to test your ideas and focus your innovation
As we all strive to innovate in our newsrooms and our storytelling, there’s a natural tendency to latch onto any new clever idea that feels like the right solution to a real problem. But is that solution really the right fit? And is the problem even real?
February 13, 2019 -
RJI’s drone guru to help journalists capture better footage with online Poynter workshop
Journalists can learn how to shoot better footage and tell better stories with drones right from their offices with the help of a new online workshop series produced by Poynter and co-taught by Judd Slivka, RJI director of aerial journalism.
February 12, 2019
Donald W. Reynolds