.Sydney Lewis (she/they): To build strong product thinking into news organizations, journalism needs to nurture the talent of young product thinkers. Here's how to train the next generation. rjionline.org/news/how-to-tr…

HIRING: The RJI Innovation team is hiring an Innovation Team Project Manager. This person will be cultivating, leading and executing our partnership projects to make useful, practical and innovative resources for journalists. Learn more and apply today. bit.ly/pmRJI

“AI is here” is a new RJI series highlighting AI innovation in journalism. In this installment, we take a look at how news orgs are introducing AI resources into their newsrooms with the help of industry consultants. Andrew Finlayson Sil Hamilton Pete Pachal rjionline.org/news/for-newsr…

What are the best practices for handling health misinformation? rjionline.org/news/how-journ…

Five Mizzou Journalism students spent this summer as RJI Student Innovation Fellows with news organizations across the U.S. Join us Tues., Aug. 6, to learn about their innovative and experimental projects. To register, visit bit.ly/rjistudentfell….

Many news consumers bypass home pages and enter websites on a story-by-story basis. RJI Fellow Alex Partida of The Salt Lake Tribune is building an article-as-homepage toolkit to optimize this entry point for the Tribune's audience. Learn more. rjionline.org/news/redesigni…

RJI Fellows Dana Amihere and Zoli Csernatony are building DigInThere, a free-to-use tool to capture and reward reader attention. Learn more. rjionline.org/news/with-a-ts…

What is data sonification and how can journalists use it as a storytelling method? #DataJournalism #DataSonification #RJIFellows rjionline.org/news/embracing…

Did you know the YESEO app is one of 3 Finalists in the category of Excellence in AI Innovation at the 2024 Online Journalism Awards! Ryan Restivo's RJI fellowship project is nominated in the category. The other nominees are from the BBC and THE CITY. #OJA24 #ONA24

RJI Student Innovation Fellow Colin Rhoads worked with 100 Days in Appalachia to see if a social media ad campaign could attract more subscribers and potential readers. Here are the results. rjionline.org/news/advertisi…

The Defender Handbook provides a practical guide to creating a community-centric and digital-first media organization. Join us on Aug. 28 for a webinar on how to use it in your newsroom. Learn more: rjionline.org/news/the-defen….

Here's how SDPB and RJI's Innovation in Focus created a simple, no-code solution for sharing voting information with South Dakota voters about upcoming state legislative races. Plus: four additional tools for newsroom election projects. rjionline.org/news/how-we-bu…

Four steps to increase community engagement on Facebook. rjionline.org/news/how-to-in…

Here's to LION Publishers' continued success! Have a great conference in Chicago.

.Michelle Kanaar Alyssa Schukar: Accessible archives present new revenue opportunities through licensing, offer a greater variety of visuals for social media and save newsrooms from commissioning images they already have. #RJIFellows rjionline.org/news/how-to-bu…

Chris Krewson RJI Thanks for the RJI shoutout and allow me to join in because LION wouldn’t be the outstanding org it is without your expert guidance!!