Reynolds Journalism Institute

RJI Fellows Michelle Kanaar and Alyssa Schukar offer guidance on several aspects of fair contracts that cultivate fair working conditions between publications and freelancer photojournalists through language around copyright, payment, safety and contractor status. 

RJI Fellow Kate Myers is building an organizational self-assessment tool. She's looking for organizations willing to test it with her. Will you?

Aura Walmer: Why is design-conscious sonification important?

Missouri School of Journalism students: What are you doing next summer? Apply for an RJI Student Innovation Fellowship, where you’ll be placed with a news organization to create, extend or build upon an innovative project. NEWS ORGANIZATIONS: RJI is looking for newsrooms that would like students to expand or build innovative projects with them this summer. Projects could include building a Slackbot, launching a newsletter, creating revenue strategy, building engaging community events or overhauling your social brand. Application deadline for both J-School students and news organizations is Nov. 4. For more information and to apply, visit https://lnkd.in/gQNnrdTJ.

What if AI chatbots and other digital tools allowed us to gather data and results on Election Night? Bay City News, with support from RJI, will test the process on Nov. 5.

Lessons from electoral “horse race” coverage: Five tips to improve coverage of AI tech developments.

Here's why The Riverside Record used zines instead of postcards to share information on local school bond measures.

Iffy.news, former RJI Fellow Barrett Golding’s index of unreliable online news sources, has issued its latest “PolitiFact-check,” which rates the veracity of statements about politics from a wide variety of public figures, organizations and media sources. “I’m very appreciative (PolitiFact) let me convert their data into credibility scores," said Golding. "It’s helpful to know someone’s statement is false, but as helpful is to identify serial fabulists.”

"Because journalists can never know precisely who consumes their work and why they do so, they instead form mental constructions of audiences," writes Elia Powers. "That has material consequences." Via Nieman Journalism Lab.

Anita Zielina is using AI tools up to 20 minutes a day to remove a layer of stress, refine her managerial communication and smooth out her workflows. Via Journalism.co.uk.