Our Innovation team is dedicated to real-world testing and building of resources, tools, projects and methods of storytelling to benefit journalism and the communities we serve. 

Learn more about our current partnership projects:

Optimized paywall with Bangor Daily News

Diversity sourcing tool with Chalkbeat  & Here's everything we learned about source diversity tracking

NABJ Media Network

Completed recent partnership projects:

Automating calendars for small newsrooms

JSafe

Voice of OC Dashboard

In addition to partnership projects, the innovation staff:

• Produces the monthly web series Innovation in Focus which explores emerging technology and storytelling methods for newsrooms
• Manages the annual RJI Student Competition where students work together on a project that tackles a challenge faced by the journalism industry
• Manages the RJI Fellowship program where journalists from all over the world develop their innovative projects with our resources
• Manages the RJI Student Fellowship program where students get paired with newsrooms to work on innovative initiatives for the summer 
• Founded and manages the Women in Journalism Workshop where female journalists gather annually for training and discussions around relevant issues
• Teaches at the Missouri School of Journalism
• Travel to teach and speak at conferences when requested

Interested in working with us?

Email our Director of Innovation:

Kat Duncan, duncank@rjionline.org