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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.

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RJI produces a series of free tip sheets that provide quick, concise information about topics relevant to you and your organization. Watch RJI Online, RJI's Twitter and Facebook feeds and email newsletters for new tip sheets and updates.

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Running Your Own Photo Workshop: An In-depth Guide
February 11, 2021
This guide is designed to offer a curriculum that will focus on teaching photojournalism and its potential as a career path to middle-school and/or highschool-aged students from less-privileged and underrepresented neighborhoods around the country.
Report: Conversations on inclusive economics and media ecosystems
November 18, 2020
Building Inclusive Economies and Media is a cross-sector collaboration between Local Voices Network and Reynolds Journalism Institute aimed at helping communities strengthen local economies and local media amid a public health pandemic.
Impact With Context: Tool To Measure News Impact
February 18, 2020
A white paper by Leezel Tanglao, RJI 2019–2020 Fellow
How to Launch an Info District
June 25, 2019
Local news organizations are closing or struggling to stay afloat, thus dampening the ability of residents to participate effectively in their communities. Simon Galperin is leading the effort to prototype a new form of funding.
Final Report: The News and Information Habits of Rural, Mid-Missouri Teenagers
June 6, 2019
There is a heightened interest in what goes on in the heads and hearts of modern teenagers, particularly by legacy media. But teenagers from rural communities are not often factored into mainstream Gen Z coverage.
Here are simple ways to increase trust in your news site: Press analysis spreadsheet
May 15, 2019
A spreadsheet with the information used by Taylor Gion to conduct her study into simple ways to increase trust in your news site.
Trusting News Project Report
April 4, 2019
: In interviews with local journalists, 81 news consumers explained the qualities of trustworthy journalism, perceptions of fact-checking organizations, and expectations of transparency.