Tags: Melba Newsome

RJI Fellows Class of 2020–2021
Identifying and overcoming challenges with inclusive storytelling
August 24, 2020
We started by laying out the obstacles we need to overcome with the reporters themselves: old habits die hard.
RJI Fellows Class of 2020–2021
Let’s improve the diversity in your reporting
July 20, 2020
Creating a hands-on, in-person diversity training program to help newsrooms make their reporting more representative of the communities they serve
RJI Fellow will help newsrooms diversify their source lists with a training curriculum
July 8, 2020
Wanting to help news outlets do a better job representing the diverse communities they serve through their story sources, prompted freelance journalist Melba Newsome of Charlotte, North Carolina, to help.
RJI’s 2020–2021 fellows named
March 24, 2020
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute has awarded seven fellowships for the 2020–21 academic year for projects that address the increasing challenges in covering climate change, unpublishing, harassment of marginalized journalists and more.