Jennifer Nelson
RJI
Columbia, MO, United States
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Newly launched app empowers journalists to fight against harassment and assault
A new app, JSafe, built to help female journalists fight against harassment, bullying and assault, launched today in the Apple Store and Google Play Store. → Read More
Journalists can now find COVID-19 response related legislation from across country on Open States
Journalists can now track what’s happening in state legislatures across the U.S. regarding bills and legislation related to the coronavirus response, with help from the Open States website. → Read More
RJI Fellow’s tool measures ‘impact with context’
With newsrooms becoming leaner, time and resources are limited to manually track the full impact of stories beyond page views and clicks, says RJI Fellow Leezel Tanglao. → Read More
JSafe app empowers female journalists to take action in threatening situations
The new app JSafe was built to help female journalists fight against harassment, bullying and assault to get journalists help they need when they find themselves in threatening situations. → Read More
RJI Fellow wants to make media, tech companies more aware of need to preserve content
Nineteen of 21 news outlets weren’t doing anything to archive web content. A lack of awareness and action in this area has driven Neil Mara to leverage his industry experience and contacts to help find archiving solutions for media companies. → Read More
RJI Fellow: Push notifications can help move publishers away from heavy reliance on Facebook
As she seeks to rely on Facebook less with its algorithms changing and impacting outbound links and referrals, Planet Princeton publisher and editor Krystal Knapp says push notifications have been a way to directly reach readers where they are. → Read More
Push alerts: Useful or annoying?
A team of five from The Associated Press, they plan to spend the next eight months looking into the real value of push alert notifications that are bringing news to consumers. → Read More
Houston Chronicle, RJI partner to keep chemical company data site available for journalists
A resource that helped The Houston Chronicle shed light on chemical disasters and facilities posing the greatest potential harm to the public, in the event of an emergency, got a new lease on life. → Read More
RJI Fellow’s playbook will help newsrooms collaborate on natural disaster coverage
Pooling resources and collaborating on projects in a wire service type situation can help newsrooms more adequately cover breaking news such as weather events, said Fergus Bell, co-founder of Pop-Up Newsroom. → Read More
Pictures of the Year judging kicks off next week
A panel of judges as diverse as the entries submitted to the 76th annual Pictures of the Year competition will soon pore over about 40,000 images from photojournalists around the world. → Read More
RJI Fellow helps Missouri teens engage with local newspapers to see value, lives in news
News outlets need the buy-in and trust of teens as news targets now and in the future, says Nico Gendron, freelancer and creative strategist at The New York Times. → Read More
RJI’s director of innovation and Futures Lab to guide Online News Association as new board member
Ebony Reed, director of innovation and the RJI Futures Lab, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Online News Association, which bills itself as the world's largest digital news association. → Read More
RJI seeks newsroom partners for millennial-driven innovative projects
With shrinking newsrooms and tight budgets, it can be a challenge to come up with fresh ideas or enough hands to work on all the innovative projects your newsroom thinks up. → Read More
Seven lessons for immersive storytellers from the RJI Innovation Series
Creating content for the leading edge of the immersive video world — virtual reality, augmented reality, 360-degree — can be challenging for many newsrooms both in terms of how to master the technology and what projects to try it on. → Read More
Immersive technology event brings industry professionals to Missouri classrooms
Rather than just hearing case studies about what newsrooms are doing with immersive technologies, University of Missouri students will get to interact with professionals in the classroom during an upcoming event. → Read More
MuckRock Assignments eases investigative reporting process while making it more transparent
Digging through pages of public records documents can be a daunting task for journalists. MuckRock is lessening the burden with its tool Assignments while making the reporting process more transparent to readers. → Read More
RJI Fellow proposes news model funded and directed by the community
RJI Fellow Simon Galperin is proposing a new business model for news he believes will not only help fund an operating budget but also involve readers more intimately: community information districts. → Read More
Livestream: Learn how to set up a mobile news app in your newsroom
Publishers and developers can learn how to set up their own mobile news app by watching a free livestream Monday, May 21, hosted by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. → Read More
12 tips for ‘Pitching like a pro’ from ‘Shark Tank’ contestant Melissa Gersin
When asked how she might improve or change her pitch to “Shark Tank” investors, entrepreneur Melissa Gersin says, “I probably wouldn’t change anything.” → Read More
Ergonomics: What I’ve learned while battling a repetitive motion injury
Struggling with a repetitive motion injury and a slow recovery can be scary, confusing and depressing. RJI's staff writer knows because she’s been battling tendonitis for several months. → Read More