RJI Fellows 2025–2026

Introducing the 2025-2026 RJI Fellows

The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism has announced the 2025-2026 class of RJI Fellows, who will work to create and test free, open-source resources for journalists and community newsrooms.

An example of a news tip automated to be sent from Airtable to Slack

How a new workflow aims to strengthen community relationships through news tips

A guide for streamlining news tips with Airtable, Slack.

Person stands in a field with a camera on a tripod photographing a massive storm cloud formation.

Climate News Task Force brings newsrooms together to enhance reach and impact of climate journalism

The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the Missouri School of Journalism is helping bring 11 newsrooms together from around the country to improve and disseminate climate journalism.

RJI News

Everlit overview dashboard

Using audio automation to engage with audiences

Implementing the text-to-audio tool Everlit.
Illinois Times partners with a new civic nonprofit called SeeGov to create video highlights of city council meetings to coincide with their local government coverage.

New tool combines AI, human judgment to create video highlights from public meetings

How Illinois Times is using SeeGov to expand city council coverage.
Maps of Delaware 1. Spotlight Delaware coverage by county 2. Spotlight Delaware coverage by region

Solutions for auditing sources in small newsrooms

Including tools and strategies to evaluate geographic diversity of coverage.
The Green Line uses TikTok to connect their audience with public meeting coverage from Documenters, who are paid and trained community members who record meeting notes.

Taking public meeting notes to TikTok — and making it actionable

How to experiment with video formats for the Documenters program.
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2025–2026 Fellows

The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute invites proposals from individuals and organizations who wish to partner with us on innovative projects that strengthen journalism's future.

Sarah Blesener

Sarah Blesener

Independent

Tara Francis Chan

Tara Francis Chan

The Trace

Jennifer Jacklin-Stratton

Jennifer Jacklin-Stratton

Catchlight

Cara Kuhlman

Cara Kuhlman

Future Tides

Nicole Lewis

Nicole Lewis

The Marshall Project

Rebecca Ritzel

Rebecca Ritzel

Reynolds Journalism Institute

Susan Stellin

Susan Stellin

Independent

Lam Vo

Lam Vo

Documented

Monica Williams

Monica Williams

Independent

Claudia Yaujar-Amaro

Claudia Yaujar-Amaro

Planeta Venus

Meet Our Fellows

RJI Spotlight

Innovation in Focus

Innovation in Focus

Innovation in Focus is a series exploring new tech, tools and methods of storytelling for newsrooms worldwide. We interview experts, test ideas and provide our findings on a different topic each month.
RJI Columns

RJI Columns

RJI works with professionals in diverse fields within the journalism industry to provide keen insights and information.
RJI Fellows 2024-2025

RJI Fellows class of 2024-2025

Come meet our current fellows and see the great work they're doing.
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