2026-02-20 Four international master’s students at the Missouri School of Journalism have been chosen for the 2026 class of Student Innovation Fellows at the School’s Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI). This summer, each Fellow will spend 12 weeks helpin …›
2026-02-20 And what journalists are getting wrong in the application process Over the last several months of my fellowship on journalism grants, I’ve talked (and listened to) lots of funding officers at conferences and summits, on private calls, and before …›
2026-02-20 Naturally, I'll talk about MyTerms It's off to California, where I'll speak (and listen!) at the Summit on Human Agency. …›
2026-02-20 What’s going right At a time when there is so much tumult in the media industry, a number of journalism thinkers are instead focusing on what’s working in local news, regardless of the ownership model. This was a theme of a conversation that Editor …›
2026-02-20 Yeah, that interview that CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert did on Monday with Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico that some people didn’t want you to see? Well, apparently, a […] The post Stephen Colbert’s interview with James Talar …›
2026-02-20 It’s Black History Month — and President Donald Trump has put his stamp on the decades-old commemoration. The White House’s 2026 Black History Month proclamation said Black history “is not distinct from […] The post Trump is reshapi …›
2026-02-20 I left dinner at the Uptown to stand at the corner of Kirkwood and College in downtown Bloomington, Indiana, to shoot the tornado my phone just told me had formed eight miles west of there. That’s where I was facing when I shot this video, f …›
2026-02-19 Be there Surveillance-based pricing (just for you!) will be the subject of this talk at 4pm Eastern today. Register and attend at that link. …›
2026-02-19 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. It has been another awkward and miserable week […] The post CBS keeps finding new ways to have a bad week appeared first on Poyn …›
2026-02-19 Laurie Hertzel remembers the old building on Portland Avenue in downtown Minneapolis and the space it had carved out just for books. At the time, she was the Minneapolis Star […] The post When newspapers cut book coverage, communities lose more t …›
2026-02-19 How nonprofit and for-profit business models can complement each other when big-money media fails. …›
2026-02-19 While the newspaper industry continues to contract, nonprofit news outlets have proliferated over the past decade. But dismissing profitable models for journalism is premature. …›
2026-02-18 Perspective 10 Largest Things in Nature That Will Make You Feel Incredibly Small. The only one I didn't know about was Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat. It covers 4,086 square miles. And the Internet caused Obama and Trump. Also, …›
2026-02-18 Ash Wednesday begins with a fact. “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Growing up, hearing that phrase in church felt heavy in a way I […] The post What Ash Wednesday can teach journalists about truth and humility appea …›
2026-02-18 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. It’s still hard to believe what happened at […] The post Will The Washington Post exist in five years? A veteran insider weigh …›
2026-02-18 What was CBS thinking? That was the reaction many of us had last summer when the network announced it was canceling Stephen Colbert’s late-night show — for two reasons. First, why […] The post Stephen Colbert finally did what everyone expect …›
2026-02-17 Never too late for the late Today is Ron Phillips' birthday. He died five years ago, but his absence remains constant and heart-wrenching. I'm also sad to note that I haven't written a proper remembrance for him here. So that's now on m …›
2026-02-17 Your coverage can inspire your routes There’s practical and editorial considerations for a good walking tour route. It also might not be where you first expect. Justin Rivers, chief experience officer at Untapped New York, developed his first tou …›
2026-02-16 Extra points if you can say where this is. What you’re reading is written and posted on the Web. While the Web isn’t a place, we know it as one. The language we use to describe it is concrete and structural: domains at locations, with s …›
2026-02-16 Cycloptery Seventy-two hours since my cataract surgery and nothing is better. The cornea of my left eye is still swollen and I'm essentially blind (meaning my vision is 20/infinity. It also feels better closed than open, which I'm not sure is …›
2026-02-15 Now, let's try that with a human body part Tom's Hardware: In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it …›
2026-02-14 The first thing my wife heard me say was “I’m a Leo, so I don’t believe in astrology.” She’s a Scorpio, and that’s her constellation, above another of my affections, the Walnut Grove tower farm in California’s …›
2026-02-13 Cyclops time. Thirteen years ago, when I was just entering the final demographic, I had the cataract in my right eye replaced. It was a quick and easy procedure that left me with 20/10 vision when I walked out the door of the surgery center. It's s …›
2026-02-11 Co-ops, staff-run nonprofits and democratic newsrooms take a mix-and-match approach to how they operate In 2021, a group of colleagues and I relaunched The Appeal as one of the nation’s first staff-run nonprofit newsrooms. In the years since, the …›
2026-02-10 The Houston Chronicle team shares its experience of partnering with an Instagram creator, which was a project in the American Press Institute's Influencer Learning Cohort. The post How the Houston Chronicle collaborated with an Instagram creator appear …›
2026-02-10 A conversation with Jenna Spinelle and Brandon Stover The Democracy Group is a podcast network of 18 shows that focus on democracy and civil engagement. Jenna Spinelle, host and producer of the Democracy Works podcast and communications lead for Pe …›
2026-02-09 Contact: Damon Kiesow, 573-882-5831, kiesowd@missouri.edu The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) and the Local News Impact Consortium (LNIC) have launched Commissioning a Local News Ecosystem Assessment: An Operational Toolkit, a resource to strea …›
2026-02-09 Asking key questions when evaluating studies can help improve the quality of reporting about research A few years ago, I started noticing a statement that was frequently used to describe one of the benefits of syringe service programs (SSPs): that …›
2026-02-06 Ethics prevent journalists from accepting free trips, but maybe there’s another way To junket? Or not to junket? It’s a question that plagues many arts and culture (and travel) journalists for our whole careers. Junkets are ethically fra …›
2026-02-05 Not just documenting what happened, but how we survive Exiting the space: Mastery Questions In our first article, we reflected on how the experiences and lived wisdom of the people we’ve had the privilege to spend time with and photograph ha …›
2026-01-30 The series addresses one-on-ones, brainstorming sessions, in-house training and leadership meetings. The post Reset key newsroom meetings with these tips from API staff appeared first on Better News. …›
2026-01-30 The guide gathers insights, tips and intelligence for a challenged profession. The post Journalists and mental health: An American Press Institute resource guide appeared first on Better News. …›
2026-01-27 I’m back. Here’s where I’ve been. Most of you should not care, but for those wanting a medical update, here’s the tale. Two weeks ago, on Sunday, Jan. 11, I lost a test of strength with bedding on laundry day. As IR …›
2025-12-18 Get answers to your questions on newsroom-creator partnerships, including how to find potential partners, upholding your journalistic ethics, and how much time and money these collaborations require. The post FAQ: Creator-newsroom collaborations appear …›
2025-12-18 This framework from the Journalism + Design Lab outlines the roles anyone can play to help keep their community informed. The post Community news roles: A framework for how people keep their communities informed appeared first on Better News. …›
2025-12-02 London — Last month, fact checkers, newsroom leaders, product managers, and AI strategists gathered in the Southwark neighborhood of South London for the JournalismAI Festival 2025. The event brought out journalists from several continents to share t …›