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Push alerts: Useful or annoying?
Push alerts can be one way to bring news and information directly to consumers. But an Associated Press team wants to know the real value of the notifications it is sending to news consumers.
August 20, 2019 -
See Rock City! Going to Digital First?
Mixed with success stories was the recurring theme critical to local journalists—digital efforts live in multiple overlapping eco-systems. Spend too much time in the wrong part of each eco-system at your own peril.
August 19, 2019 -
Innovation in Focus
We wrap up our summer series with a few more revenue models to explore.
Revenue wrap up: Donors, fees and more
August 19, 2019 -
Innovation in Focus
A crowdfunded campaign last year helped KPCC (89.3), a radio station in Los Angeles, breathe new life into a shutdown community website dedicated to social, entertainment and local news.
Crowdfunded campaigns help radio station grow audience and revenue for digital site
August 7, 2019 -
News literacy experts share, demo resources available to help students, news consumers
News literacy experts and advocates from organizations including The News Literacy Project and the University of Missouri shared current research and literacy tools and projects at a recent gathering at the Missouri School of Journalism’s RJI.
August 2, 2019 -
Post Episode 12: IRE Award winners expose safety concerns and create public resources
IRE Award-winning journalists discuss their pieces. Topics include safety issues at the Tesla factory, children dying at an alarming rate at one hospital, and tracking police use of force case-by-case.
July 30, 2019 -
POY leader participates in ‘Trauma to Transformation’ panel discussion
Lynden Steele, RJI photojournalism director, recently took part in a panel discussion titled “Trauma to Transformation: The Power of Photographs as Catalysts for Change.” The discussion was part of a traveling photo exhibit.
July 30, 2019 -
Missouri School of Journalism launches new investigative fellowship program to support authors
The Missouri School of Journalism is launching a groundbreaking fellowship program to support authors as they write in-depth print journalism projects, while also training future generations of investigative reporters.
July 24, 2019 -
Join us for an OTT journey. All are welcome!
Are we there yet? Remember that line from the back seat in the days before iPads, earphones and earbuds? The road-trip to the future of local television stretches for miles.
July 23, 2019 -
POY judging event helps visual storyteller on her journey to tell her story of healing
Attending this year’s Picture of the Year judging, which took place in February, helped POY’s inaugural Rising Star Scholarship recipient Rosem Morton better understand how pictures are organized into stories.
July 22, 2019 -
Innovation in Focus
Red Clay Media shares how they’ve conquered what many newsrooms are still struggling with — making money with video content.
Video as revenue: Start with listening
July 11, 2019 -
Stacey Woelfel is RJI’s new drone director
Stacey Woelfel, a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and the director of the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism, will be adding some new oversight duties to his portfolio as RJI’s new Director of Aerial Journalism.
July 10, 2019 -
Strategic campaign structure helps news organizations grow revenue, partners and audience
Campaigns can help news organizations build revenue through sponsorships, grow general brand awareness and cultivate a specific niche audience. Earlier this summer, Ebony Reed shared tips on how to craft a strategic sponsorship campaign.
July 8, 2019 -
Innovation in Focus
In a small town with slightly more than 100,000 people, known for its annual rose festival, news site, The Tyler Loop, is growing a membership model with events and a newsletter to collaborate, not compete with other local news organizations.
The Tyler Loop: Growing membership with events and newsletters
July 1, 2019 -
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In Episode 11, Post discusses coverage of immigration issues with several reporters who have worked on groundbreaking stories with seldom-told narratives.
Post Episode 11: Reporters discuss covering different aspects of immigration
June 27, 2019
Donald W. Reynolds