
Jim Flink
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Reynolds Journalism Institute
Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication
Missouri School of Journalism
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Telephone: 573-999-0506
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Group Title: Content providers
Join Date: June 10, 2015
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Last Visit: December 31, 1969
Last Activity: December 31, 1969
Total Entries: 7
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About Jim Flink
Jim Flink joined the strategic communication area at the Missouri School of Journalism after more than 20 years in television news, four years as a start-up executive and one year as a mobile video news consultant. He is leveraging his traditional and new media newsroom experience and integrating content creation techniques and timelines normally seen in newsrooms into the agency paradigm.
Flink also continues working with the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the School, focusing on best practices in mobile, video news content and production, as well as distribution and monetization strategies.
During four years as vice president of news operations and general manager of Newsy, Flink led, coached and cultivated a young start-up newsroom into an established, internationally respected newsroom publishing quality video content on emerging digital platforms. Under his leadership, Newsy delivered highly-engaging, timely, scalable content for iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Web for partners such as MSN, AOL, Huffington Post, Mashable and more. Newsy also won the 2011 “Appy” for Best in News, beating out CNN and Flipboard, and the 2013 “Appy” for Best in iPad Publishing.
Prior to his new media career, Flink worked for Kansas City’s KMBC-TV from 1995-2010, serving as a primary anchor and reporter for the most-watched ABC affiliate in America.
Flink’s work has been featured on “Larry King Live,” ABC’s “Good Morning America,” CNN News, BBC, and in documentaries and film. Jim has also won many awards: Emmy, Murrow, AP, Sigma Delta Chi, Missouri and Kansas Broadcasters and many more. Flink has international journalism experience, working for the Korean Broadcasting System, UNESCO and guest teaching in The Philippines.
Flink has taught the next generation of journalists during two decades of his career, serving in adjunct roles at the Missouri School of Journalism, Avila University, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Park University.
Flink received his bachelor of arts degree in political science from Westminster College and his master’s in journalism from Missouri. In 2010, he was awarded the Lifetime Alumni Achievement Award from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri
Jim Flink works with the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI), focusing on best practices in mobile, video news content and production, as well as distribution and monetization strategies.
Stories about Jim Flink
Revenue Models That Work
Syndicators, agencies and distribution channels
October 25, 2017RJI in the news
CJR: ESPN’s drug-war epic ‘Pin Kings’ invigorates multi-platform storytelling genre
August 24, 2016The Collaboration Culture Symposium
Unholy alliances, superheroes and the ‘drunken walk’
March 25, 2016The Collaboration Culture Symposium
Edward McCain and Katherine Skinner: From Collaborative Action to Collective Impact
March 22, 2016Where in the world is this news coming from?
February 24, 2015Futures Lab Update
Futures Lab update #71: Digital strategy at New York Public Radio
August 19, 2014Mizzou Takes Mobile-First Training Approach
July 16, 2014RJI in the news
How Students Used PublishThis to Curate RJI’s Mobile First Symposium
May 28, 2014RJI in the news
Updating the Missouri Method with Rapid Iteration, Multi-Platform Delivery
March 18, 2014Missouri tests multi-platform storytelling across six newsrooms
February 24, 2014Mobile First
Mobile-news leader partners with RJI to help industry navigate opportunities in migrating to mobile
January 13, 2014
The Collaboration Culture Symposium
Unholy alliances, superheroes and the ‘drunken walk’
March 25, 2016Dissecting Engagement
The five engagement changes your newsroom can adopt right now: #RJIEngaged
April 15, 2015Mobile First
Recapping #rjimobilefirst: Where are we on the path of mobile migration?
April 15, 2014Missouri tests multi-platform storytelling across six newsrooms
February 24, 2014